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A March 2018 photo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

Coronavirus forces ICE to shift enforcement priorities

ICE says it is temporarily focusing on arresting unauthorized immigrants with criminal backgrounds and those considered dangerous.
A construction worker works on installing 30-foot bollard fencing along Arizona's border with Mexico in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, February 2020.

U.S. tries again to convince courts for military funds for border fences

At issue is $3.6 billion the Trump administration wants to divert from military construction projects to fund a border fence.
Looking out at the tower at the Tucson International Airport.

CBP moving to new airport location to streamline operations

The airport authority announced a $1.8 million plan to renovate the airport’s old executive terminal for CBP use.
Only 20 of the nearly 1,200 sworn officers with the Arizona Department of Safety have body cameras, and they paid for them out of pocket, according to the Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budget.

Plan to equip all DPS officers with body cameras has some public advocates skeptical

Some groups want assurances that DPS will use the cameras for the public good, not solely to protect officers.
Attorney Cristobal M. Galindo outside the Supreme Court in November, after the court heard arguments in the case of Sergio Hernández, a Mexican 15-year-old who was on the Mexican side of the border when he was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent standing in the U.S. The court Tuesday ruled that Sergio’s parents, Mexican citizens, do not have the right to sue the agent.

Court says Mexicans cannot sue Border Patrol agents in fatal shootings

A ruling on Tuesday about a cross-border shooting in Texas could affect a decision on a similar case that took place in Arizona.
Cars driving with downtown Phoenix in the background

Phoenix Council votes 5-4 for civilian oversight of police

The vote came after dozens of mostly Hispanic and African American community members spoke for a citizen review board with investigative powers.
An image from a video camera in a Customs and Border Protection immigrant processing facility in the Tucson-area shows the overcrowding, with detainees forced to wrap themselves in Mylar blankets and sleep on the floor or sitting against a wall.

Judge caps time CBP can hold migrants in ‘degrading’ Tucson centers

The ruling noted overcrowding, a lack of sleeping areas or blankets, a lack of showers and other problems.
National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto sits for an interview with Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera at Arizona Public Media on Feb. 19, 2020.

Border Patrol union VP on relationship with Trump

Since the president took office, he has met with Art Del Cueto several times.
Image from a Feb. 13 tweet by Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent Roy Villareal, described in the tweet as showing border wall construction near Organ Pipe National Monument.

Border officials: No cultural sites where border explosions are taking place

A Tucson Sector official said on Twitter the detonations are happening in areas disturbed by the last border fence project.
Law enforcement with the Pima County Sheriff's Department at a Pima County Board of Supervisors meeting in May 2019.

Pima County Supervisors reject Operation Stonegarden funds

The federal grants totaled nearly $2 million.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors meets at the County Administration Building in downtown Tucson.

Pima County supervisors reject federal Operation Stonegarden money

Sheriff Mark Napier says the aid, which is tied to immigration-related law enforcement, helps fight drug trafficking.
A watchtower seen in the distance at the Florence State Prison.

Court upholds ruling against state prisons for poor inmate health care

The court characterized the Department of Corrections as "deliberately indifferent" to inmate health care.
Cars driving with downtown Phoenix in the background

Maricopa County agrees to pay other side's legal costs in racial profiling case

The payment is tied to a lawsuit against the sheriff’s office for profiling Latino drivers.
The American flag and a flag bearing the seal of the Department of Homeland Security.

Worker morale at Homeland Security climbs, but not everywhere

A nonprofit found falling worker satisfaction in sub-agencies that deal with immigration.
A warning label for opioid addiction on an oxycodone bottle.

Tackling opioid addiction with treatment, not arrest

Police in Southern Arizona are embracing programs to help people break the cycle of addiction without resorting to the criminal justice system.
A Border Patrol vehicle at the fence on the U.S.-Mexico border near Nogales.

Judge overseeing Border Patrol trial may order tents for Tucson Sector

Government attorneys said the number of families seeking asylum in the sector is already far higher than the last fiscal year.

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