Immigration
San Diego became the busiest of the Border Patrol's nine sectors along the Mexican border in April for the first time since the 1990s, replacing Tucson. Overall, arrests fell more than 6% in April.
May. 15, 2024
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said the state can’t afford to implement controversial border and immigration legislation backed by Republican lawmakers, citing estimates that it could cost the state’s prison system hundreds of millions of dollars.
May. 14, 2024
The state Senate intends to pass a border security measure next week, but that will require all the chamber’s Republican votes, and one GOP Senator says he wants changes before he can get on board.
→ Hobbs says Republican border bill will 'bust' state budget
→ Hobbs says Republican border bill will 'bust' state budget
May. 14, 2024
HCR 2060 would make it a crime under state law to enter Arizona outside of a port of entry, and give local law enforcement the authority to carry out those arrests.
May. 14, 2024
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and other lawmakers in Washington say a federal program that funds asylum seeker and migrant care in Arizona and elsewhere is still vastly underfunded.
May. 14, 2024
A new rule proposed by the Department of Homeland Security would have asylum officers do more advanced screening while conducting initial interviews for asylum seekers at the border.
May. 13, 2024
Last year’s fatal shooting of a Tohono O’odham man in southern Arizona by U.S. Border Patrol agents is one example of what federal authorities call a critical incident. Congress’s watchdog wants more done by Customs and Border Protection to insure the independence of those sent to investigate these incidents.
May. 13, 2024
Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services breaks down what's in store at the Legislature this week, including housing bills and the Secure the Border Act, with The Show.
May. 13, 2024
Republicans in the state Legislature say a strict immigration enforcement measure is necessary because of what they say has been the federal government’s failure to secure the border. But Elvia Díaz says it will result in racial profiling.
May. 13, 2024
Arizona Congressman Juan Ciscomani gave a wide-ranging interview about Biden's border policies, his own beliefs about immigration, and why he stands with the Republican policies for fixing the crisis at the border.
May. 10, 2024
Senate Republicans amended border security legislation with language that could harm some immigrants if the federal government or judge ever ends the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.
May. 10, 2024
To analyze the new border security measure GOP lawmakers are looking to send to November’s ballot, a new poll on Arizona’s presidential and U.S. Senate races and more, The Show sat down with Matthew Benson of Veridus and Democratic strategist Tony Cani.
May. 10, 2024
Phoenix business leaders are discouraging lawmakers from asking voters to approve legislation that would give state and local law enforcement the power to enforce immigration laws.
May. 9, 2024
NPR's Steve Inskeep knocked on doors in two swing-state cities: Tucson and Philadelphia. He found politicians have very simple narratives, very emotional narratives on this issue. But people talk about this issue differently.
May. 9, 2024
On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers in the Arizona Senate advanced legislation that would give state and local law enforcement the power to enforce immigration laws over objections it will lead to racial profiling by law enforcement.
May. 8, 2024
A new Human Rights First report documented over 2,500 cases of kidnappings and other violent attacks on asylum seekers and migrants who are stuck in Mexico.
May. 8, 2024
Agent Ryan Riccucci has worked for U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 17 years. No longer on patrol, he's now division chief, overseeing the Tucson Sector's law enforcement operational programs. He's responsible for the things that agents use to reach the remotest parts of the desert — off-road vehicles, aircraft, horses — across a territory as vast as five Connecticuts, he said.
May. 7, 2024
The flow of asylum seekers from around the world has overwhelmed the U.S. government's capacity to hear their cases. Here's what NPR reporters saw at the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona.
May. 6, 2024
Last month, the funding situation for many migrant aid programs in southern Arizona looked dire. That is until a last-minute infusion of federal dollars staved off the crisis. But that didn’t happen in Southern California.
May. 2, 2024
Mexico's top official in the Arizona border town of Nogales said Tuesday his country is displeased that prosecutors in the U.S. won't retry an American rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property.
Apr. 30, 2024
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