Immigration & Politics of Arizona

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Apr 23

Arizona judge declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant

Quick Glance: Mistrial Declared in Arizona Rancher's Case Involving Migrant Fatality

In the case of 75-year-old Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly, accused of shooting a migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border, a judge has declared a mistrial.

Kelly faced charges of second-degree murder and aggravated assault related to the fatal shooting on Jan. 30, 2023, of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, a 48-year-old migrant from Nogales, Mexico.

Throughout the trial, prosecutors highlighted inconsistencies in Kelly's statements to law enforcement officials during the investigation.

The defense argued that Kelly was merely protecting himself and his wife, firing warning shots above the group, while the prosecution contended there was no evidence of another shot being fired and that the migrant was unarmed.

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I'm a DACA recipient in college. My story is more common than you think: It's the future.

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Apr 23

John Ladd is a rancher from a family that arrived in Arizona when the border with Mexico was just a line on the map. Now he views that frontier - and the ... Show more www.yahoo.com/news/border-ranchers-see-threats-us-013854393.html

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Associated Press

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Mar 06

Arizona's Democratic governor vetoes border bill approved by Republican-led Legislature

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Apr 11

Arizona is the new ground zero for the 2024 election: Suddenly, Arizona is at the center of the hottest political conflicts driving the campaign.

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Apr 17

Senate GOP candidate Kari Lake gestures broadly to illegal immigration in talk on Arizona's housing crisis

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Feb 28

Arizona Republicans propose legalizing the murder of migrants who cross ranches and farmland

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Apr 10

The 2024 Swing States: Why Arizona Could Sway the Presidential Election: The border state’s 11 electoral votes are up for grabs after President Joe Biden’s ...

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Feb 24

Fewer migrants are crossing into Texas. Gov. Abbott is claiming credit.: Illegal border crossings into the United States have fallen 50 percent since the end of ...

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Mar 12

Arizona's Democratic governor fights border package backed by state Republicans: Both Republicans and Democrats in Arizona criticize the federal government's ...

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Apr 17

I'm undocumented and in college. Why it's important to share stories like mine: Opinion: Thanks to a 2022 measure granting in-state tuition, Arizona students ...

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Apr 13

Arizona to get $55 million to provide humanitarian aid to migrants at the border: The Shelter and Services Program announced its first round of funding totaling ...

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Feb 19

After Jim and Sue Chilton discovered drugs and at least 150 smuggling trails on their Arizona ranch along the U.S.- Mexico border ... Show more nyti.ms/49FDEew

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Mar 18

This migrant shelter in Tucson, Arizona, is one of five in a network that have collectively served an estimated 180,000 asylum seekers ... Show more www.reuters.com/world/us/arizona-county-faces-homelessness-steroids-migrant-shelter-funds-run-out-2024-03-18/

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Feb 21

How Donald Trump could deploy a private deportation army to invade Arizona: Opinion: Former president Trump's immigration adviser described using red-state ...

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Feb 14

'SB 1070 2.0': Arizona Republicans want to make illegal immigration a state crime

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Feb 18

Cómo migrantes ofrecen apoyo a la población que envejece en Arizona: Los trabajadores que cuidan a los adultos mayores en Arizona ya son escasos.

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Apr 01

How immigration politics clash with reality in the swing state of Arizona: In Nogales, Ariz., immigration and casual border crossings are a way of life ...

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Apr 03

Why the US Immigration System Is a Big Election Issue: Big Take

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pbs.org/newshour/politics/mexican-officials-clear-border-camp-as-u-s-lays-on-pressure-to-stop-migrants-from-crossing

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Mexican officials clear border camp as U.S. lays on pressure to stop migrants from crossing

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Feb 04

Senate Border Deal Would Speed Asylum Review, Limiting Releases: A top Senate negotiator laid out key details of bipartisan border legislation ahead of its ...

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Mar 19

Arizona county fears ‘homelessness on steroids’ as migrant shelter funds end: Additional federal funding for shelter has been caught in broader political battles ...

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forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2024/04/03/texas-solicitor-general-admits-state-possibly-went-too-far-with-controversial-immigration-bill/

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Texas Solicitor General Admits State Possibly ‘Went Too Far’ With Controversial Immigration Bill

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pbs.org/newshour/show/texas-legislator-defends-new-law-allowing-police-to-arrest-migrants-who-entered-illegally

Dec 20 23

Texas legislator defends new law allowing police to arrest migrants who entered illegally

Quick Glance: Legal Challenge Against Texas Immigration Law

El Paso County and two immigrant rights groups have filed a lawsuit against Texas to challenge a new law that allows state and local police to arrest individuals suspected of residing in the country illegally.

The law presents a legal challenge regarding the jurisdiction of state authorities in border matters.

The lawsuit describes the new law as 'patently illegal,' alleging it disregards federal standards and protections, seizing control over immigration from the federal government and denying affected individuals their federal rights and due process, including the right to contest deportation and seek asylum.

