Sign In
Free Newsletter
Arizona ICE warehouse conversion halted over environmental impact study
Key Points: Federal officials delay converting Surprise warehouse to detention facility Environmental assessment will be conducted to determine suitability of facility Federal officials will conduct “ordinary maintenance” on the warehouse […]
Tribal nation urges federal judge to block Arizona border wall construction
Key Points: Tohono O’odham Nation seeks to halt border wall construction through reservation Tribe argues 1927 law protects reservation boundaries from being changed by Homeland Security Border wall could disrupt […]
Mayes backs Pima County measure limiting ICE access to county resources
Key Points: Pima County resolution does not violate state or federal law, Attorney General Kris Mayes concludes State law does not mandate local governments to do more than what federal […]
Mayes uses ‘public nuisance’ law to target proposed Surprise ICE facility
Key Points: Attorney general probes ICE facility under state public nuisance law Joins federal lawmakers in concerns over impact to community Federal compliance with state law still an open question […]
Construction of border wall faces another challenge, more controversy
Key highlights: New report says Congress did not act illegally to give Homeland Security authority to waive environmental laws to build the wall Center for Biological Diversity wants judge to […]
Feds fund ‘smart wall’ in Southwest to strengthen border security
Key Points: The Department of Homeland Security is spending $4.5 billion to fund a smart wall along the Southwest border The smart wall is a combination of technology, including motion […]
Travers pushing for exception to state laws that allow clergy to hide abuse confessed
A first-term Democratic lawmaker wants to enact an exception to state laws that allow clergy to refuse to disclose what was told to them in confession or similar confidential communication.
Lawsuit against LDS church could become basis for court to consider statute protecting clergy
A lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could become the legal basis for the state Court of Appeals to consider -- and void -- a statute that protects members of the clergy from disclosing an adherent's confession of child molestation.
Settlement over Trump family separations at border seeks to limit future separations for 8 years
A settlement filed Monday in a long-running lawsuit over the Trump administration's separation of parents and their children at the border bars the government from similar separations for eight years while also providing benefits like the ability for their parents to come to America and work, according to the Biden administration.
We must grant certainty to our Afghan neighbors
As we approach the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul and the 2021 U.S. military evacuation, let us take a moment to reflect on Arizona's remarkable response to this humanitarian crisis. After the chaotic situation in Afghanistan, Arizona stood as a shining example of compassion and solidarity, resettling over 2,000 Afghans within its borders.
Openings for wildlife will be installed in areas of U.S.-Mexico border wall
Openings intended for wildlife will be put into portions of the U.S.-Mexico border wall -- including sections in Arizona -- under terms of a settlement in a 4-year-old lawsuit over how the Trump administration paid for new construction.
Advocates: Family reunification policy helps some migrants, but not enough
A new immigration policy that makes it easier for people from four Central and South American countries to join family in the U.S. will help but is still “far from” the migration solution needed, advocates said.
