Ducey orders crews to fill gaps in border wall
State contractors began moving and stacking 60-foot-long, 9-foot-tall shipping containers early Friday.
‘All I can do is wait’: Children make up a third of migrants in documentation limbo
Asylum seekers crowd into Tapachula, Mexico.
US to fill border wall gaps at open area near Yuma
Biden had pledged during the campaign to stop all border wall construction
Ducey signs bill directing $335M to build border fence
The fencing legislation does not say where, when or how the barriers and technology will be installed and no planning document was available.
Justices dismiss Trump-era immigration case
Ruling is a loss for Arizona's Attorney General.
Supreme Court ruling could transform how immigration policy is challenged
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that immigrants cannot band together to challenge immigration policy in any lower federal court.
A record 100 million people have been displaced from their homes worldwide
The UN refugee agency said the humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine has been overwhelming, but the same energy and attention must be given to crises around the world.
Judge rules that pandemic border restrictions must continue
A federal judge has blocked the Biden administration from lifting the pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 next week.
Judge halts preparations for end of US asylum limits
The Biden administration plans to end the policy on May 23.
Report documents harm asylum seekers face in detention facilities
Tens of thousands of asylum seekers have faced prolonged detention in the U.S. in the past year, according to the report.
DACA recipients can now apply to renew status online
Up until now, that paperwork had to be mailed into the agency and getting a response could take months.
"We Are Prone To Accidents Close to Home..." The songs of Oceanography.
Also on ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT: How UA recipients of the Mellon Foundation's "Fronteridades" grant are exploring the border experience; and author Jodie Hollander talks about leading a free series of "Poetry in the Parks" workshops.
Federal lawsuit seeks to block end to sweeping asylum limits
The lawsuit was filed over the weekend in a Louisiana federal court challenging the planned May 23 end to border controls known as Title 42.
COVID-19 asylum limits at US-Mexico border to end May 23
The Centers for Disease Control says it's ending a policy that limited asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
CDC will review the use of Title 42 on Wednesday
The pandemic-era policy enacted in March of 2020 that allows border officers to swiftly turn away migrants on public health grounds.
