A top Republican lawmaker wants to allow people who own property along the border to build a wall without first getting any building permits.
Read More »Freshman year in Congress a whirlwind
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Read More »Trump discusses immigration agenda with GOP governors
President Donald Trump dined Monday evening with Republican governors supportive of his immigration policies to discuss plans for border security and deporting people in the U.S. illegally.
Read More »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.
Read More »McCain and Flake take lead in opposing immigration ban
Arizona’s two U.S. senators quickly emerged as the leading Republican opposition to President Donald Trump’s order suspending the admission of all refugees for 120 days and blocking the entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Read More »Ducey backs some of Trump’s immigration plan, but sidesteps other parts
Gov. Doug Ducey is putting some distance between his efforts to cultivate better relations with Mexico and the rhetoric of his party’s nominee.
Read More »Sheriffs push back against Ducey’s border security plan
Gov. Doug Ducey should restore money taken from counties and fix ongoing problems with the state Department of Public Safety before pouring more cash into a new state border security strike force, the state sheriffs association said Monday.
Read More »Border ranchers in Cochise County feel abandoned by Washington
Border security is a hot topic on the presidential campaign trail, but Arizona ranchers who live near the border say they’ve been left out of the debate and forgotten by Washington lawmakers, who they say have done nothing about immigration reform.
Read More »Arizona governor wants major new spending on border security
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday he wants the Legislature to approve "tens of millions of dollars" in new funding for a border security force made up of state police, a move intended to address border smuggling even as immigration and terrorism worries emerge as potent 2016 political issues.
Read More »Money donated for border fence instead will go for binoculars, cameras, GPS equipment 
Money donated by private individuals to help Arizona build fencing along the Mexican border won’t go toward a physical fence, or even a virtual fence.
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