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Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus and San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, from left, at a U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting on immigration issues. Magnus said his agency is being stretched thin.

Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and Mesa Mayor John Giles took part in an immigration forum Wednesday and agreed that immigration reform is badly needed to address the current border situation, but they are not confident it can get done in the current fractured political climate. Read more»

Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, of Citizens for Renewing America, joined a group of Arizona GOP lawmakers to call on Gov. Doug Ducey to use his power to curb illegal immigration from Mexico.

Ken Cuccinelli - a top Citizenship and Immigration Services official in Donald Trump’s administration - spoke at the Arizona Capitol while flanked by several Republican state legislators to urge Gov. Doug Ducey to use Arizona’s National Guard to turn immigrants back at the border. Read more»

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, right, speaks during a working breakfast with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the National Palace in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021.

The proposed "U.S.-Mexico Bicentennial Framework for Security, Public Health, and Safe Communities," which, like the Mérida Initiative before, approaches the problems of drug trafficking, violence, and abuse on the basis of the countries’ "shared responsibility" for the problems. Read more»

An Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper arrested a 24-year-old Nevada man and seized five AK-47 assault rifles during a traffic stop in March, 2018, on I-10 near Marana.

The proposed "U.S.-Mexico Bicentennial Framework for Security, Public Health, and Safe Communities," which, like the Mérida Initiative before, approaches the problems of drug trafficking, violence, and abuse on the basis of the countries’ "shared responsibility" for the problems. Read more»

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, right, speaks during a working breakfast with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the National Palace in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021.

The proposed "U.S.-Mexico Bicentennial Framework for Security, Public Health, and Safe Communities," which, like the Mérida Initiative before, approaches the problems of drug trafficking, violence, and abuse on the basis of the countries’ "shared responsibility" for the problems. Read more»

'Marijuana isn't the drug that's bringing in revenue for the cartels,' said Jorge García-Robles, author of several texts on Mexico’s history with marijuana. 'The best marijuana in the world is from California. Many people here are importing marijuana and seeds from the United States.'

Sponsors of Expoweed 2021 in Mexico City - which aims to “break stigmas” of marijuana use and “create new paradigms as a society” - hails the cannabis industry’s ability to tackle society’s issues, but understates the history of drug violence as Mexico moves towards legalization. Read more»

Citing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced Wednesday its agents would temporarily suspend most arrests, focusing only on individuals said to pose public safety risks or subject to mandatory detention on criminal grounds. Read more»

Rep. Raul Grijalva, backed by other House Democrats, renewed calls for the Pentagon to investigate the legality of the deployment of National Guard and active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Dozens of House Democrats renewed calls Friday for the Defense Department to investigate the legality of President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy thousands of active-duty and National Guard troops to the U.S-Mexico border. Read more»

Mexico's Jalisco New Generation cartel members holding hostages they accuse of kidnapping in a video uploaded to the internet in March 2014.

Do novels about the drug war glorify violence? The best-selling author of 'The Cartel' says he wrestles with the question constantly. Read more»

Officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing seized 52 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside a Ford sedan in mid-December. The load of drugs was one of four detected by drug dogs working at the port over just few days.

Meet Bernardo. The U.S. deported him to Mexico. Now he's making big money cooking crystal meth to help serve a vast American market of addicts. Read more»

Doug Coleman, Drug Enforcement Administration special agent for Phoenix, said he hopes a new system allowing people to offer anonymous tips by text or an online form will help his office combat illicit use of prescription drugs that often leads to heroin use.

The DEA office in Phoenix announced TIP411, a technology allowing doctors, nurses, pharmacists and others with knowledge of illegal prescription drug transactions to submit tips anonymously via text or an online form. Read more»

2,000 pounds of marijuana seized from truck near Santa Cruz.

Border Patrol agents seized more than $1.1 million in narcotics, five vehicles, and caught 23 suspects in four incidents during the first two week July, according to a news release from the agency. Read more»

Texas democrats are playing defense after a former border sheriff pleaded guilty to federal charges. Read more»

Border Patrol agents and a CBP Field Operations Officer talk at a border crossing in San Ysidro, Calif.

The U.S. is charging more immigrants with criminal offenses, but it's not because they are committing more crimes. Read more»

With law and order stretched thin in Mexico, citizen posses have stepped up, rounding up accused drug dealers and other criminals. Read more»

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