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Mar 11

Border-related state legislation discussed on The Briefing, a show about Arizona politics

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Feb 10

Texas Border Crackdown Making Arizona 'Epicenter' of Crisis: Kari Lake: The Republican was speaking after the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector detained 13 ...

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Mar 25

Restaurateur, football player, doctor: These Republicans are running against Greg Stanton

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Dec 18 23

Militia activity at the United States-Mexico border grows amid perceptions of insecurity

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Apr 17

Tucson men sentenced in human smuggling attempt that led to highway death of teen

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wsj.com/politics/policy/kyrsten-sinema-arizona-immigration-deal-bf5e8bb9

Dec 24 23

Border Deal Is Kyrsten Sinema’s Toughest Test: The Arizona senator, facing a fight for re-election, says efforts toward an immigration deal are the “hardest ...

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Dec 04 23

CBP pausing operations at border crossing in Arizona, announces anti-smuggling measures

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Sep 13 23

US-Mexico border is world's deadliest land migration route, IOM finds: The U.S.-Mexico border is the world's deadliest land migration route, according to U.N ...

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Quick Glance: Report: Deadliest Land Migration Route in the World

686 deaths and disappearances of migrants were documented on the US-Mexico border last year, but the actual figure is likely higher due to missing data.

Increasing deaths on migration routes in the Caribbean as a concerning trend.

Already 350 deaths documented in 2022, compared to 245 in 2021 and less than 170 in previous years.

141 documented migrant deaths occurred at the Darien Gap, a jungle border crossing between Panama and Colombia, last year.

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Sep 15 23

Customs and Border Protection releasing migrants onto Cochise County streets: Border Patrol can only hold migrants for a certain amount of time ...

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Apr 23

John Ladd is a rancher from a family that arrived in Arizona when the border with Mexico was just a line on the map. Now he views that frontier - and the ... Show more www.yahoo.com/news/border-ranchers-see-threats-us-013854393.html

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Nov 28 23

Cartel violence empties border town, sends residents fleeing to Arizona: A Mexican border town with Arizona has become a ghost town as gunfights erupt between ...

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Apr 16

Film explores migrants’ power with real people as actors: “The Long Walk of Carlos Guerrero” relays the journey of a Mexican immigrant without documents who ...

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LIVE: Officials in Arizona hold a briefing on dangers of crossing the US-Mexico border Officials in Tucson, Arizona, hold a news conference about the dangers ... Show more #Arizona #border #migrants #live #Reuters #USMexicoborder www.reuters.com/

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Mar 05

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants: The new Texas law is on hold for at least a week while the high court considers ...

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azcentral.com/story/news/politics/border-issues/2023/09/21/lawsuits-mexico-border-shipping-container-wall-dismissed/70925121007/

Quick Glance: Supreme Court Halts Texas Immigration Law

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted a Texas law allowing local authorities to arrest and deport immigrants.

Civil rights groups and the DOJ sued to stop the law, citing concerns of unconstitutionality and racial profiling.

Conservative Justice Samuel Alito's order blocked the law until March 13 for further review.

Under SB 4, illegal border crossing is a state misdemeanor with penalties ranging from jail time to years in prison.

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Sep 22 23

2 lawsuits over Arizona's shipping container border wall have been dismissed. Here's why

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Sep 28 23

Here's how key Arizona political issues showed up in second Republican debate: There may have been seven candidates on stage for the second Republican ...

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Mar 04

US migration policy: “For some, Donald Trump is the face of the American Dream”: Despite border fences, thousands of migrants come to Arizona. Now the local ...

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Sep 20 23

Prosecutors argue to include inflammatory texts in Nogales rancher murder trial: Prosecutors asked the appeals court to overturn an earlier decision and allow ...

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The Salt Lake Tribune

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Mar 10

Utah has seen a spike in migrants. Here’s where they likely live.: Data collected from immigration courts shows a spike in migrants arriving in Utah and gives an ...

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Aug 10 23

Prosecutors compare Nogales rancher to Unabomber as his texts cite 'mowing down migrants'

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Jun 21 23

I belong here: What it's like to grow up undocumented and without DACA in Arizona

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Aug 12 23

Migrant Crossings on the Rise Again at U.S. Border: Authorities say human smugglers are guiding migrants to some of the hottest and most isolated stretches of ...

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#FPVideo : The US Border Authorities have decided to reopen four legal US-Mexico border crossings as the numbers of illegal immigration has declined ... Show more

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Letters to the editor: Herald readers sound off on Harvard leadership, Mayor Michelle Wu's apology for city's actions during Charles Stuart case ...

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ABC News

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May 11 23

What is Title 8 immigration law?: And what happens when Title 42 ends?

