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Hobbs vetoes bill making criminals of those who aid …

6/20/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed legislation Tuesday she said could make criminals out of some who aid undocumented migrants.

Audit: As border cases go up, staffing stays the same …

6/8/2023
Staffing shortages and a surging workload at the southwest border have depleted morale among customs and border officials, who feel overworked and misused, leaving many ready to quit, a Homeland Security official testified Tuesday.

Hobbs' plan to deal with immigration has ideas, but …

5/8/2023
PHOENIX — A five-point plan by Gov. Katie Hobbs to deal with what happens Friday when Border Patrol loses its ability to immediately deport those who enter this country to seek asylum includes lots of ideas but is short on specifics.

Chandler man sentenced to 30 months for alien …

1/16/2023
TUCSON — Michael Andrew Nelson, 30, of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced Jan. 10 by U.S. District Judge Scott H. Rash to 30 months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised …

Federal agency to Arizona governor: Remove containers …

10/15/2022
PHOENIX — Federal officials want Gov. Doug Ducey to remove shipping containers he ordered placed along the border near Yuma and abandon his plans to put more there. In a letter Friday to …

Phoenix man charged with assaulting Border Patrol …

9/28/2022
TUCSON — A Phoenix man was arrested last week after authorities say he tried to strike a U.S. Border Patrol agent’s vehicle with one he was driving. Daniel Jerome Wagner, 54, of …

Pingerelli: Biden's policies have failed at the …

6/28/2022
Most Arizonans know that illegal border crossings have been increasing steadily since the election of 2020...

Litchfield Park city manager to aim high in retirement

12/30/2020
Throughout a varied career that included 37 years in the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Reserve, seven years in city management, and stints as a sheriff’s deputy and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol special agent, Bill Stephens always aimed high.

AMO, USBP rescue undocumented immigrant trapped by …

10/7/2020
DOUGLAS — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents on a training mission diverted to collaborate with U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents last week to rescue a distressed undocumented alien surrounded by fire and smoke.

Border Patrol's checkpoints overlooked in debate over …

2/25/2018
LAREDO, Texas (AP) — As vehicles line up at the Border Patrol's checkpoint a half-hour drive's north of the U.S.-Mexico border, its agents have around 10 seconds to check each driver and decide …

Border Patrol's checkpoints overlooked in debate over …

2/25/2018
LAREDO, Texas (AP) — As vehicles line up at the Border Patrol's checkpoint a half-hour drive's north of the U.S.-Mexico border, its agents have around 10 seconds to check each driver and decide …