Federal judge ends Title 42
In Yuma, Customs and Border Protection data shows the policy has been used over 50,000 times to deport migrants over the last two years.
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Grijalva requests GAO review of CBP handling of asylum seekers’ personal property
On Monday, November 7, 2022, Arizona Representative Raul M. Grijalva issued a statement following the a joint letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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Senator Kelly visits Phoenix a day before the election
On Monday, November 7, 2022, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly visited Phoenix a day before the election.
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Environmentalists seek to join fight against AZ shipping containers along border
The Center for Biological Diversity asked a federal judge for permission to join the Biden administration as a defendant.
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UPDATE: Armed subject killed by Border Patrol was shot by BORTAC agents
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed to KYMA that Border Patrol agents assigned to the Yuma Sector killed an armed subject in San Luis.
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Border Patrol agents find missing juvenile in a stolen vehicle
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents encountered two United States citizen juveniles, with one reported as missing, on Thursday, October 24, 2022.
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An officer was reunited with the baby he helped deliver and rescue at the US-Mexico border
A US Customs and Border Protection officer was reunited with a young girl who he helped deliver at the US-Mexico border six years ago.
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Arizona’s governor is stacking shipping containers along the border and defying a federal request to remove them
Gaps in fencing along the US-Mexico border can be a dramatic — and sometimes puzzling — sight.
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Number of Venezuelan migrants crossing in Yuma declining
Democratic U.S. Congressman Raul Grijalva wishes the administration chose to protect Venezuelans.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Tracking every migrant death in Yuma County
58 migrants have died so far this year in Yuma County, from 10 different countries, mostly occurring in Yuma’s east desert.
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Migrants found in locked moving truck
The U.S. Border Patrol agents in Tucson rescued 32 migrants that were locked in a moving box truck.
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Sinema tours IRC, discusses work reducing migrant numbers
Through a press release, Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema spoke with regional stakeholders at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Phoenix.
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Illegal border crossings to US from Mexico hit annual high
A surge in migration from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua in September brought the number of illegal crossings to the highest level ever recorded in a fiscal year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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State of Arizona sues federal government over request to remove shipping containers
Because of the federal inaction, the state argues the container project has legal standing.
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Cocopah Indian Tribe joins federal government, wants removal of shipping containers on tribal land
A representative from the Cocopah Indian Tribe gave a statement on the federal government asking Arizona to take down the shipping containers on tribal land along the Yuma border.
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Rep. Dunn wants Ducey to ‘hold fast’ on shipping containers, keep them in place at Yuma border gaps
In a press release sent Thursday, October 20, Arizona State Rep. Tim Dunn (R-Arizona) said he has strong support for Gov. Doug Ducey’s decision to place shipping containers in Yuma’s border gaps.
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‘The containers will remain in place’ state of Arizona responds to federal government
The governor’s office maintains they are happy to remove the temporary containers when the federal government offers a permanent solution.
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Federal Government asks Arizona to remove shipping containers in Yuma border wall gaps
A letter states CBP has awarded contracts to complete two of Yuma’s wall gaps with traditional steel barriers.
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U.S. Department of Interior says Arizona broke federal law with shipping container placement
The containers themselves, and the placement of the containers, were both bought and paid for by the state using money from its over $534 billion border security fund.
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U.S. to deport Venezuelans who illegally cross the southern border
A new sponsorship program will allow up to 24,000 Venezuelans to fly to a U.S. airport and live in the country for two years.
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