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Rothschild Offers Help Hiring Customs Officers for Border

Tucson mayor lobbied federal officials last week for the city, offered help to one department

Trial Begins for Immigration Activists Who Stopped Buses

Charges are misdemeanors, including disorderly conduct, obstructing governmental operations.
Rep. Martha McSally, R-Tucson, and members of the House Homeland Security Committee meet with members of the media on the Ladd Ranch in Sierra Vista following a border tour. January 24, 2015

McSally Pushes Border Security Bill

She leads Republican effort on House floor to move legislation that stalled last month.
President Barack Obama delivers his 2015 State of the Union Address to congress.

Tucson-Area Representatives React to State of the Union

Party-line responses from two members of Arizona’s Congressional delegation
DREAM students supporting education over deportation.

McSally Votes for 'Dreamers,' Against Other Obama Action

Republican defies party to keep immigration executive order funding in place for young adults.
Federal agents address Central American children at a Nogales shelter in summer 2014.

Deportations Fall Slightly from 2013 Record

Federal government reports 414,000 people removed from country in fiscal year that ended in September.
Child sleeps in one of the holding areas for Central American kids shelter in Nogales, Ariz.

Year in Review: Immigration, Border Security

AZPM's Fernanda Echavarri and Ted Robbins discuss Central American children, Obama initiatives, more.
SB 1070 protest in 2010.

Tucson Police Reduce SB 1070 Enforcement

Chief says department already gets little response from Border Patrol; will be guided by Obama's immigration action.
Daniel Neyoy Ruiz with his wife Carla and son Carlos at their home in Tucson.

Tucson Family 'Relieved' to Benefit From Obama’s Immigration Executive Action

Teenage son is “happy my parents can stay and have relief so they’re not always worried."

METRO WEEK: Grijalva Supports Obama Immigration Actions; Expands Leadership Role

Next congressional session, Arizona's Congressional District 3 representative seeks legislative compromises.
Yuma is often called the winter vegetable capital of the world.

Some Undocumented Farmworkers Could Benefit from Obama's Immigration Changes

Although executive action doesn't address them directly, many have children who are US citizens.
Nogales Sonora in Mexico as seen through the international border fence

Grijalva: Congress Should Take Immigration Reform Further

Chairman of liberal caucus says Obama executive actions prodding lawmakers into more changes.

AZ WEEK: 'Obama's Immigration News Good Economically, Bad Politically'

Local policy, law experts weigh in on president's executive orders deferring deportation for millions of undocumented migrants in US.
The Border Patrol's compound in Nogales, Ariz.

Obama Deportation Deferral May Affect 135,000 in Arizona

Immigration plan's impact in state also could include visas for high-skilled workers, tightened border security.
Taide Elena, Jose Antonio's grandmother, shows a photo of the teen next to an image of his coffin at the border.

Border Patrol Agent Who Shot Mexican Teen Identified

Federal court rules against request to not release name of person involved in 2012 fatal shooting.
A Border Patrol agent in the Arizona desert looking through binoculars.

Group: Border Patrol Violated Human Rights of Immigrants in Detention

New report says Central American women, children in Tucson were kept in unsanitary conditions.

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