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.

Nogales migrant shooting: Jury selection underway
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Jury selection is underway in the trial of 75-year-old George Kelly, a Nogales area rancher who is accused of shooting and killing a migrant in January 2023.

HB2748: Arizona Democratic lawmakers walk out of hearing over controversial immigration bill

HB2748, if passed and signed into law, would authorize state and local police to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. Opponents call the bill a copycat of a similar law in Texas that is now the subject of a lawsuit.

Arizona Invasion Act border bill heads to legislature
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A bill modeled after Texas border law that would make entering the country illegally a state crime heads to the Arizona Senate.

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.

Migrant facility for minors opens in North Carolina
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A new migrant facility to house minors is now open hundreds of miles from the southern border in North Carolina. This location will house up to 800 unaccompanied children who are 13 to 17 years old. FOX's Chelsea Torres reports from Greensboro about why a migrant facility opened there.

Border latest: Tucson releases new migrant numbers
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New numbers were released on Sunday that show more migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. The data shows nearly 11,000 migrants were apprehended in the Tucson sector alone. That's about 3,000 more than the same time last year. The border chief says there were 210 federal criminal cases.

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.

AZ Gov. asks feds for $752M for migrant shelters, services
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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. FOX 10's Lindsey Ragas has more.

Katie Britt defends use of Bush-era sex-trafficking story in SOTU response

Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama, who gave GOP response to Biden’s State of the Union address, gave a harrowing account of a young woman’s sexual abuse that happened several years before Biden took office.

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.

State of the Union: What Biden had to say about these key topics

Biden's annual State of the Union Address on Thursday night touched on the border, the U.S. economy, the Israel-Hamas conflict, his age, and more. Here's what to know.

10 migrants fall off border wall
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Ten migrants were hurt after falling from the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico border in California. This comes as 4 migrants have died crossing the border this year. FOX's Zara Barker has more.