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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Sonora, Mexico Gov. Claudia Pavlovich sit for a joint interview in Phoenix on May 21, 2021.

Governors of Arizona and Sonora meet officially for final time

Lorraine Rivera spoke to both governors about how the two states have collaborated in recent years.
A group of demonstrators walk along the border wall in a march led by migrants and asylum seekers in Nogales, Sonora on April 30, 2021. The event was meant to urge President Biden to act on immigration reform.

Migrants, asylum seekers march in Nogales, Sonora

They say they want to hold President Biden accountable for his promise undertake immigration reform
U.S. Border Patrol agents near Sasabe, Arizona, March 22.

New border apprehension numbers need context, advocates say

CBP data shows more than 170,000 total apprehensions at the border in March, including record number of children.
A volunteer speaks to migrants keeping warm under an emergency blanket after an early-morning expulsion at the Migrant Resource Center in Agua Prieta.

Border officials report a record number of apprehensions, but most are still being turned away

The Biden administration is still employing a Trump-era policy that allows agents to send almost all migrants back to Mexico.
In this undated image, a cashier swipes a credit card at a register.

Economic impacts felt in Arizona from border travel restrictions

Visitors from Mexico pay sales taxes in retail hubs like the Tucson and Phoenix metropolitan areas.
Governor Doug Ducey addresses members of the media in front of a portion of border wall near the Douglas Municipal Airport on March 19, 2021.

In Douglas visit, Gov. Doug Ducey calls rising apprehensions a 'man-made crisis' by Biden administriaton

Ducey toured the U.S.-Mexico border with Florida Senator Rick Scott and local law officers, aid groups say they were left out.
A woman and girl sit on the sidewalk with a group of migrants as they wait to enter the Kino Border Initiative's cafeteria. The nonprofit provides humanitarian aid to migrants and deportees in Nogales, Sonora. February 2020.

Migrants in Mexico under Trump-era protocols await changes from Biden

We get an update from the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Sonora.
The Border Patrol erected this facility for asylum seekers last summer. Congress allocated $708 million for facilities like these and $112 million for "consumables" that was supposed to be spent caring for migrants.

New lawsuit challenges legality of 'Remain in Mexico' program's migrant child removals

U.S. law requires unaccompanied minors at the border get special protection, but lawyers say that hasn't been happening
The Tucson Skyline. October 23, 2019.

News roundup: Napier concedes in Pima sheriff's race, Ducey issues COVID-19 video, virus testing at PCC

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, November 16
Thirty-foot-high border wall was installed along the border near Sasabe, Arizona, and Mexico in the summer of 2020.

Joe Biden inherits Trump's border wall — and its lawsuits

Candidate Biden said he would stop construction but never said he would tear down the new border wall.
A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Coronavirus risk lessens in Sonora, Mexican officials say

The Mexican state to Arizona's south has entered a "medium" phase of risk.
A flier at the Mexican Consulate in Tucson notifies visitors of travel restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border due to COVID-19. August 2020.

Despite travel restrictions, Rocky Point welcoming Arizonans

The popular tourism destination reopened its beaches in August.
Consul Rafael Barceló Durazo of the Mexican Consulate in Tucson. August 24, 2020.

New top diplomat at the Mexican Consulate in Tucson

His priorities in his new role and how the pandemic has impacted services the consulate provides.
An Indigenous demonstrator shakes a rattle during the early morning protest in Coolidge on Aug. 26, 2020.

Indigenous activists protest wall contractor in Coolidge

Demonstrators gathered at Stinger Bridge & Iron to decry border wall construction across ancestral Indigenous border land.
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: No new coronavirus deaths reported in state, Pima County cases stabilize

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 17.
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.

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