Arizona/Mexico Border

Hosted and produced by the KAWC News team, Arizona Edition is focused on the issues facing Arizona, with an emphasis on stories and news impacting the people of Yuma and La Paz counties.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday signed an executive order she said will direct three state departments to create a joint task force to expand border security in the four border counties including Yuma.

Yuma Mayor Nicholls speaks in support of Laken Riley Act that would deport migrants in the country illegally who commit minor crimes.

Trump has promised mass deportations, perhaps even as early as this week. People here don't expect workplace raids but they might still happen elsewhere in Arizona.

Hobbs announced $17.2 million in funding from the SAFE (Stopping Arizona’s Fentanyl Epidemic) initiative "to support local law enforcement’s border security work, drug interdiction efforts and combatting human trafficking."

The question of whether Arizonans get to vote on what's being billed by Republicans as a border security measure could depend on whether a judge believes that enhanced penalties for selling fentanyl have anything to do with provisions about crossing the border illegally or whether someone not here legally gets a library card.

Arizona Republicans want to add yet another measure on the November 2024 ballot, this time on border security.

The House Judiciary Committee will hold a field hearing titled, "The Biden Border Crisis: Arizona Perspectives," in Sahuarita, Arizona Friday May 10th.

Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb is a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Kyrsten Sinema.

Guests: Yuma County Director of Public Health Diana Gomez and Dr. Roy Nelson, Sr. Associate Dean at ASU's Thunderbird School of Global Managment