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Posted May 20, 2022, 11:42 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Dinesh D’Souza told a conservative podcast that “2000 Mules,” his film making flawed and faulty claims about election fraud in 2020, directly led the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office to open up an investigation — but the sheriff says that’s simply not true. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 25, 2021, 8:25 pm
B. Poole
/Courthouse News
If Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, makes it to nomination hearings in the Senate, the law enforcement reformer will likely face an angry gauntlet of questioning from Republican senators.... Read more»
Updated Apr 20, 2021, 5:18 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
After weeks of calling for National Guard units along Arizona's border with Mexico, Gov. Ducey announced he is deploying around 250 guardsmen in support roles, relegating them to runningcameras and helping at detention centers. The announcement took federal immigration authorities in Arizona by surprise.
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Posted Apr 4, 2018, 9:29 am
Philip Athey
/Cronkite News
President Trump’s announcement that he plans to send U.S. troops to patrol the border left Southern Arizona sheriffs looking for details before committing to the president’s “big step.”... Read more»
Posted Feb 8, 2017, 2:14 pm
Andres Guerra Luz
/Cronkite News
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told a House panel Tuesday that a wall will help close the “gaping wound” of the U.S-Mexico border, but that he will rely on local authorities to tell his department where and how to close the border.... Read more»
Posted Feb 7, 2017, 3:10 pm
Joseph Guzman
/Cronkite News
One day before the new secretary of Homeland Security was scheduled to testify on border security, a Nogales business owner joined critics speaking out Monday against the Trump administration’s plans to continue the “militarization” of the southern border.... Read more»
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Posted May 4, 2016, 9:04 am
David McGlothlin
/Arizona Sonora News
The new budget deal spends millions of dollars on a new Border Strike Force created at Gov. Ducey’s request last year, but border county sheriffs say they want no part of it.... Read more»
Posted Sep 23, 2014, 11:23 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Federal immigration officials are scaling back a program meant to fast-track prosecution and imprisonment of immigrants crossing into the United States illegally, according to the Yuma County sheriff. ... Read more»