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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US plans for more migrant releases when asylum limits end
The Department of Homeland Security said more migrants may be released into the United States to pursue immigration cases when Trump-era asylum…
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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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One year since Yuma border emergency declared
Through his emergency proclamation, Mayor Nicholls continues to advocate for…
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Biden Administration appealing Title 42 decision
As of this afternoon, the Biden Administration has filed an appeal against a court decision that set an end date on Title…
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Border Patrol agent dies in ATV accident during Texas patrol
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent died Wednesday after an all-terrain vehicle accident while patrolling along the border in south Texas,…
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Border Patrol agents arrest Guatemalan on assault charges
Last week, the United States Border Patrol (USBP) agents arrested a Guatemalan…
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‘There are more important things going on,” – President Biden won’t visit border during trip to Arizona
With no Border Patrol agents in sight, hundreds of migrants gathered at Yuma’s border wall the morning of President Biden’s visit to…
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Biden administration considering migrant proposal mirroring Trump-era policy
The Biden administration is seriously considering an asylum proposal that would bar migrants from seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border if they…
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Migrant crossings still at historic highs in Yuma
The Yuma border remains busy as a group of close to 50 waited patiently for border patrol agents on Thursday…
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Sinema, Kelly highlight concerns as Title 42 is ending soon
The deadline is approaching for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to respond to Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark…
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Latest update on Ducey’s shipping container border wall
The Department of Justice asks the federal court to dismiss Governor Ducey’s case about the shipping containers along the Southwest…
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Senator Sinema questions Secretary Mayorkas about Title 42
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about Title…
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Title 42 to resume after judge grants Biden temporary pause
Previously the Biden Administration tried to end the policy, but then expanded it, recently including…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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