Arizona Senator Sinema tours southern border, urges support of Bipartisan Solutions Act

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the border where she urged support for a bill that would add four new processing centers to handle the influx of migrants.

Residents protest Scottsdale hotel used as migrant detention center

Neighbors say they were blindsided when the former Homewood Suites Hotel on Scottsdale Road and Mountain View became a detention center for migrant families.

Arizona groups push to inoculate Central American migrants

A leader in the Central American community in Phoenix says local groups are banding together to ensure more hard-to-reach migrants are vaccinated against COVID-19 as Arizona struggles to improve its inoculation rates.

FBI still looking for whoever flew drone near CBP helicopter

The FBI is seeking to identify whoever is responsible for illegally flying a drone near a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter.

Border Patrol nabs 32 Mexican nationals dressed in camo in Arizona

Mounted Border Patrol officers arrested nearly three dozen border crossers decked out in camo near the Arizona-New Mexico state line.

DHS ends contracts with 2 immigration jails accused of mistreating inmates

The Biden administration will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of abuse allegations.

US State Dept. to recognize birthright citizenship of children born abroad if at least 1 parent is citizen

The change in policy, which used to require a biological relationship, comes after the agency lost several lawsuits involving same-sex couples who sued for their children’s citizenship.

23 rescued from suspected human smuggling boat off California

Twenty-three people were rescued Monday from a suspected smuggling boat off the San Diego coast not far from where another vessel broke up a few weeks ago, killing three people, authorities said.

Arizona sheriff’s immigration patrols to cost public $200M

Taxpayers in Maricopa County are on the hook after a 2013 verdict concluded Joe Arpaio’s officers had profiled Latinos in traffic patrols that targeted immigrants.

HHS redirects over $2B in COVID-19 funds for migrant children in shelters

The Biden administration says it has directed the Department of Health and Human Services to reroute more than $2 billion of COVID-19 funds to help cover the costs of supporting unaccompanied migrant children that have arrived in the U.S.

Government officials asking migrants to not cross border illegally as extreme heat approaches

The Arizona desert is the most dangerous place along the United States-Mexico Border for migrants who cross the border illegally, and amid record-high border crossings and the arrival of summer heat, officials are asking migrants to not cross the border.

Arizona AG calls for Harris to be removed from border role amid continued high migrant numbers

"Like many Americans, I was encouraged by your March 24th appointment of Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the efforts to stem the tidal wave of illegal migration into our country," Brnovich said in a letter to President Biden. "However, to date, her response to the border crisis has been absolutely abysmal, so I am requesting that she be replaced as your ‘border czar.’"

Texas farmer finds young migrant girls abandoned near border without food, water

A Texas farmer says he found five migrant girls abandoned on his ranch without food or water. The children ranged in age from 11 months to 7 years old, with one girl suffering from severe dehydration.

In-state tuition for immigrants to be on 2022 Arizona ballot measure

Voters will get to decide next year whether in-state college tuition can be provided to all students who attend and graduate from an Arizona high school, regardless of their immigration status.

20 governors urge Biden to act on border crisis, hit 'unacceptable' plans to house migrants in states

Migrants are pouring across the Rio Grande, and Border Patrol says their resources are stretched thin. This - as several governors, including Arizona's Doug Ducey, are urging the Biden administration to take action.

Number of migrant children in US custody more than doubled in past two months, data shows

Attorneys, advocates and mental health experts say that while some shelters housing the migrant children are safe and provide adequate care, others are endangering children’s health and safety.

Arizona, Montana file motion to halt DHS guidance that limits ICE, as deportations fall

While DHS officials have said that the guidance will make ICE more efficient and focused on the most dangerous illegal immigrants, it has also coincided with drops in both arrests and deportations.

‘We Build the Wall’ campaign co-founder indicted on charges of tax fraud

Brian Kolfage, co-founder of the “We Build the Wall” online fundraising campaign, has been indicted for alleged tax fraud by the North District of Florida attorney’s office.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema talks microchips, border issue during visit with business, government officials in Arizona

During a visit with various officials in Arizona, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema addressed the ongoing chip shortage that the country is facing, as well as a number of other issues, including the border crisis.