US: Border tunnel found appears to be ‘most sophisticated’

The tunnel intended for smuggling ran from San Luis, Arizona, to a Mexican neighborhood and had a ventilation system, water lines, electrical wiring, a rail system, and extensive reinforcement, federal officials said Thursday.

Undocumented families face immense challenges as virtual school year looms

There unforeseen challenges for those who don’t have the proper paperwork to live in this country and for those whose socioeconomic levels are at the bottom rung. 

Biden says border wall construction will stop if he’s elected president

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that while he won’t tear down President Trump’s much-touted wall along the United States’ southern border with Mexico, he also won’t continue construction of the barrier if he’s elected president in November.

For GOP Maricopa County Sheriff primary, a close race between Joe Arpaio and Jerry Sheridan

The GOP Primary for the Maricopa County Sheriff position has turned out to be a close race between former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who wants another chance at the seat, and his former right-hand man, Jerry Sheridan.

Man found injured by Border Patrol dies in Yuma hospital

Agents from the Yuma Border Patrol Sector located him on July 26 in an open field. The man told them that he was injured after falling from the border wall.

Border Patrol raids humanitarian aid camp in southern Arizona

A makeshift camp intended to offer humanitarian aid in southern Arizona was raided by Border Patrol on July 31.

US to raise naturalization application fees by $500

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a dramatic increase in fees for several immigration and work applications, including naturalization and asylum applications.

Supreme Court won't halt challenged border wall projects

The Supreme Court declined by a 5-4 vote on July 31 to halt the Trump administration's construction of portions of the border wall with Mexico following a recent lower court ruling that the administration improperly diverted money to the project.

Trump administration won't accept new DACA applications

The Trump administration says it will deny new applications for so-called “Dreamer” immigrants and limit renewals to one year instead of two.

Protesters chain themselves to California governor's house as prison deaths rise

The California Liberation Collective organized the protest that it said included several community organizers who are in the country illegally as well as immigration attorneys whose clients risk becoming infected.

Migrant kids held in US hotels, then expelled

The Trump administration is detaining immigrant children as young as 1 in hotels before deporting them to their home countries.

Feds give 65 acres of land for border wall infrastructure

The agency says it’s now handing over 53 acres in Yuma County, Arizona, that is needed to install power and other utilities around the border wall there. Another 12.7 acres in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, were transferred so that the Army could install power and other utilities along with engineering or roads that provide access to the border wall project there.

Trump excluding those in US illegally from reapportionment

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that seeks to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in congressional reapportionment, a move that drew immediate criticism and promises of court challenges.

Border Patrol: Arizona man legally carrying corpse was also smuggling migrants

An Arizona man is suspected of human smuggling after several migrants were found in his vehicle. He was legally carrying a corpse as part of his work for a mortuary.

Two migrant men found dead near Yuma

Yuma border patrol officers have found the remains of two migrants after reports that a smuggler had them them behind.