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Posted Jul 3, 2019, 7:00 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
A federal appeals court ruled against the Trump administration Wednesday, rejecting an attempt to use $8.1 billion siphoned from the Defense Department to construct several border wall projects, including one near Yuma that was scheduled to begin in March. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 30, 2019, 1:29 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Two weeks after a group of nearly 400 Central Americans crossed into the U.S. near Lukeville, Ariz., Border Patrol agents encountered 231 people in the area, including families and children traveling alone, authorities said.... Read more»
Updated Apr 16, 2019, 9:23 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Border Patrol agents patrolling about 14 miles west of Lukeville, Ariz., encountered the largest group of Central American migrants yet, after 360 people crossed into the United States from Mexico. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 9, 2019, 11:52 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Customs and Border Protection said it is facing "unprecedented" numbers of migrants along the southwestern border, after the number of people detained in a month again soared, rising 35 percent from February to March.
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Posted Mar 16, 2018, 2:47 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will tour the U.S.-Mexico for the first time this weekend, coming to Arizona to conduct an "on-the-ground assessment" of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refugee, about 54 miles southwest of Tucson, and meet with local officials. ... Read more»
Posted Jul 15, 2011, 4:57 am
Janet Rose Jackman
/TucsonSentinel.com
More than 1,800 pounds of marijuana, worth nearly $1 million, was seized by Border Patrol agents Wednesday. Plus other incidents.
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