Border Safety

AGs from states including Kansas and Utah visit usual Republican border visit site to blame Biden. Arizona Democratic Attorney General Mayes calls for more federal border funding and did not attend "meaningless photo op."

Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) has introduced a sweeping immigration and border security proposal aimed at fixing what he calls the "broken" state of America's current system.

Two high-ranking members of the Trump administration are coming to Arizona Tuesday to promote the administration's policies and support parallel legislative efforts here.

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 Sector Border Patrol chief tells KAWC agents will continue working to keep border secure and await additional resources here.

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."

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.