Shipping containers removed from Arizona-Mexico border wall to house those transitioning out of foster care

Some of the shipping containers that once stood at the Arizona border with Mexico to keep people out are now being converted into tiny homes to house youth while transitioning out of the foster care program.

U.S.-Mexico Border bracing for new migrant wave
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Officials along the U.S. border with Mexico are bracing for a new wave of migrants, as a crowd of about 5,000 people is making its way through Mexico. Meanwhile, leaders of some of the cities where migrants have already been relocated to are asking for help. Reporter Casey Stegall has more.

Mayors of US cities seek meeting with Biden on how to handle incoming migrants

The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, and Los Angeles are pressing to meet with President Joe Biden about the migrants arriving in their cities.

As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take perilous journey to the U.S. border to seek asylum

Chinese asylum-seekers who spoke to The Associated Press, as well as observers, say they are seeking to escape an increasingly repressive political climate and bleak economic prospects.

Border security: Cochise County Sheriff announces Operation Safe Streets II

The new operation was launched in reaction to Cartels that are recruiting drivers as young as 13 years old to pick up and drive migrants from the border to other parts of the state.

Shipping containers from Ducey's defunct Arizona-Mexico border wall continue being repurposed

In August 2022, then Arizona Governor Doug Ducey issued an executive order to close a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Yuma with shipping containers. That wall was then torn down after a federal lawsuit and the state is trying to recover the money lost in the project.

Most in the US see Mexico as a partner despite border problems, an AP-NORC/Pearson poll shows

Most Americans see southern neighbor Mexico as having at least a friendly relationship with the U.S. A sizable majority also say Mexico and the U.S. should be responsible for stopping drug trafficking.

Record border crossings seen at U.S.-Mexico border
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The number of people crossing into the U.S. from the southern border has hit an all-time high. Last month, Customs and Border Protection saw more than 260,000 southern border crossings, which is a record. FOX's Mills Hayes has the latest.

Arizona tribe protests decision not to prosecute Border Patrol agents for fatal shooting

The Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona on Friday blasted the decision by the U.S. Attorney’s Office not to prosecute Border Patrol agents who shot and killed a member of the tribe after they were summoned by tribal police.

Biden clears way for border wall construction
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The Biden administration announced it waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction, marking the administration?s first use of a sweeping executive power employed often during the Trump presidency.

Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas

The Biden administration announced it waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction, marking the administration’s first use of a sweeping executive power employed often during the Trump presidency.

Border crossings hit new record in September
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Customs and Border Protection sources tell FOX News that more than 260,000 migrants have cross the southwest portion of the U.S.-Mexico Border in September, which is the highest monthly total ever recorded, and the surge is draining resources in border communities. Reporter Caroline Elliott has more.

10,000 migrants a day head to US border, Mexico's president says

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the surge of migrants reaching Mexico’s northern border with the United States is partly due to about 6,000 migrants per day crossing into Mexico from Guatemala over the past week.

Nightly Roundup: Arrest made in Tupac's murder, man shot and killed by Mesa Police

From a long-awaited breakthrough in the murder case of rap legend Tupac Shakur, to a deadly officer-involved shooting in a Mesa neighborhood, here's some of the top stories on FOX10Phoenix.com for Friday, September 29, 2023.