Immigration
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Border wall crews damage 1,000-year-old site as tribe warns of risks
A border wall contractor inadvertently disturbed a cultural site known as the Las Playas Intaglio, located west of Ajo, Arizona, along the border.
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What readers say about an Arizona bill to criminalize ICE warnings
Arizona Republicans want to make it a crime to alert others about ICE activity. Here’s what our readers think of the bill.
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ICE opening a new office in Flagstaff: Residents worry about tactics, tourism and terror
Community members have been spurred into action by news that an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office would be opening in Flagstaff.
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Phoenix dad of 2 disabled kids targeted for arrest, deportation by ICE
Erasmo Ibuado-Reyes was on his way to work when ICE agents stopped him, as part of a crackdown that President Trump said would focus on the “worst of the worst” people who were in the country illegally.
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What happened at Colt Grill? ICE raid in tourism hot spot is ‘wake-up call’
After ICE raided the Colt Grill restaurants in Yavapai County, some residents remain supportive of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown but have misgivings about the arrests of hardworking undocumented workers.
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Phoenix bans ICE from using city-owned property
Phoenix told federal officers this week that they can’t use city property during Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns.
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Deported Arizonan struggles to adjust. ‘I feel like I’m worth nothing’
Ingrid Ayón was deported to Mexico after living nearly her entire life in Cottonwood—and adjusting to her new life with much of her family still in the US was not going well.
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ICE is operating 170 unofficial detention centers in the US, including four in Arizona
Four unofficial and undisclosed long-term detention sites have been operating in Arizona, with some detainees spending over three months in “hold rooms” that are held to different standards than official detention facilities.
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Haitian man dies in US immigration custody with untreated toothache, brother says
A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months reportedly died at a hospital after a tooth infection was left untreated.
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Mayan translator who helps police, courts faces deportation from US
Olga Perez has spent the past 20 years helping agencies, hospitals, and nonprofits work with people who speak an indigenous Mayan language. Now, she’s in custody in Arizona and faces possible deportation.
