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.
Arizona took more Syrian refugees than most states, U.S. seeks more
At least 800 Syrian refugees were resettled in Arizona over the last year, more refugees than all but three states in the nation, according to the most recent data from the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center.
8 Syrian refugees turn themselves in at US-Mexico border
Eight Syrian refugees turned themselves in to immigration authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border this week, officials said Thursday. Their arrival and uncertainty about their future in the United States comes at a time of political upheaval over Syrian refugees following the deadly Paris attacks.
How Arizona’s representatives voted on the refugee bill, HR 4038
Today the U.S. House of Representatives voted on H.R. 4038, the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act of 2015.