Quick Glance: Record High in Migrant Detentions at U.S.-Mexico Border Following the End of Title 42

Migrants gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border in anticipation of the end of Title 42, rushing to cross ahead of the strict new asylum rules that will replace it.

According to two anonymous federal officials and the Border Patrol union, a record number of up to 28,000 migrants were detained at U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities, well beyond capacity.

The busiest border detention facilities are located in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and two areas in Arizona, as reported by Border Patrol union President Brandon Judd.

Hundreds of thousands of migrants have been quickly expelled to Mexico under Title 42 since March 2020, with this policy ending at midnight.

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Taxpayers will wind up paying $273 million in Joe Arpaio's racial profiling case

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Dec 21 23

Smugglers marched migrants through desert, left stragglers to die: Three women were sentenced to federal prison in El Paso for conspiring to smuggle migrants ...

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The Arizona Republic

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Mar 27 23

Gov. Katie Hobbs speaks about asylum seekers and comprehensive immigration reform

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Aug 11 23

From Texas to New York: Why asylum seekers have been driven thousands of miles across US

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Jul 10 23

AZ busing program prevents street releases of nearly 5K migrants in border communities

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Jun 07 23

Ron DeSantis Defends Migrant Flights While Taking Shot at Gavin Newsom: Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida criticized immigration policies in his first visit to the ...

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Jan 23 23

Hobbs continuing Ducey practice of sending migrants out of Arizona: Arizona’s new Democratic governor will continue her Republican predecessor’s policy of busing ...

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Prosecutor: Arizona border rancher shot at unarmed migrants: PHOENIX (AP) — The prosecutor in the case against an Arizona rancher accused of killing a Mexican ...

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wsj.com/articles/border-wall-made-of-shipping-containers-comes-down-in-arizona-rises-in-texas-11673061807

Jan 07 23

Border Wall Made of Shipping Containers Comes Down in Arizona, Rises in Texas: Barriers mark latest skirmishes between U.S. government and border states

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The Salt Lake Tribune

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Jan 18 23

LDS politician who led Arizona fight against illegal immigration dies at 75: The Arizona state senator who fathered the nation’s most unforgiving legal sanctions ...

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Sep 18 23

New York is the new epicenter of the migration crisis in the USA: New York is thousands of kilometers from the border with Mexico. Nevertheless ...

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Arizona Gov. Ducey ordered stacked shipping containers with razor wire to be used as a makeshift border wall

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pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-sues-arizona-governor-over-shipping-container-barrier-on-mexico-border

Dec 15 22

U.S. sues Arizona governor over shipping container barrier on Mexico border: The U.S. government has sued Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and the state over the ...

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pbs.org/newshour/politics/after-federal-face-off-arizona-to-remove-shipping-container-wall-from-mexico-border

Dec 22 22

After federal face-off, Arizona to remove shipping container wall from Mexico border

Quick Glance: Arizona will remove its improvised border wall as part of a lawsuit, according to a court filing.

According to the governor's office, the 8,800-pound, 9-by-40-foot containers reach around 22 feet tall when stacked, welded together, and topped with four feet of razor wire, whereas border barrier completed during the Trump administration stands about 30 feet tall.

The Biden administration sued Arizona earlier this month for placing shipping containers at the border.

Two shipping containers collapsed shortly after the job started.

The Ducey administration suspected foul play.

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Dec 22 22

Arizona Governor Agrees to Dismantle Wall Made of Shipping Containers: The agreement ended a divisive border security effort that sparked protests and legal ...

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Dec 21 22

Sinema looks to lead bipartisan border trip to see ‘broken’ system: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) plans to lead a bipartisan group of senators on a trip to the U ...

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Aug 29 23

A border strife on native land: IT was pitch black when the Border Patrol rolled up to Raymond Mattia’s home on a remote corner of the Tohono O’odham reservation ...

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The Arizona Republic

azcentral.com/story/news/politics/border-issues/2023/01/10/duceys-shipping-container-barrier-to-cost-az-taxpayers-200m/69785116007/

Jan 10 23

Footing the bill: Doug Ducey's shipping container barrier will cost AZ taxpayers $200M

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Oct 21 22

Arizona Sues Biden Administration to Keep Shipping Crates Along Border Gaps: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has ordered Arizona to tear down the makeshift blockades ...

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Quick Glance: The United States Supreme Court dismisses a Wisconsin case challenging Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.

The United States Supreme Court denied an emergency plea by a conservative Wisconsin law firm to block President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness scheme on Thursday.

The firm said that Biden's authority to erase up to $20,000 in student loan debt for people earning less than $125,000 per year is harmful to taxpayers.

11 attacks and empowers the administration to waive student loan debt in connection with military operations or national emergencies.

Under Biden's plan, around 685,000 Wisconsin borrowers will be eligible for relief.

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Mexico rescues 63 abducted migrants: Mexican authorities said they rescued 63 migrants reported to have been abducted in the northwestern state of Sonora near ...

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