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GOP lawmaker: Not ‘enough white kids to go around’ in Arizona schools
A Republican lawmaker said his comment that “there aren’t enough white kids to go around” in Arizona’s minority-laden public schools was an attempt at an honest discussion on race.
AZ residents file suit to stop citizenship question on census
With no action by the governor or attorney general, two Arizona residents filed suit Wednesday to block the Census Bureau from adding a citizenship question to the decennial count.
Arizona group again helping immigrants renew DACA status
An Arizona immigrant rights group will resume providing counseling and financial assistance to people who need to renew their status under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
ICE to focus on businesses that hire undocumented immigrants
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to boost its efforts targeting businesses by “four to five times” and will prosecute employers who knowingly hire illegal workers, the acting director of the agency said October 17.
Brnovich says Phoenix immigration policy conforms to SB1070
Calling the city of Phoenix’s policy of welcoming migrants more rhetoric than real, Attorney General Mark Brnovich concluded Monday that nothing the city council told the police to do violates state laws on illegal immigration.
Judge dismisses Arpaio’s criminal case, allows pardon to stand
A federal judge has upheld the validity of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's presidential pardon despite claims from critics that letting his clemency stand would encourage officials to disobey future court orders.
Lawmaker seeks probe of Phoenix police immigration policy
Sen. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, says Phoenix police are violating provisions of a contentious 2010 law known as SB 1070 that requires police to inquire about the immigration status of people they suspect are in the country illegally.
Former undocumented immigrants turned lawmakers want ‘Dreamers’ to speak out
House Democrats Isela Blanc and Cesar Chavez want “Dreamers” to keep making their voices heard and telling their stories as Congress wrestles with how to address Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
Dreamers lack confidence in Congress, plan for life without DACA
José Patiño has done everything right, keeping within the many lines of federal bureaucracy involved with being a part of the Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals program. But now, he is scrambling to come up with plans A, B, and C in case Congress does not come through with a plan to replace the program.
Trump lashes out at long, predictable list of foes in Phoenix rally
President Donald Trump disparaged the media, Democrats, Americans who want Confederate monuments taken down, “weak leaders,” his White House predecessor and a long list of other opponents at a rally in Phoenix tonight.
Despite adding more judges, immigration court backlog continues to grow
Immigration court cases waiting to be heard hit an all-time high of 607,755 in June – 10,031 of them in Arizona – despite the hiring of more judges and a Trump administration directive to expedite cases.
Arpaio’s lawyer casts blame on sheriff’s staff, others at contempt trial
An attorney defending former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio against a contempt of court charge involving immigration patrols blamed sheriff’s employees and a lawyer who once defended the lawman in a racial-profiling case for not following a court order to stop the strategy.
