Non-profit continues to file complaints detailing mistreatment of migrant children in custody
Two nonprofits that provide free legal services to migrants released reports last week and filed complaints with the federal government that allege a broad range of abuse and mistreatment experienced by children in Border Patrol custody.
Tucson neighborhood to receive $500,000 in neighborhood improvement funds.
Choice Neighborhood Improvement Grants are designed for vulnerable communities.
Hobbs willing to use administrative action over water
The Governor spent the day in Cochise County meeting with farmers and homeowners.
Tucson migrant operation to receive new funding while spending still in question
Pima County will receive nearly $19 million in federal funding to continue services for asylum seekers who come through Tucson.
New directive says Border Patrol must return migrants’ belongings
In the past many migrants have said border officials discarded their things, including legal documents, religious items and medications.
Cochise officials to meet with Trump during Thursday border visit
The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office is working with the Sierra Vista Police Department, the Department of Public Safety, Secret Service and other law enforcement partners on security for former president Donald Trump’s visit to the border on Thursday.
Border arrests drop 33% to a 46-month low in July after asylum restrictions take hold
Asylum was halted at the border June 5 because arrests for illegal crossings topped a threshold of 2,500 a day.
Vendor linked to former Casa Alitas director terminated for overcharging, procurement violations, and conflict of interest
The county confirmed that a laundry vendor for the Casa Alitas migrant program is owned by the former director’s mother.
New report: Detained immigrant deaths were preventable
A new report published by the ACLU found that immigrant deaths in ICE detention centers were largely caused by lack of oversight and systemic failures, including two deaths in Arizona.
DOJ lawsuit says shelter for migrant children has a pattern of sexual abuse and harassment
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against a non-profit with a facility in Tucson, alleging its employees have subjected the unaccompanied migrant children in their care to severe, pervasive, and unwelcome sexual abuse and harassment.
Legal fight continues with appeals over proposed immigration initiative for Arizona Nov. 5 ballot
Immigrant advocates kept the issue alive this week by filing notice to the state Supreme Court that they will appeal the judge’s ruling.
Number of migrants entering Arizona lowest in 3+ years
New federal data shows that the number of migrants crossing the southern border into Arizona has fallen to fewer numbers than the state has seen since February 2021, keeping with the trend across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Scorching heat in the US Southwest kills three migrants in the desert near the Arizona-Mexico border
The U.S. Border Patrol reported Friday that the bodies of two men, ages 44 and 18, and a 17-year-old girl were found in the desert.
ASU and UCLA launch Latino Data Hub Action Lab to empower, educate policy advocates
New initiative harnesses census data to inform policies impacting Latino communities in Arizona.
Homeland Security says border arrests fall more than 40% since Biden's halt to asylum processing
Border Patrol’s average daily arrests over a seven-day period have fallen below 2,400 from before President Joe Biden’s proclamation took effect June 5.
