Sinema confronted in airport and plane about spending bill, Green New Deal, DACA

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was confronted at an airport and on an airplane by people who demanded to know why she is refusing to support a pathway to citizenship or vote for President Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda.

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema condemns activists who filmed her inside restroom

The activists first confronted Sinema at her ASU classroom, then followed her down the hall as the senator went into the bathroom and shut the door of a stall.

Newsmaker Saturday - David Schweikert & Jeff Paul
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This week on Newsmaker Saturday, we sit down with Congressman David Schweikert to get an update on a pair of bills moving through Congress. We also get an update on the situation down at the border with FOX reporter Jeff Paul.

Tucson Border Patrol agents find large stash of fentanyl inside fish cooler

Authorities at an immigration checkpoint on Interstate 19 noticed something was “fishy” about the cooler and discovered 17 pounds of fentanyl hidden along the walls of the container.

DHS issues new rules that limit arrests, deportation of migrants

The Biden administration on Thursday announced new rules that require authorities to only pursue migrants who recently crossed into the country without permission or are deemed to pose a threat to public safety.

Immigrant rights activists block morning traffic on Golden Gate Bridge

Immigrant rights activists blocked morning traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge demanding that U.S. Democrats fight for the citizenship of all immigrant families.

San Jose apologizes to Chinese immigrants for role in 'systemic racism'

San Jose, with a population over 1 million, is the largest city in the country to formally apologize to the Chinese community for its treatment of their ancestors.

Fentanyl seizures escalate in Pinal County as death toll from accidental drug overdoses rise

Officials with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office say they have had more overdose deaths than COVID-19 deaths in 2020. In fact, they get a fentanyl-related call every couple days.

Florida sues Biden administration over border policies, alleging violation of federal law

The state of Florida is suing the Biden administration over its border policies, claiming officials are either in violation of federal immigration law, or simply abusing their authority.

Arizona AG hits Biden admin's 'laissez-faire' approach to migrant COVID risk

Mark Brnovich, in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, cites reports that a portion of families and unaccompanied minors who crossed the border tested positive for COVID-19.

California to replace the word ‘alien’ from its laws

California will strike the word “alien” from its state laws, getting rid of what Gov. Gavin Newsom called “an offensive term for a human being” that has “fueled a divisive and hurtful narrative.”

Biden's special envoy to Haiti resigns to protest migrant expulsions

U.S. officials say the Biden administration’s special envoy to Haiti resigned, protesting large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster.

Many Haitian migrants from border camp staying in US, officials say

U.S. officials say many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, undercutting the Biden administration’s public statements that Haitians who enter the country illegally face immediate expulsion.

Mayorkas: Border Patrol horseback photos 'horrified' him

DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas said images of what appeared to be Border Patrol agents on horseback rounding up migrants trying to cross the border “horrified” him.

26 governors, including Arizona's Doug Ducey, demand meeting with President Joe Biden over border crisis

A letter signed by 26 Republican governors, including Doug Ducey, asks Biden to schedule a meeting at the White House within the next 15 days so they can have an "open and constructive dialogue regarding border enforcement on behalf of U.S. citizens in our states and all those hoping to become U.S. citizens."

Del Rio, Texas migrants: US tries to block border, begins flying Haitians home

The United States began flying some of the thousands of Haitian migrants who have crossed from Mexico into a Texas border camp back to their poverty-stricken homeland.