Border Safety

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."

Arizona voters, on the front lines in the battle against illegal immigration, appear to be favoring new state laws that are designed to stem the flow.

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.

Some Democrats say Biden's order is too inhumane and doesn't address needs for border communities. Republicans claim the border remains open. Biden's order came on same day Arizona House passed Secure the Border Act.

The stop gap for migrant releases in Yuma County is the Regional Center for Border Health in Somerton, AZ. A look inside the agency's processing facility.

Wildlife conservationists say the existing barriers along the U.S. Mexico border are already detrimental to wildlife. U.S. Congressman Raúl Grijalva told…