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National Guard troops receive inspection training from a Customs and Border Patrol official at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona on August 1, 2018.

The Buzz: What can states do at the US-Mexico border?

Federal law rules the land when it comes to border enforcement, but local governments can help.
A stretch of border fencing east of Douglas constructed as part of President Trump's initiative to erect a taller wall along the southern border. November 2020.

US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border

Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall spent Tuesday meeting with Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
A cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

Missing Migrant Program Summit brings awareness to risk of migrant deaths

Officials from local, national and non-governmental agencies came together to exchange ideas.
A handgun and ammunition.

Mexico sues 5 AZ gun shops

Three of the shops named in the suit are in Tucson.
Fruit stacked at the Mariposa Port of Entry.

The Buzz: USMCA turns 2

How are Arizona's importers & exporters doing under the new trade deal?
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan, in 2016.

CBP head defends accelerated border expulsions, blames migrants for increasing COVID-19 risk

Commissioner Mark Morgan spoke to the media ahead of agency's release of July arrest data.
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf, Feb. 26, 2020.

Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf's Arizona visit covers wall construction, PPE for Border Patrol

The secretary's visit included a trip to the border wall and a Border Patrol facility in Tucson.
A group of men, women and children prepare their documents after approaching and surrendering to Border Patrol in the Yuma Sector, 2019.

Trump administration finalizes deal to send asylum seekers to Honduras

The administration forged a similar deal with the government of Guatemala last year.
A construction worker works on installing 30-foot bollard fencing along Arizona's border with Mexico in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, February 2020.

Groups question risk, expense of border wall construction during coronavirus pandemic

Critics say big construction crews are still at work — increasing the risk of spreading the virus and traveling to other states.
Border patrol searches through tomatoes at port of entry.

Gov Ducey pushing for ratification of North American trade deal

The Arizona governor heads to Washington, D.C., to urge approval of the USMCA.
Treated water from the International Outfall Interceptor, a pipeline that carries raw sewage from Nogales, Mexico to a water treatment facility in Rio Rico, Arizona.

Senators, representatives from Arizona try to deal with border sewage pipe

Four members of the Arizona delegation filed bills aimed at maintaining the leaky line.
Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he'll push for anti-poverty programs in meeting with members of the U.S. Cabinet.

Arizona, Phoenix Leadership to Join Mexican Presidential Inauguration

Delegations from the state and capital are heading to Mexico City for the inauguration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Saturday.
Children at a Southwest Key facility in Tucson, July 13, 2018

Child Migrant Detention Center; Active Shooter Training; Mexican Elections

Plus, Arizona officials describe how state systems are targeted by millions of cyberattacks each month.
First Lady Melania Trump arrives at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson. June 28, 2018

First Lady Visits Border Patrol, Migrant Child Center in Arizona

Melania Trump makes stops in Tucson and Phoenix during her visit.
Government officials received this picture of a jaguar pelt, and biologists say its spots correspond to those on a jaguar seen in pictures taken by a trail camera in Arizona.

Jaguar Seen in Arizona Last Year has Been Killed in Mexico

Spots on a pelt match those of a jaguar photographed in the Huachuca Mountains.
Illustration for the "Bundyville" podcast by Zoë van Dijk.

Taking a Trip to "Bundyville"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Legal battles on the border over the separation of families; and Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman talks about life, death, and having fun in between.

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