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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: A CBP canine unit alerted to the presence of concealed narcotics amongst a shipment of charcoal. OTAY MESA, Calif., — U.S. Customs and …
CBP officers interdict over $1 million worth of methamphetamine concealed within a shipment of charcoal Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo by Donna Burton/U.S. Customs and Border Protection: A Border Patrol vehicle by the border wall between San Diego and Tijuana in this 2016 file photo. Border Patrol reports …
Border Patrol shoots and kills armed robber targeting migrants Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto by Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Federal officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest criminal fugitives in this photo from June 2020. The Arizona Senate voted Wednesday for a …
Senate votes to put the ‘illegal’ in illegal migration, make it a state crime Read More
TweetPinShareThe Lukeville Port of Entry has been indefinitely closed since Dec. 4. Staff Reports SAFFORD – Graham County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Vance Bryce has joined at least nine …
Graham Chamber joins others in letter regarding the shutdown of Arizona’s Lukeville Port of Entry Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOGALES – An infant died in the early morning hours of Sept. 23 after her mother intentionally was apprehended by Border Patrol agents …
Infant dies after mother apprehended by Border Patrol Agents in Nogales, Arizona Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Michael Reeve, 21, was booked into jail for human smuggling. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A Safford officer nabbed a suspected human smuggler in the early …
Safford Police nab human smuggler who fled Border Patrol in Douglas Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto by Alex Appel/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism: The first containers were placed in Yuma County in August 2022. They were taken down four months later. By Alex Appel, Joshua …
Arizona’s defunct border wall leaves trail of runaway costs, error-filled invoices, and questions about state’s oversight Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Selena Aguilar, 21, was booked into jail on human smuggling charges. She said she was enticed to the crime through a Facebook advertisement. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com …
Woman lured by social media into human smuggling jailed Read More
TweetPinShareArizona Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly secure emergency border funding ahead of Tltle 42’s end. Senators secured funding for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program to help non-governmental organizations …
Kelly, Sinema announce more than $45.4 million to help Arizona border non-profits and communities manage migration crisis ahead of Title 42’s end Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Electronic Frontier Foundation: Two remote video surveillance systems are shown on hills across from the border wall in Nogales, Arizona. Abigail Scott/Cronkite News PHOENIX – U.S. Customs and …
Map of border surveillance towers shows growing ‘virtual wall’ along U.S. southern border Read More