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Obama asks for 1,000 more Border Patrol agents
President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $600 million in emergency funds for 1,000 more Border Patrol agents, 160 new federal immigration officers and two unmanned aircraft to beef up security on the U.S.-Mexico border.
MCSO immigration sweeps lead to 40 arrests
Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies say they arrested 40 suspected illegal immigrants in a 36-hour period ending Wednesday.
US arrests 2,000 in Mexican drug trafficking probe
Law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 2,000 people in a 22-month investigation targeting Mexican drug trafficking organizations in the United States.
Immigration agents raid AZ van shuttle businesses
Federal agents on Thursday targeted more than 50 shuttle operators and smugglers accused of using the vans to transport thousands of illegal immigrants from spots near the Mexican border to Phoenix.
ICE: If Arpaio continues sweeps, it will be under state, not federal, law
Now that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's federal authority to arrest illegal immigrants during crime-suppression sweeps has ended, any future sweeps and immigration enforcement he engages in will be under the authority of state law, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
