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A group of migrants walk through a hallway at the Benedictine Monastery in Tucson on February 21, 2019. The monastery is functioning as a temporary shelter for asylum seekers arriving in the U.S.

Inside the Monastery-Turned-Shelter for Migrant Families

Tucson's Benedictine Monastery had been vacant for almost a year before opening its doors to asylum seekers.
Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch speaking in a video still from a U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary hearing, Feb. 26.

Sex Abuse Allegations Come Up at Hearing on Family Separations

A U.S. representative highlighted allegations of sex crimes against migrant children during the Obama and Trump administrations.
Alex Nowrasteh, senior immigration political analyst at the Cato Institute, speaks to Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera via Skype.

What Research Says About Immigrant Crime Rates

One report from the Cato Institute found immigrants are less likely than U.S.-born citizens to be convicted of crimes.
Mary Ann Mendoza and Steve Ronnebeck participate in a town hall event for the We Build the Wall organization hosted by the Quail Creek Republicans in Sahuarita on February 8, 2019. Mendoza and Ronnebeck are the parents of two men killed in separate instances by immigrants in the country illegally.

Arizona 'Angel Parents' Speak About Causes Taken Up After Losing Children

The term describes a parent whose child has been killed by an undocumented immigrant.
Tucson's Iconic Benedictine Monastery re-opened temporarily to provide emergency housing to migrants seeking asylum. (February 21, 2019)

Tucson Monastery Sheltering Asylum-Seekers Bused From Texas

A nonprofit is organizing the shelter services; immigration officials say Texas facilities have run out of room.
Signs held by No More Deaths supporters before the start of trial of four volunteers, Jan. 15, 2019.

Charges Dropped Against 4 Migrant Aid Volunteers

The No More Deaths members will be fined but receive no jail time.
Families seeking asylum await processing outside the port of entry in Nogales, Sonora, on Sept. 4, 2018.

Nogales, Sonora, Opens New Shelter For Migrants

With wait times getting longer and temperatures dropping, the city opened a new shelter and started taking in families this week.
"Hold On To Your Weaves" (2018) / photograph by Kennady Schneider

#Black - Exploring Identity with Photography

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A "Go Fund Me" campaign for the border wall; An author's journey in search of her Sephardic Jewish heritage; and the world debut of the play "The Hall of Final Ruin."
A child and a man await processing by border agents as part of a group seeking asylum in the Yuma Sector, December 2018.

Trump Administration Sued Over Shift in Asylum Policy

The lawsuit says the policy puts the migrants in danger and hampers their ability to prepare their cases.
A boy in San Luis, Mexico looks through the fencing and concertina wire that separates San Luis, Mexico and San Luis, Arizona, December 2018.

DOJ Numbers Clash With Trump Claims On Asylum Hearings

President says only 2 percent show up for asylum hearings. The Justice Department says 80 percent do.
A sign pointing in the direction of the U.S. at a port of entry in Nogales, Mexico.

Mothers Take First Step Toward Lawsuit Over Family Separations

The women, who were separated from their children at the border, are seeking millions in damages from the U.S. government.
Four-hundred people at Republican-sponsored event featuring Steve Bannon and a GoFundMe effort to raise private money for President Trump's wall, Feb. 8, 2019.

Green Valley Residents at Odds on the Wall

A GoFundMe event to raise private dollars to build a wall drew immediate opposition from Green Valley Samaritans.
Rows of razor wire cover the U.S. side of a section of the wall near Nogales, Arizona.

Nogales Officials Want Border Wall's Razor Wire Removed

The City Council passed a resolution condemning installation of new razor wire covering the wall passing through downtown.
Then-U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham in 2017.

New Mexico Governor Pulls National Guard Troops From Border

The move challenges President Trump's description of a border undergoing a security crisis.
A file image of a judge's gavel in a courtroom at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Shutdown Bumps 80,000 Immigration Cases, Judge Says

A discussion with the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges.
Soon-to-be U.S. citizens taking an oath at a naturalization ceremony at the Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse in Tucson, February 2018.

Report: Processing Delays Reach Crisis Levels At Immigration Agency

A coalition of immigration lawyers says longer waits are often due to a large wave of applications.

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