U.S. Senate approves two of Senator Sinema’s border security bills
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona) was able to successfully include two of her bipartisan bills into the annual National Defense Authorization Act.
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Tim Scott, 2024 Republican presidential candidate, to visit Yuma
The U.S. Senator from South Carolina says part of his agenda is to crush the cartels, secure the border, and end illegal immigration. This is Scott’s first visit to the border as a 2024 GOP candidate.
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Judge blocks new Biden Administration asylum rule
A federal judge blocked a new immigration policy the Biden administration claims has helped lower the number of illegal border crossings since Title 42 ended.
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Inspection reveals over-crowding and lost religious property at Yuma migrant processing center
An inspection of the Yuma Border Patrol Centralized Processing Center in July of 2022 revealed overcrowding, migrants being detained longer than government standards, and the mishandling of migrants’ religious property.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Ride along the border with Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot
Samantha Byrd rode along with Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot, on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Yuma sector border.
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San Luis Port of Entry expansion project breaks ground
The massive project is expected to cost around $300 million according to the General Services Administration, as they plan to double the number of vehicle lanes from eight to sixteen, add four pedestrian lanes, and boost overall technology.
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Non-border cities receive a bulk of FEMA shelter funds
“It’s definitely not fair that the border communities which are the first stop in this journey are somehow forgotten,” Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego said.
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Over 3,000 unaccompanied kids have been apprehended at Yuma’s border
Over the last three years, over 300,000 migrant children have shown up at the border by themselves.
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Migrants shot at border wall near San Luis
The migrants had gunshot wounds in their legs, which were not life threatening.
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Elderly migrant struggles to cross the border
A border patrol agent had to carry a migrant woman from Honduras to the border crossing point.
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2024 presidential candidate visits Yuma County
The Yuma Sector border was just one of the many stops Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his two day tour of Yuma County.
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Governor Hobbs announces $25 million in state grants for local law enforcement
Governor Hobbs made the announcement at Somerton City Hall, as local law enforcement thanked her for the much-needed money.
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Yuma Border Patrol seizes 192 pounds of fentanyl
The single bust is more fentanyl than was seized in the sector for all of fiscal year 2022.
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Out-of-state lawmakers take local border tour
The group includes legislators from South Carolina, Iowa, and New Hampshire.
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US Border Patrol chief is retiring after seeing through end of Title 42 immigration restrictions
The head of the U.S. Border Patrol announced Tuesday that he was retiring, after seeing through a major policy shift that seeks to clamp down on illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border following the end of Title 42 pandemic restrictions.
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Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules
Asylum-seekers say joy over the end of the public health restriction known as Title 42 this month is turning into anguish with the uncertainty about how the Biden administration’s new rules affect them.
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Lawmakers say border crisis isn’t over despite recent slowdown
Areas of the border that were constant gathering spots for migrants remained empty early Thursday morning.
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Four-year-old child dropped from border wall
A newly released video shows an unknown person lowering the child before dropping them from the barrier. The child then waited as two more people climbed over the barrier.
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US Border Patrol says agents who killed man in Arizona were answering report of gunfire
U.S. Border Patrol agents answering reports of gunfire shot and killed a man on a tribal reservation in southern Arizona after he abruptly threw something and raised his arm, the agency said Monday.
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One dead in Arizona Border Patrol shooting
The family of Raymond Mattia says he was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents Thursday night.
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