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Arcadia students tackle immigration by making film
When six Arcadia High School students embarked on their project, their goal sprang from the pure idealism of the young: Reveal a solution to the problem of illegal immigration by making a documentary.
Pot-firing catapult found at Arizona-Mexico border
Drug smugglers trying to get marijuana across the Arizona-Mexico border apparently are trying a new approach a�� a catapult.
Feds estimate deportation costs $12,500 per person
A high-level immigration official says it costs $12,500 to arrest, detain and deport each person removed from the U.S.
Border Patrol agent killed in Southern Arizona
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed north of the Arizona-Mexico border while trying to catch bandits who target illegal immigrants, the leader of a union representing agents said Wednesday.
UA testing invisible border security system
A new security system that uses buried fiber-optic cables to detect illegal border crossers or drug smugglers is being tested by the University of Arizona's engineering college.
Yuma farming groups push for special worker visa
Farming groups in Yuma have enlisted Rep. Raul Grijalva to push for a special guest worker program they are proposing for the winter vegetable season.
Arizona border agents seize $63,000 in cash
Agents in Nogales in southeastern Arizona made two big cash seizures from people crossing the border with Mexico.
Border Patrol recovering big money on the border
There's big money belonging to drug smugglers along the border and some of it is being confiscated by the feds.
Fingerprint sharing led to deportation of 47,000
Records show that about 47,000 people were removed or deported from the U.S. after the Homeland Security Department sifted through 3 million sets of fingerprints taken from bookings at local jails.
Fewer legal visitors crossing into Arizona to shop
The immigration crackdown in Arizona has apparently led some legal visitors to stay out of the state.
Calderon considering drug legalization in light of violence
President Felipe Calderon said he would consider a debate on legalizing drugs Tuesday as his government announced that more than 28,000 people have been killed in drug violence since he launched a crackdown against cartels in 2006.
Obama puts forth border plan similar to Bush’s
President Barack Obama's plan to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops back to the U.S.-Mexico border quelled demands that he must do more to battle illegal immigration and drug smuggling, but advocates for tougher enforcement say the troops need authority to make detentions. The new plan looks similar to the National Guard initiative under former President George W. Bush.
