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Trump should protect Dreamers, pass broad immigration reform
During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump brought immigration to the forefront of the public debate, and for good reason. Our immigration system is in dire need of improvement. Millions of undocumented immigrants are currently living in the shadows with neither an accessible path toward legal status nor clarity about what lies ahead for them under a new administration.
Judge sets ‘dreamers’ driver’s license hearing for January 20
A federal judge has rebuffed efforts by the Ducey administration to put off until after Donald Trump takes office a challenge to its policy of denying driver’s licenses to some the Obama administration has said can remain here.
Advocates decry another immigrant death at Arizona facility
The weekend death of a Guatemalan woman who became ill at a detention center in Arizona with the most in-custody immigrant deaths in the U.S. is another example of inadequate care and poor practices at the privately run site, advocates for immigrants said this week.
Deportations could hit real estate markets in state, nation
While experts say deporting the nation’s undocumented would create administrative backlogs and massive legal hurdles, mass deportations could impact the nation’s housing market.
Dangers faced by migrants often extend to border shelters
Vandals broke into a shelter, left feces on crosses made by migrant men and trashed other parts of the building. Someone made a threatening call to a priest who helps serve warm meals to recently deported immigrants.
Judge orders Border Patrol to improve detention conditions
A federal judge in Tucson, Arizona, has ordered the Border Patrol to improve conditions at its holding facilities in most of the state, saying the agency was not following its own standards by keeping migrants in crowded, cold cells without proper bedding.
Does election shift DREAMers to mass deportation? AZ immigrants fear future
Arizona immigrants at a prayer vigil said they fear President-elect Donald Trump will follow through on his pledge to deport millions of Muslim and Mexican immigrants.
Arizona immigration lawyers busy fielding calls from anxious clients
Immigration lawyers in Arizona said they have been flooded with calls from anxious clients in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, but they are urging people to avoid rash decisions in the midst of uncertainty.
A look at Trump’s immigration plans by the numbers
President-elect Donald Trump made immigration a top issue in his campaign and now his promises from the campaign trail are about to be put to the test.
Reign ends for Joe Arpaio, once popular immigration enforcer
The federal government had just stripped Sheriff Joe Arpaio of his power to arrest immigrants in the country illegally when the defiant metro Phoenix lawman put his bravado to the test at a 2009 rally.
Focus on issues, not accusations, Arizonans tell presidential candidates
Pollster Earl de Berge said the survey of 700 adult heads of household conducted earlier this month by the Behavior Research Center found the top-tier priorities were “fairly uniform across most demographic groups.” And he said that suggests voters want meaningful answers from the candidates versus what they have heard to date.
A timeline – the tumultuous legal life of Arizona’s SB1070
Six years after its enactment, Arizona’s most famous anti-illegal immigration law, Senate Bill 1070, is now but a shell of its old self. The courts have defanged it, and a settlement reached recently between the state and its critics further defined and limited how the police may enforce it.
