Imperial County assists migrants and asylum seekers
The Imperial County Office of Emergency Services and Department of Social Services assisted released migrants and asylum…
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Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling
Hairdresser Grisel Garcés survived a harrowing, four-month journey from her native Venezuela through tropical jungles, migrant detention centers in…
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Title 42 border rules confound Washington, migrants alike
The drawn-out saga of Title 42, the set of emergency powers that allows border officials to quickly turn away migrants, has been chaotic at the…
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Yuma lawmakers react to container removal plans
Governor Doug Ducey says the controversial containers, placed by the state on federal land, will be removed by January…
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San Luis leaders speak out about border crisis
As the border crisis unfolds, leaders in San Luis are speaking…
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Senate at impasse over government spending bill
Senators have been in a deadlock over an amendment from Utah GOP Senator Mike Lee to extend the Trump-era border policy known as Title…
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Migrant families cross the border into Yuma
Large migrant groups continue crossing into Yuma every single…
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Congress passed Sinema’s bill to crack down cartels’ smuggling operations
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s bipartisan bill has passed through the United States…
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Senator Kelly discusses border security and fixing broken immigration system
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly spoke on the Senate floor with Republican and Democratic colleagues about the southern border crisis and the importance of…
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CBP to release migrants into the Yuma community
Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls says our local border patrol agents will begin releasing migrants into the Yuma…
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Sinema urges leaders to improve Arizona’s border security
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema stressed to Democratic and Republican Senate appropriations leaders to have funding that will improve Arizona’s border…
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Conservative states ask Supreme Court to keep Title 42 in place
After being denied by the federal appeals court on Friday, 19 Republican led states send the fight to keep Title 42 in place to the Supreme…
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White House pushes back on calls to extend Title 42: ‘We have to follow the court order’
The White House is pushing back on calls for the administration to find a way to extend a controversial public health authority that has been used to…
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19 Republicans request for Title 42 to stay denied
A new ruling denies a request from 19 Republican led states for a stay that would keep a COVID-era border policy in…
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Migrants build fires at border as Yuma County declares a local emergency
Local lawmakers are trying to balance providing humanitarian assistance, while also advocating for their…
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Migrants, human rights activists and law enforcement all gather at Yuma border
Busy morning at the border, with migrants, law enforcement and human rights activists all gathering in the Yuma…
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San Luis Mayor declares local emergency due to border crisis
San Luis Mayor Nieves Riedel signed a proclamation and a declaration of emergency because of the humanitarian and health crisis happening along the…
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DOJ sues Ducey over container wall
The suit comes four months after the first containers were placed in…
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Yuma County BOS Chairman declares emergency due to Border Crisis
Yuma County Board of Supervisors Chairman Tony Reyes has declared an emergency in the unincorporated areas of…
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Arizona Gov. Ducey stacks containers on border at term’s end
Work crews have steadily erected hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers topped by razor wire along Arizona’s remote eastern boundary with…
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