Change in asylum rules creates influx of migrants in Sonora shelter
A migrant shelter in Nogales, Sonora, is having a large increase in migrants being returned to Mexico after crossing the border into Arizona, including many families and children.
At the border, Biden's plans for fast deportations collide with international politics
Most migrants being apprehended now are barred from applying for asylum, despite U.S. laws and international agreements that require it.
Pima County and Arizona are requesting FEMA money for asylum seeker aid programs
Pima County has been running an aid program for asylum seekers and migrants released by the Border Patrol across southern Arizona to pursue immigration cases in the U.S. since 2019.
ACLU sues Biden administration over new executive action on the southern border
The ACLU filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday challenging the Biden administration’s new executive actions that block migrants from seeking asylum at the southern U.S. border when crossings surge.
Blocked from asylum, migrants juggle their choices
Under Biden's asylum ban, migrants can either go home or try to cross into the U.S. again
LUCHA looks to block controversial border ballot proposition
HCR 2060, also known as the Secure the Border Act, passed the state's House of Representatives yesterday. Now the civil rights group says it is unconstitutional.
Biden says he's restricting asylum to help 'gain control' of the border
The President signed the proclamation Tuesday as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability before November's elections.
Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown
It would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold.
House Minority Whip backs Engel, slams Ciscomani on women's health record
United States House Minority Whip Katherine Clark and democratic congressional hopeful Kirsten Engel tour Planned Parenthood to discuss abortion access.
Participants walk "migrant trail" in solidarity
The 21st Migrant Trail Walk begins Monday, a yearly event held in remembrance and solidarity with people who cross the border and have died in the Arizona borderlands.
Business and faith leaders speak out against new immigration ballot referral
A group of business and faith leaders are opposing a GOP proposal that would expand employers’ requirements to confirm citizenship status when hiring, under penalty of up to a $10,000 dollar fine and a class 6 felony.
New report shows that migration worldwide has rebounded since the pandemic
The report says the world is entering an age of disruption for human mobility, with impacts that are hard to predict.
New data shows families continue crossing the border in large numbers in the Tucson Sector
Tucson Sector continues to have the highest number of migrants crossing, and by far the highest number of families and children, even as the total number of migrant apprehensions at the southern border dropped slightly from the previous month.
Pima County receives nearly $22 million for asylum seekers
Pima County is receiving nearly $22 million in federal funding to continue services to asylum seekers, who come to Tucson and smaller border communities after being released by Border Patrol.
Pima County to continue migrant services
County will avoid street releases at the end of the week, anticipating federal funding from the $650 million, in the border security funding bill, for shelter and services to asylum seekers.
