Trial starts for Arizona border rancher charged with killing migrant on his property

An Arizona rancher went on trial Friday in the fatal shooting of a migrant on his property near Mexico as the national debate over border security heats up ahead of this year's presidential election.

Trial for Nogales rancher accused of shooting migrant starts

Jury selection begins in the trial of a Nogales rancher charged in the shooting death of a migrant on his property.

More than 2 dozen parrots seized at Arizona border
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection says officers and agriculture specialists stopped a vehicle and found 27 parrots at the Mariposa crossing in Nogales. The parrots are worth between $800 and $3,000 each.

Appeals court blocks enforcement of Texas migrant law once again

Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court said Texas can enforce its SB4 border law, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel hearing arguments on the merits of the law temporarily blocked it again.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs asks for $752M from the feds to pay for migrant shelters, services

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs is asking the federal government to pay for migrant shelters and services. Hobbs is asking for no less than $752 million from the Homeland Security Appropriations bill.

2 National Guard soldiers, 1 Border Patrol agent killed in Texas helicopter crash identified

The three killed Friday in the crash near Rio Grande City were: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Casey Frankoski, 28, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Grassia, 30, both with the New York National Guard; and Border Patrol Agent Chris Luna, 49.

AZ asks Congress to pay for border fentanyl scanners
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sent a letter to lawmakers on Capitol Hills requesting they approve funding for scanners that detect fentanyl. Mayes says more than half of all fentanyl seized in the United States was confiscated in Arizona.

SB1231: Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes bill on border crossing, saying it 'does not secure our border'

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill that would have, among other things, made it illegal for an unlawful immigrant to cross the border at any location other than a lawful port of entry.

AZ governor wiping off medical debts; law enforcement attacker sentenced | Nightly Roundup

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Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily halted a new Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants who enter the country illegally and set up another legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration.

US Border Patrol shoots, kills bandit robbing migrants in California

Bandits have been entering the U.S. and robbing migrants turning themselves in for processing, before fleeing back into Mexico.

President Biden, Fmr. President Trump visit different parts of U.S.-Mexico border

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will both make appearances at the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday. Biden will be in Brownsville, Texas and Trump will be in Eagle Pass, Texas.

Biden traveling to border Thursday

The president is heading to Brownsville, Texas, a city that sees high numbers of migrants crossing the border.

Biden weighs new executive action to limit asylum at the border

The Biden administration is looking into options to manage illegal border crossings President Joe Biden could use without congressional approval after Republicans blocked a bipartisan border bill.

Fake Border Patrol vans found in Arizona
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection says two fake vans were found in southern Arizona.

Mayorkas impeachment: Here are the House Republicans managing his trial

Reps Clay Higgins, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Andy Biggs are among the 11 House Republicans managing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment trial.