Yuma County Board of Supervisors address border issues
At Monday’s Yuma County Board of Supervisors meeting, supervisors discussed several issues going on along our southern border.
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D.C. lawmakers play border blame game
While both sides go back and forth, there is no movement in D.C. to pass immigration reform.
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GOP Rep. Andy Biggs announces articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said Wednesday that he’s filing articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who has faced demands from top Republicans to resign over his handling of the southern border.
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Title 42 set to end on May 11
The health policy will expire as President Biden ends the National Public Health Emergency.
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Democratic Arizona governor to keep migrant busing program
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is defending her decision to continue her Republican predecessor’s program to transport migrants out of border communities.
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Arizona lawmakers address border crisis
Lawmakers from both the Arizona House of Representatives and the State Senate addressed the public health crisis in Arizona due to the border crisis and the resulting importation of crime, illegal narcotics, human smuggling, and sex trafficking.
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Title 42 expansion causing migrant slowdown in Yuma
CBP data shows 11,083 Nicaraguans and Cubans were apprehended in Yuma last month.
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Yuma border crossings continue to decline
Numbers tweeted out by Yuma’s Chief Patrol Officer show a 60 percent decrease from December.
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Migrant crossings slow in January
The lower numbers follow the Biden Administration’s expansion of Title 42.
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Alleged smuggler charged with migrant’s death
YCSO says Efrain Leyvas-Alvarez caused the death of a migrant last September by leaving him in the desert just south of Mohawk and Interstate 8.
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House Oversight Committee to hold border hearing in early February
The House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on the Biden administration’s border policies in early February, kicking off what is expected to be a series of hearings on the issue amid widespread GOP criticism.
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Construction to close wall gaps in Yuma still on hold
While no new barrier is up yet, construction cones and fencing have been placed in the area.
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Yuma County Sheriff’s Office reports record number of migrant deaths in 2022
The youngest migrant to die in Yuma last year was 18, and the oldest was 93.
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Congressman Raul Ruiz visits border in Calexico
Representative Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) will be visiting the U.S.-Mexico border today in Calexico.
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YCSO arrests illegal immigrant for murder
The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) arrested an illegal immigrant for murder.
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Congressman Ruiz to visit U.S.-Mexico border
Congressman Raul Ruiz will be visiting the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday, January 17.
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US launches online system to seek asylum on Mexican border
The Biden administration on Thursday launched an online appointment system as the only way for migrants to get exceptions from pandemic-era limits on asylum — the U.S. government’s latest major step in eight days to overhaul border enforcement.
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Man sentenced for attempted murder of a Border Patrol agent
A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 85 months in prison along with three years of supervised release and pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder of a Border Patrol agent.
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Yuma wall gaps remain open
Customs and Border Protection announced wall gap closures in Yuma would begin this week.
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Migrant groups release continues
17 migrants were released in Calexico just a day after Imperial County declared a state of emergency due to the migrant crisis.
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