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.
2.47 million migrant encounters at southern border in fiscal 2023 sets record
A record 2.47 million migrants were stopped at the southern border in fiscal 2023, with the Tucson sector of the border leading the rest of the nation for the third straight month.
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.