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Rare Meeting Between Tucson Rights Groups, Border Patrol

Interim Border Patrol Sector Chief seeks common ground, promises more meetings.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Nogales, April 11, 2017.

Attorney General: 'We Will Detain All Adults Apprehended at Border'

Sessions visits Nogales, says, 'We will execute a strategy that once again secures our border.'
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.
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.'
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.
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.
President Donald Trump

Trump Rules Hit Hard at Illegal Immigration

Criminals, crime suspects top priority, with much wider net cast for others, too.
Paul Babeu (left) and Frank Milstead.

Pinal Ex-Sheriff, DPS Chief Are Customs, Border Agency Candidates

Milstead, Babeu among three being interviewed for top job in Trump administration.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly (left) and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, Feb. 9, 2017.

Episode 302: Homeland Security Chief Visits Arizona Border

Plus, a school voucher bill moves through the state Legislature amid the controversial confirmation of Betsy DeVos.

Trade Tops Mexican Senators' Agenda on Arizona Visit

Meeting in Phoenix Friday and Saturday with Tucson, Phoenix mayors, immigrants.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly (left) meets Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada in Nogales Feb. 9, 2017.

Arizona Sheriffs: Positive Meeting with Homeland Security Chief

Secretary John Kelly also met with Gov Ducey, border enforcement officers, local officials.
Crime scene tape

Tucson Police Chief: 'Sanctuary' Ban Won't Work

Magnus says police relations with community important to force's mission.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Aug. 31, 2016.

Year-End: Trump's 'Build a Wall' Top Border Story in Arizona

Immigrant rights groups mobilize after election; surge of Central Americans.
Border Patrol agents inspects a water drainage tunnel that spans from Nogales, AZ into Mexico.

Assaults Against US Border Officers Rise Threefold

159 in October and November this year, compared with 51 a year ago.
Terry Johnson of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office stands in the section of the jail where officers interview non-citizens who might be deportable.

Can Trump Keep Promise to Deport Criminal Migrants?

Some possible scenarios regarding the infrastructure and execution.

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