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An ICE arrest.

Data Show Rising Immigration Arrests

ICE arrests are up 40% from this time last year, and advocates say they're occurring away from the border.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.

US, Mexican Officials Meet in DC to Discuss Security Issues

Secretary of State Tillerson, Mexican foreign minister will look at cartels, other issues.
The old border wall made of military landing platform that stood for years dividing Naco, Arizona, and Naco, Sonora.

Finalists Set For Border Wall Proposal, US Says

Proposals have been wide ranging: a string of hammocks, one-way Plexiglass.
Workers install the final panel in an upgrade of 7.5 miles of border fence near Naco, May 9, 2017.

Last Piece Installed in Naco Border Fence Repair

Work on eight-mile stretch of border fence took four years to complete.
Signs held at an April 2013 protest over the death of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez.

Border Agent's Murder Trial Set for October

Lonnie Swartz faces charges related to a 2012 shooting that left a boy dead on the Mexican side of the border.

Mothers From Both Sides of Border Gather at Fence in Solidarity

One organizer said they came to show togetherness and support.
Ildi Flores, center, and Amanda Castro, left, a friend, meet with a volunteer to start the paperwork for Flores' citizenship in Nogales, May 2017.

Arizona Trend: Seniors Becoming Senior Citizens

87-year-old Nogales woman helps others with paperwork, study.
Produce inspected at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Az. (2015)

Arizona Border Counties Form Coalition to Protect Trade with Mexico

Four-county effort emphasizes healthy ties.
Mike Davidson, at fore of boat, holds the concession permit in the United States to operate the rowboats that ferry people back and forth across the Rio Grande between Boquillas del Carmen, Coahuila and Big Bend National Park.

The Border's New Boundaries, Part IV: Natural Wall May Suffice

Big Bend National Park's cliffs along Rio Grande could be enough deterrent.
Reporters demonstrate a silenced press after colleague is slain.

The Border's New Boundaries, Part III: Silence from Violence

Border journalism has become increasingly deadly, at least for those on the Mexican side.
The U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona.

US Budget: $42B for Homeland Security But None for Wall

Spending includes pedestrian fencing, surveillance towers, patrol roads, gates.
David Loftis fishing for bass from Falcon Lake in Zapata County, Texas. He said he'd move if the United States needed him to in order to build a border wall.

The Border's New Boundaries, Part II: Living On The Edge

Life could change for those with property in the path of a border wall.
A four-part series on the border.

The Border's New Boundaries, Part I: Digital Towers

A network of towers and other surveillance tech is used with the goal of monitoring the border 24 hours a day.
A photo of Tucson resident Annie Laos from her memorial.

Annie Laos, A Tucson Original, Remembered by Friends and Family

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A look at alternatives to a physical border wall; how genome research helps science to understand epilepsy; "I Dream in Widescreen" brings new film makers' work to light.
Produce inspected at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Az. (2015)

Interest Group: Border Tax Would Cost Consumers $1.2 Trillion

Americans for Affordable Products says state congressional delegation opposes 20% import tax.

'Solar Border' Would See Dollars Pay for Wall

The proposal puts a privately funded wall on the Mexican side of the border and provides environmental and economic incentives, planners say.

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