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Various denominations of U.S. currency.

Mixed immigration families could be eligible for the next COVID-19 relief benefits

U.S. citizens who live with an undocumented person have previously been barred from receiving any federal aid.
A group of men, women and children prepare their documents after approaching and surrendering to Border Patrol in the Yuma Sector, 2019.

Arizona migrant border deaths on track for record amid heat

Record heat in Arizona takes its toll
The search for lost loved ones is continuous in and around Brooks County, Texas. Omar Roman-Gonzalez and Michelle Chinos put up flyers in the search for Omar's brother Homero Roman, who had already been missing for two years when the film begins.

"Missing in Brooks County" captures perseverance and tragedy from the U.S. / Mexico border.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Live Theater Worksop's outdoor drive-in stage experience "Having Our Say"; and some intricate acoustic swing from The Django Shredders.
Gail Kocourek, 69, stands inside an area where migrants are processed on the Mexican side of the port of entry in Sasabe. This fall, Kocourek and other volunteers started making bi-weekly trips to the area to hand out food and water to migrants after they've been expelled by Border Patrol agents.

'No right way': Rapid migrant expulsions transform remote border crossing

Aid groups say Trump administration's pandemic-era expulsions trap migrants in a borderland ill-equipped to care for them.
Mixed immigration status students gather in downtown Phoenix for a celebration of Joe Biden's presidential victory on Nov. 7, 2020.

Court lays out next steps after DACA ruling

The hearing follows a ruling last week saying the Trump administration's latest changes to DACA were unlawful.
Aliento founder Reyna Montoya addresses a circle of other DACA recipients and mixed immigration status families on Nov. 7, 2020.

New DACA ruling leaves recipients hopeful, but questions remain

A federal judge ruled Saturday the Trump administration's rollbacks to the program were unlawful.
Daniela Ofelia Nava Leyva speaks at an event in downtown Phoenix celebrating Joe Biden's presidential win on Nov. 7, 2020.

'We have peace': After Biden win, DACA recipients reflect on the last decade

Arizona "Dreamers" helped get out the vote for Biden. Now they want to make sure he follows though.
A backlog at USCIS means has meant many immigrants who planned to be first-time voters in this year's election won't get that chance.

USCIS backlog hampers voting for immigrants still awaiting citizenship

Some 300,000 immigrants won't become citizens in time for Nov. 3
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf, Feb. 26, 2020.

DHS head touts immigration policy at Arizona sheriffs' roundtable

Chad Wolf promoted the Migrant Protection Protocols as safe, though critics say the policy fails obligations to asylum seekers.
Children who are waiting for asylum in the United States with their families in Nogales, Sonora, marched to the border wall Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, to ask the United States to open the border to them.

Young asylum seekers in Nogales share their stories, plead for relief

An art installation on the exterior of Kino Border Initiative's facility depicts one hand grasping another. The nonprofit provides humanitarian aid for deportees and migrants in Nogales, Sonora.

Border restrictions leave asylum seekers stranded in Nogales, Sonora

Many continue to receive humanitarian aid at the Kino Border Initiative.
Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan goes over the agency's 2020 fiscal year during a news conference at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Oct. 14, 2020.

Border apprehensions down, nearly 200k returned to Mexico under COVID-19 policy

Customs and Border Protection's acting commissioner visited Tucson to recap the agency's 2020 fiscal year.
A sign directs voters where to cast their ballots at a polling place in Tucson.

As candidates woo Latino voters, local organization steps in with an ear to the ground

LUCHA's get-out-the-vote campaign aims to reach more than a million Indigenous, Black and Latino voters.
A Border Patrol vehicle.

Border Patrol agents to be equipped with body cameras

The cameras will be distributed to agents stationed along the Mexico border starting next spring.
No More Deaths says this agent was armed in the camp.

Border Patrol storms humanitarian aid camp in Southern Arizona; no criminal charges filed

The raid is part of escalating tension between the federal agency and nonprofit No More Deaths.
A federal court temporarily blocked a steep increase in fees for citizenship and asylum application and other fees set to take effect Friday. That’s good news for migrants, but poses a challenge for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services which gets almost all of its budget from fees for services.

Judge halts fee hike that would have nearly doubled cost of citizenship

Arizona advocates welcomed the action, saying the increases would have put the cost of citizenship out of reach for many.

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