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It’s time to take Trump seriously and literally
Trump’s Dept of Homeland Security yesterday issued two sweeping memos implementing his plan to identify and deport more undocumented immigrants.
César Chávez: With broken system, there is ‘no right way’ to immigrate to the U.S.
Democratic Rep. César Chávez of Maryvale got on life’s political track one day when he was singing in a mariachi band.
Democrats leave ICE meeting convinced arrests a taste of what’s to come
Democratic leaders left a meeting with immigration officials Thursday convinced that recent apprehensions, detentions and deportations have greatly expanded under President Donald Trump.
Deportation returns Arizona to the center of the national immigration debate
Still reeling from the aftershocks of Arizona’s 2010 anti-immigration law, local and national Democratic politicians are struggling to figure out what Trump’s deportation policy will mean to local communities.
Arizona law enforcement might not back up Trump’s immigration order
The Phoenix, Tucson and Nogales police departments, as well as sheriffs from Yuma, Santa Cruz and Maricopa say officers will not target long-term undocumented immigrants who have no violent felony offenses.
Paul Penzone: Big decisions, including the fate of pink underwear
Big decisions are on the horizon for the newly elected Democratic sheriff, Paul Penzone.
Ducey, not Brnovich, is fighting case on immigrants’ driver licenses
Gov. Doug Ducey’s repeated assertions that he is not the one fighting to keep “deferred action” recipients from getting licenses to drive are not true, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Friday.
Trump wants to enlist local police in immigration crackdown
To build his highly touted deportation force, President Donald Trump is reviving a long-standing program that deputizes local officers to enforce federal immigration law.
Trump’s wall met with skepticism, unease on US-Mexico border
As President Donald Trump announced his plans for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, Border Patrol agents in San Diego on the lookout for drugs and smugglers drove all-terrain vehicles along a barrier that reaches 18 feet, topped by razor wire and reinforced by cameras and lighting.
State seeks order throwing out ‘deferred action’ recipients’ lawsuit
An attorney for the state asked a federal judge Friday to throw out a lawsuit by some “deferred action” recipients who say they can’t get a license to drive.
Farmworker visas more than doubled in state, nation in recent years
The number of H-2A visas issued to agricultural workers in the state has more than doubled in the past five years, mirroring a national increase in the temporary “guest worker program” for noncitizens.
Thorpe ‘dreamers’ proposal would withhold state university funding
Taking aim largely at state universities, Rep. Bob Thorpe is proposing to withhold state aid because they offer lower in-state tuition to “dreamers.”
