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Posted May 20, 2022, 5:37 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
A Las Vegas man who engaged in an armed standoff with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Lukeville, Arizona in 2019 was found guilty of impeding and threatening federal officers, and smuggling firearms and ammunition into Mexico. John Milton Lee, 62, planned to drive weapons to Guatemala, but was turned back by Mexican authorities. ... Read more»
Posted May 20, 2022, 3:21 pm
Uriel J. Garcia
/Texas Tribune
A federal judge in Louisiana on Friday blocked the Biden administration from lifting a public health order that immigration officers have used to quickly expel migrants at the southwest border, including asylum-seekers.... Read more»
Posted May 20, 2022, 5:47 am
Neetish Basnet
/Cronkite News
Arizona businesses welcomed the federal government’s release this week of another 35,000 H-2B visas for temporary guest workers, as a tight U.S. labor market has left companies scrambling to fill vacancies. ... Read more»
Posted May 19, 2022, 12:25 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
ICE has a "dragnet surveillance system," allowing the agency to pull up dossiers on most people in the U.S., according to a report by privacy advocates.... Read more»
Posted May 19, 2022, 5:15 am
Daisy Gonzalez-Perez & Elsa Hortareas/Cronkite News
Children of visa-holding parents - or “documented Dreamers” - are pushing for passage of the bipartisan America’s CHILDREN Act of 2021 that would protect them from being deported when they turn 21.... Read more»
Posted May 18, 2022, 6:49 am
Uriel J. Garcia
/Texas Tribune
Immigration officials have used Title 42 - meant to be a temporary health order - nearly 1.8 million times since March 2020 to keep migrants from entering the country, forcing asylum seekers to Mexican border towns where they are targets for criminals.... Read more»
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Posted May 16, 2022, 6:23 am
Emily Sacia
/Cronkite News
The economic upheaval of the pandemic did little to slow the amount of money sent home to Mexico by workers in Arizona, with those payments growing faster in 2020 than at any point the past nine years. ... Read more»
Posted May 12, 2022, 10:13 am
Cameron Langford
/Courthouse News Service
The Biden administration told the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday it has no policy against building barriers at the southwest border, refuting Texas’ and Missouri’s claims it is refusing to spend $2.7 billion Congress appropriated for that purpose. ... Read more»
Posted May 12, 2022, 12:46 am
Emily Zantow
/Courthouse News Service
The U.S. government must face a lawsuit from a group of plasma companies over a Customs and Border Protection regulatory change that donors not be allowed to enter the country with B‑1 visas if they were planning to sell plasma.... Read more»
Posted May 11, 2022, 9:03 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Cochise County Attorney's Office will not pursue charges against the Border Patrol agent who shot and killed a Mexican man during a violent incident in rugged terrain near the Arizona-New Mexico border in February.
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Posted May 10, 2022, 10:38 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Fire crews working the San Rafael Fire southeast of Patagonia were able to hold their containment lines despite "red-flag" conditions Monday, and fire officials expect Tuesday will bring some relief from critical fire weather.... Read more»
Posted May 9, 2022, 2:24 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Tucson Music Hall will now carry the name of famed singer and Tucson native Linda Rondstadt as she was honored by Mayor Regina Romero just before the Tucson International Mariachi Conference Saturday evening. ... Read more»
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Posted May 9, 2022, 2:12 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The wind-driven San Rafael Fire grew to over 10,500 acres on Sunday, burning through grassland around 22 miles southeast of Patagonia, Ariz., and fire officials warned that "red-flag" conditions through Monday may complicate fire suppression efforts. ... Read more»
Posted May 9, 2022, 9:37 am
Kristian Hernandez
/Stateline
Since President Joe Biden took office, Republican-led states have filed some 27 lawsuits or appeals seeking to block immigration actions taken by the administration, with at least 15 multistate efforts by Republican attorneys general.... Read more»
Posted May 6, 2022, 3:07 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
After withering criticism and allegations that they have worked to "cover up" shootings involving agents, Border Patrol's Critical Incident Teams are being "eliminated," announced Chris Magnus, head of Customs and Border Protection.
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Posted May 6, 2022, 11:19 am
Cody Copeland
/Courthouse News Service
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, wife of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, as guest of honor at the Cinco de Mayo celebrations at the White House amid thawing relations with Mexico.... Read more»