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Posted Apr 27, 2022, 2:19 pm
Kelsey Reichmann
/Courthouse News Service
Red states challenging the president’s authority over immigration policy made little headway at the Supreme Court in nearly two hours of oral arguments Tuesday on the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 22, 2022, 1:11 pm
Kelsey Reichmann
/Courthouse News Service
Next Tuesday, in a contentious battle that could have big implications for administrative law, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Migrant Protection Protocols — better known as Remain in Mexico - aimed at preventing an influx of migrants.... Read more»
Posted Mar 6, 2022, 7:10 pm
Mo Goldman
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
You cannot pick or choose which immigrant or migrant is more deserving. Every immigrant deserves a fair process and an opportunity to be heard. If you support displaced Ukrainians, you should be supporting a system that provides this opportunity for any immigrant. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 3, 2022, 5:59 am
Emily Sacia
/Cronkite News
The director of Arizona’s Department of Homeland Security told a panel of lawmakers Wednesday that the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as the “remain in Mexico” policy, is helping to keep Arizonans safe - while federal DHS officials called it a flawed policy program.... Read more»
Posted Feb 21, 2022, 7:00 am
Kelsey Reichmann
/Courthouse News Service
President Joe Biden persuaded the Supreme Court to consider his move to unravel a federal policy launched in January 2019 with the Trump administration that forces people seeking U.S. asylum to wait out their determinations in Mexico. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 31, 2022, 10:59 am
Kirk McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
Eight states filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, seeking to stop the administration's use of the Central American Minor Program that allows migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to petition the government to have their children resettled with them. ... Read more»
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Posted Jan 28, 2022, 9:18 am
René Kladzyk
/El Paso Matters
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited El Paso Thursday as part of a three-day tour of the U.S.-Mexico border to discuss personnel challenges - a day after Arizona Gov. Ducey called for Mayorkas’ resignation following the secretary’s visit to Yuma.... Read more»
Posted Jan 24, 2022, 5:02 am
Cody Copeland
/Courthouse News Service
People are forced to flee increasingly violent Central American countries like Honduras, where the United States’ endorsement of the 2009 coup of the democratically elected President led to extreme levels of insecurity and instability that continue to drive people out of the country.... Read more»
Posted Jan 20, 2022, 7:23 am
Emily Sacia
/Cronkite News
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»
Posted Jan 17, 2022, 8:07 am
Cody Copeland
/Courthouse News Service
The second iteration of the Migrant Protection Protocols promises to return just as many or more asylum seekers as its antecedent when the program expands in the coming months, and some suggest bleak fates for the migrants who slipped through the cracks in MPP 1.0. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 14, 2022, 10:32 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
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»
Posted Dec 28, 2021, 5:27 am
René Kladzyk
/El Paso Matters
As a candidate, Joe Biden emphasized how different his immigration policy would be from that of former President Donald Trump, promising to “take urgent action to undo Trump’s damage,” but after nearly a year of the Biden presidency, immigrant advocates are disheartened.... Read more»
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Posted Dec 21, 2021, 10:00 am
Eleanor Klibanoff & Uriel J. Garcia/The Texas Tribune
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott inaugurated the first stretch of a border wall being built by the state in Starr County - using state money and crowdfunded private donations, mostly coming from one single donor: Timothy Mellon, the chair of Pan Am Systems.... Read more»
Posted Dec 15, 2021, 5:31 am
Cameron Langford
/Courthouse News Service
A 5th Circuit panel late Monday rejected the Biden administration’s efforts to end a Trump-era immigration policy that forces some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for resolution of their cases, a week after the government restarted the program in compliance with an injunction. ... Read more»
Posted Dec 15, 2021, 5:12 am
Uriel J. Garcia
/Texas Tribune
A Cuban woman sent to Ciudad Juárez after seeking asylum in El Paso was raped as she waited for her U.S. court date - now, she worries more migrants could be victims of violence as the Biden administration revives the "remain in Mexico" program. ... Read more»
Posted Dec 7, 2021, 3:16 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Deputy Chief Chad Kasmar will lead the Tucson Police Department, replacing Chief Chris Magnus — who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection. ... Read more»