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Episode 307: Far From Home, Young Refugees Finding Their Way in Arizona

Also, efforts from faith-based organizations and volunteers, and the economic impact of immigrants and refugees.
Border wall in Arizona separating the United States and Mexico.

Mexican Senator to Border Wall Builders: We Don't Want Your Business

Proposal would prohibit the companies from doing business with the Mexican government.
Arizona Game and Fish volunteer Cecilia Vigil holds an injured red-tailed hawk at the Arizona Western College campus aviary.

Blocking Biodiversity: Why a 'Great Wall' Might Not Be Great for Wildlife

A border wall could impact numerous endangered species, including jaguars.
The U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona.

Border Wall Building Bids Delayed Until This Week

Homeland Security releases more details of what it wants: 30-feet high, concrete.
City Hall in Nogales, Arizona.

Nogales Sewer Pipe: Whose Line is it Anyway?

A bill would put maintenance of the cross-border pipe into federal hands.
The entrance to the Nogales Border Patrol Station, February 2017.

Bill Would Eliminate Polygraph for Border Patrol Applicants

Sen. Flake says the polygraphs are unreliable and slow the hiring process down.
Border Patrol agents conducting patrols on ATVs in 2005.

Looking to Hire, Border Patrol May Soften Lie Detector Requirement

One former agent likened the test to an 'interrogation.'
U.S. Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), April 2012.

Sen. Flake: A Border Tax Is Bad For Business

The proposed 20 percent increase has been met with resistance from some Republicans.
The bench in a courtroom.

Immigration Courts Drowning in Deportation Cases

10,000 immigration cases backlogged in Arizona, 500,000 nationwide.
Ricardo Pineda Albarran, Mexican consul in Tucson.

Mexican Consulates Offer Free Legal Help to Their Citizens in US

Many Mexicans in country legally fear deportation and other problems.
Daniel Kanstroom, co-director of Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College

Lawyers Help Immigrants Facing Deportation

Only U.S. citizens have a right to free legal representation at public expense.
An ICE arrest.

'Expedited Removal,' Its Scope Expanding, Blurs Lines for Many

Now, immigration officers, without a judge, can decide the fate of an undocumented immigrant.
U.S. Representative Martha McSally spoke with Arizona Public Media Feb. 24, 2017.

A Q&A With US Rep. Martha McSally

The congresswoman from Arizona talked town halls, immigration reform, and health care.
The U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona.

US Begins Asking Contractors For Bids for Border Wall

CBP wants submission of prototype concepts for 'wall structures.'
Rancher John Ladd.

Episode 304: From Naco to the Nation, a View from the Border

Amid a new immigration enforcement plans, viewpoints of politicians, lawmen, rancher and more.
Pima County Sheriff Mark Napier in Nogales, Arizona, Feb. 9, 2017.

Pima County Sheriff Says 'No Way' to Trump's Immigration Enforcement

Sheriff Napier says it is a matter of using resources for Pima County, not the federal government.

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