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Posted Jul 26, 2021, 2:02 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Army Corps of Engineers has continued remediation work along two sections of the border wall near Yuma, cleaning up the remnants of construction left by contractors during the last days of the Trump administration's rush to complete the boundary barrier. ... Read more»
Posted Oct 19, 2020, 9:25 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Supreme Court will hear two challenges to the Trump administration's immigration and border policies, including the siphoning of $2.5 billion from military funds for border wall construction, and a policy that requires thousands of asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their claims for protection are processed.... Read more»
Posted Oct 10, 2020, 2:22 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Trump administration unlawfully siphoned $3.6 billion in construction funds from the Defense Department, the 9th Circuit Court ruled, forcing a halt to 11 border wall projects, including four in Arizona.
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Posted Aug 1, 2020, 12:28 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
In a sunset raid Friday, dozens of Border Patrol agents used a helicopter and armored personnel carrier as they raided a No More Deaths camp near Arivaca, Ariz., arresting more than three dozen people who were receiving medical care, food, water and shelter.
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Posted Jul 31, 2020, 12:17 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Border Patrol agents have once again raided the No More Deaths camp, detaining at least person Thursday at the group's permanent desert aid camp south of Arivaca. The humanitarian aid group called the raid an "escalation" from the agency after the release of documents surrounding a similar raid more than three years ago.... Read more»
Posted Jun 26, 2020, 10:07 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The 9th Circuit Court ruled Friday that the Trump administration unlawfully used $2.5 billion in Defense Department funds to build the president's long-promised border wall without congressional approval.
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Updated Feb 27, 2020, 3:39 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Prosecutors dropped the only remaining charge against Scott Warren, ending the misdemeanor case against the No More Deaths volunteer just months after the government's attempt to charge him with two felonies case collapsed in November.
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Posted Feb 13, 2020, 12:22 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Pentagon will once again shift military funding to border wall projects along the U.S.-Mexico border, diverting $3.8 billion from defense programs, including two in Arizona worth nearly $1.4 billion. ... Read more»
Posted Dec 26, 2019, 2:32 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
For much of 2019, the borderlands endured the fallout from decisions made years earlier, as the Trump administration pursued the Migrant Protection Protocols, attempted—and failed—to prosecute a humanitarian volunteer for harboring two men in the country illegally, and continued to pursue the president's quixotic promise to build a wall along the southwestern border.
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Posted Nov 20, 2019, 3:59 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The second federal felony trial of Scott Warren, a No More Deaths volunteer accused of harboring illegal immigrants in Arizona's western desert in 2018, continued Wednesday with closing arguments as both prosecutors and defense attorneys worked to convince the jury before they began their deliberations. ... Read more»
Updated Nov 19, 2019, 8:15 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Update: Scott Warren, a No More Deaths volunteer accused of harboring illegal immigrants in Arizona's western desert, testified in his own defense Tuesday, telling a federal jury he was working to "alleviate suffering" during a "humanitarian crisis."... Read more»
Posted Nov 18, 2019, 12:57 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
On the fourth day of Warren's re-trial, defense experts laid out the legal protocols and medical necessity of caring for migrants, while two No More Deaths volunteers described their work in Arizona's desert.... Read more»
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Posted Nov 14, 2019, 7:57 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
On the third day of trial of No More Deaths volunteer Scott Warren, prosecutors wrapped up with video depositions and an expert in cellphone data, and the defense team began laying out the case for humanitarian aid in the desert.... Read more»
Posted Nov 13, 2019, 6:26 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Two Border Patrol agents testified that their raid on a building used as a staging area for No More Deaths in Ajo was sparked by Scott Warren standing outside with two undocumented men and pointing toward a series of mountains to the north.... Read more»
Posted Nov 12, 2019, 6:32 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The second trial of No More Deaths volunteer Scott Warren began Tuesday, with prosecutors asserting he harbored two men in the country illegally, while defense attorneys argued that the government’s case was built on “false assumptions” about his intent.... Read more»
Posted Nov 4, 2019, 3:12 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Defense attorneys for Scott Warren, the No More Deaths volunteer who faces a second trial next week, argued that a proposed prohibition on speaking about President Trump would violate his constitutional rights.... Read more»