Immigration
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Is ICE planning a $1.2B detention expansion in Arizona? What we know
The security firm GardaWorld has won a $1.2 billion contract from the US government to expand immigration detention in Florence.
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ICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on ‘uninformed’ detention projects, report finds
Congressional investigators documented costly problems in several initiatives ICE has pursued since President Donald Trump returned to office.
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Arizona’s GOP Senate leader supports deporting DACA recipients. Here’s what readers think
Sen. Warren Petersen said he would work with the federal government “to deport everyone who enters this country illegally,” including Arizona’s “Dreamers.” Here’s how readers reacted.
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ICE to pause Arizona warehouse by months for environmental review
The warehouse was one of several that DHS purchased across the nation under its former head, Kristi Noem, to expand detention space.
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No citizenship ceremonies in Phoenix this Fourth of July. Why not?
The federal government’s break from tradition appears deliberately tied to President Donald Trump’s restrictive immigration policies, critics say.
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Trump administration has separated dozens of children from their parents for a second time, AP finds
An Associated Press investigation has found that the government has re-separated dozens of children from their families, despite a landmark legal settlement meant to reunify them.
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Why has ICE held an AZ great-grandma, 71, in detention for 10 months?
Maria Cristina Tapia Cornejo has spent more than 10 months locked up in a federal immigration detention center in Eloy about one hour south of Phoenix.
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New Trump policy makes it harder for immigrants to get green cards
Thousands of immigrants in Arizona and hundreds of thousands in the United States could be affected by the new memo.
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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.
