Officials: ICE detainee in Eloy tests positive for COVID-19
Officials with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement say an ICE detainee in Arizona has tested positive for COVID-19.
US finds major cross-border tunnel used to smuggle drugs
Agents uncovered a sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel and seized 4,400 pounds of illicit drugs worth over $29 million.
L.A. judge issues order for release of migrant kids in ICE custody due to coronavirus
Calling migrant detention facilities "hotbeds of contagion," a Los Angeles federal judge has ordered the government to show its efforts to release thousands of immigrant children at risk of contracting the coronavirus in ICE holding centers in California and elsewhere, according to court papers obtained Monday.
Border Patrol officers seize $37M of meth in tomato shipment
Border officials found $37M worth of meth in a tomato shipment.
Lawyers, judges push to close immigration courts amid virus
The Trump administration is resisting calls from immigration judges and attorneys to stop in-person hearings and shutter all immigration courts.
Illegal border crossing into U.S. down 50%
The Trump administration closed the southern and northern borders and anyone caught crossing illegally is to be returned to Mexico or Canada.
Non-essential travel restricted at US-Mexico border to control coronavirus spread
Mexico and the U.S. announced plans Friday to sharply limit travel over their busy shared border as they try to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Getting coronavirus updates in Spanish is a mixed bag in the US
As government officials across the country warn about the dangers of the coronavirus, they’re doing so predominantly in English. They’re potentially not reaching the millions of Spanish speakers in the U.S. who aren’t proficient in English to make sure they know how to stay healthy.
Advocates: Transgender woman sexually assaulted at ICE site
A transgender woman seeking asylum should be released after she was sexually assaulted and harassed while being detained in an Arizona immigration facility with men for nine months, advocates said Thursday.
Pregnant teen dies after falling over border wall
A 19-year-old Guatemala woman, who was 8-months pregnant, died after falling over a section of the border barrier near El Paso.
Justices allow 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy to continue
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings, despite lower court rulings that the policy probably is illegal.
Arizona DPS do 24-hour patrols again in some border areas
The Arizona Department of Public Safety has returned round-the-clock patrols to Nogales with plans to have 24-hour patrols to a second area later this year.
U.S. sending military police to two border crossings
The U.S. government says it's sending more than 100 military police officers and engineers to two different border crossings in an effort to deal with asylum seekers.
13 pounds of date-rape drug seized at Washington Dulles International Airport
A package containing 13 pounds of a date-rape drug was seized from Washington Dulles International Airport.
Trump moves forward with cutting off funds to sanctuary cities
President Trump on Thursday said his administration is moving forward with withholding funding from sanctuary cities.
Newsmaker Saturday: Doug Ducey
FOX 10's John Hook talks to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey about sanctuary cities, the economy, prisons, taxes, mental health and the upcoming 2020 election.
Hand-dug smuggling cross-border tunnel discovered near Arizona
U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Arizona says this is the 126th illicit cross-border tunnel discovered in the Tucson sector. It was found by Border Patrol agents and Mexican law enforcement under the streets of Ambos Nogales.
Man accused of sexually assaulting child in Chicago was deported in 2014, arrested in 2019 but let go
ICE says the suspect, identified as Christopher Puente, was in Chicago police custody last year on theft charges. The agency says police should have handed him over to ICE, but because Chicago’s a sanctuary city, Puente was let go.
Appeals court temporarily halts Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
A federal appeals court temporarily halted a major Trump administration policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration courts.
Court temporarily halts Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily halted a Trump administration policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration courts.