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Apr 22, 2024

Federal funds go toward helping asylum seekers in Pima County

Pima County has been awarded $21.8 million to continue efforts with temporary shelters for asylum seekers.  

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Nov 17, 2023

Biden and López Obrador set to meet, with fentanyl, migrants and Cuba on the U.S.-Mexico agenda

President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, two strong allies who don't always get along personally, will talk migration, fentanyl trafficking and Cuba relations on Friday.

Gowan, border, Arizona, Tucson, Texas, Biden administration
Nov 9, 2023

Gowan, other officials come to Washington to plead for border action

In all the time he’s lived near the border, Sen. David Gowan, R-Sierra Vista, said he has never seen an immigration crisis as bad as the one he’s seeing now.

migrants, border crossings, Border Patrol, Venezuela, Texas, California, Mexico, Biden administration
Sep 21, 2023

After lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes, overwhelm agents

A group of migrants from China surrendered to a Border Patrol agent in remote Southern California as gusts of wind drowned the hum of high-voltage power lines, joining others from Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and elsewhere in a desert campsite with shelters made from tree branches. Their arrival Wednesday was another sign that agents have become overwhelmed in recent days by asylum-seekers on parts o[...]

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Sep 15, 2023

Arizona sheriff seeks state and federal help to handle arrival of asylum-seekers in rural area

The sheriff of Arizona's easternmost border county asked state and federal officials for help Thursday with the sudden daily release of more than a hundred migrants seeking asylum in the U.S., including families with small children.

border, Title 42, Covid, asylum seekers, Biden administration
May 1, 2023

US readies second attempt at speedy border asylum screenings

President Joe Biden scrapped expedited asylum screenings during his first month in office as part of a gutting of Trump administration border polices that included building a wall with Mexico. Now he's preparing his own version.

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Apr 27, 2023

Border towns see ‘disaster’ without federal help as end to Title 42 looms

Arizona border communities face a “humanitarian disaster” in two weeks if the federal government does not step in to help with the crush of migrants expected when Title 42 ends, local officials told a Senate panel Wednesday.

Gosar, immigration, Republicans, Biden administration, migrants, Trump, indictment
Apr 19, 2023

House Republicans push asylum restrictions, border security

House Republicans for months have railed against the Biden administration's handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, holding hearings, visiting border communities and promising to advance legislation to clamp down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking.

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Nov 15, 2022

Cubans, Nicaraguans drive illegal border crossings higher

U.S. authorities stopped migrants more than 230,000 times on the Mexican border in October, the third-highest month of Joe Biden's presidency amid growing numbers from Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia and other countries.

Oct 30, 2020

Border became more secure in the last four years

When Democratic candidates for President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris stood on stage earlier this year and pledged to give illegal immigrants free healthcare and a free college education, political... […]

Jun 20, 2018

Ducey to keep troops at border despite Trump’s family separation policy

Gov. Doug Ducey won't withdraw National Guard troops from the border even though he objects to President Trump's policy of separating children from their families.

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