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The office of the Eloy Housing Authority remains closed to the public because of the pandemic on April 12, 2022.

At least two Arizona cities – Eloy and Williams – have outsourced to private companies their public housing authorities, which disburse federally funded housing assistance to low-income residents. Read more»

Three people were killed and five seriously injured when the driver of a SUV crashed into a semi-tractor trailer after refusing to stop for an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper north of Tucson on Thursday morning, authorities said. Read more»

LPCC staff firing pepper spray and chemical agents at detainees in an LPCC housing area on April 13, 2020.

A privately run ICE immigration detention site in Eloy, Ariz, "threatened the health, safety, and rights" of migrants, said a federal watchdog agency that found violations of standards, including an incident in which peacefully protesting detainees were pepper-sprayed last year. Read more»

The Hawaii Department of Public Safety ordered mass testing at an Arizona private prison that holds its inmates after dozens of them contracted COVID-19 and several remain hospitalized. Read more»

Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees gather in the yard at the Eloy Detention Center in this 2017 photo. As of Oct. 4, ICE reported 400 detainees at La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy had tested positive for COVID-19.

La Palma Correctional Center, a privately run immigration detention center in Eloy, is facing an alarming spike in COVID-19 cases among immigration detainees. Read more»

The Department of Transportation’s dust detection system on Interstate 10 is designed for summer dust storms, such as this one in 2012, as well as 'dust channels' that occur year-round.

Dust storms in Arizona can blow up suddenly, and the patch of desert between Eloy and Picacho Peak is especially prone to wind-driven dust. Dust drastically reduces visibility for drivers, which is why the Arizona Department of Transportation, ahead of monsoon season, has implemented a new dust detection system to protect drivers on I-10 between Phoenix and Tucson. Read more»

A flock of birds flies over the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona on April 10, 2020.

A private prison in Florence, Ariz., that houses more than 3,000 defendants awaiting court proceedings is grappling with an outbreak of COVID-19 in which at least 20 jail staff and detainees have tested positive. Read more»

A protestor during a demonstration outside of the La Palma detention facility in Eloy, Ariz., on April 10.

Advocacy groups filed an oversight complaint Thursday, arguing there is a "systemic failure" at Immigration and Customs Enforcement to protect thousands of detained migrants from coronavirus. Read more»

The La Palma Correctional Facility in Eloy, Ariz., houses U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees and is managed by CoreCivic, a private detention center company.

98 immigrant detainees at the La Palma Correctional Center in Arizona have been “cohorted” together, due to their exposure to the facility’s first confirmed case of COVID-19. Read more»

Protestors drive by and honk their horns outside of the Eloy Detention Center, a private immigration detention facility in Eloy, Arizona on Friday, April 10, 2020.

An ICE detention center in Eloy is the latest facility to have a string of complaints raised by detainees as COVID-19 fills hospitals and strains the nation’s health care system. Read more»

With a makeshift collection of protective gear, immigration attorney Margarita Silva arrives at an Arizona ICE detention facility on March 20 to meet a client.

Nearly a month into a seemingly worldwide shutdown, it may be hard to find an everyday business or public area that has not been closed because of COVID-19. Many companies have allowed their employees to work from home, but businesses deemed essential are still in operation. This includes grocery stores, fuel stations, banks, transportation systems, pharmacies – and most U.S. immigration courts. Read more»

Asylum seekers, most from Central America and Mexico, wait in line at the Kino Border Initiative's 'comedor' or soup kitchen in Nogales, Sonora in January.

A second person had been diagnosed with coronavirus at the La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, north of Tucson, authorities said Monday. Read more»

A microscopic image of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the COVID-19.

A 45-year-old immigrant from Guatemala detained at the La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy has tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first coronavirus case confirmed in an Arizona immigration detention center, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Read more»

Asylum seekers, most from Central America and Mexico, wait in line at the Kino Border Initiative's 'comedor' or soup kitchen in Nogales, Sonora in January.

Calling immigration detention facilities "tinderboxes on the verge of explosion" because of COVID-19, a coalition of immigration advocacy groups asked a federal judge to order the immediate release of eight people held by ICE in Arizona. Read more»

MSgt. Nathan Goodman

A U.S. Army special ops soldier was killed this week during a free-fall training jump in Eloy, north of Tucson. MSG Nathan Goodman, 36, was a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan and recipient of two Bronze Stars. Read more»

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