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A bill introduced this week by Congressman Raúl Grijalva and other lawmakers would strengthen federal protections for workers exposed to extreme heat.
Jul. 26, 2023
A farmworker in his 20s died last week in Yuma from heat-related causes. The death comes as both national and local lawmakers are calling for stricter regulations to protect workers from extreme heat.
Jul. 26, 2023
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a field office in Phoenix, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection is assigned to southern Arizona. Congress’ watchdog wants the Homeland Security secretary to create ways for submitting and analyzing data on when agents working for those agencies use violence against people.
Jul. 26, 2023
A federal judge in California has ruled to vacate a new asylum rule enacted by the Biden administration in May, when the pandemic-era restriction Title 42 came to an end.
Jul. 25, 2023
The Intercept has published images taken by one of its staff photographers. They show migrants being detained in chain-link pens with little or no shade at the Ajo Border Patrol Station in southern Arizona.
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Jul. 25, 2023
Flanked by law enforcement officials in Sierra Vista, Gov. Katie Hobbs on Wednesday announced $41 million in funding for police departments and the sheriffs office in Cochise County to help tackle border-related crimes.
Jul. 20, 2023
Lawmakers in Washington have re-introduced the Afghan Adjustment Act. A bipartisan coalition of U.S. Senators and Representatives — including three Arizona congressmen — announced the re-introduction this month.
Jul. 18, 2023
It’s been a little more than two months since the pandemic-era protocol Title 42 came to an end at the U.S.-Mexico border. By the time the protocol came to a close on May 11, Angela, a 23-year-old asylum seeker from Venezuela, was already on the road.
Jul. 17, 2023
Experts say the recent kidnapping and killing of three police officers — all brothers — in southern Sonora is part of a bigger problem within the state’s municipal police forces.
Jul. 14, 2023
As a punishing heat wave rolls across Arizona and other states, aid groups working along the border say desperate migrants are still making the dangerous trek to the U.S.
Jul. 13, 2023
It's been two months this week since Title 42 came to an end. The pandemic-era protocol made it nearly impossible to walk up to a port of entry and ask for asylum — despite laws that require it.
Jul. 13, 2023
This is at least the third time Grijalva, a Democrat in southern Arizona, has introduced the Fairness for Farm Workers Act.
Jul. 13, 2023
Cases of the mosquito-borne illness dengue fever spiked in Sonora last year. Officials are taking precautions to keep the virus from spreading this monsoon season.
Jul. 10, 2023
Last month, 31-year-old UC, Berkeley Ph.D. student Gabriel Trujillo was killed in rural Sonora while carrying out field research on a common shrub called buttonbush. His murder is a reminder of the dangers researchers sometimes take to understand and conserve plants and animals in this region, and around the world.
Jul. 7, 2023
An association of immigration lawyers is calling on the Biden administration to stop doing asylum interviews in Border Patrol custody.
Jul. 6, 2023
In an initial report, county medical officials say the child died from hyperthermia, which is when the body overheats, and environmental heat exposure.
Jul. 3, 2023
Sonoran authorities are investigating the murder of a graduate student from California who was killed while doing field research in the state.
Jul. 3, 2023
Mexico’s tourism ministry has selected the latest additions to its “magical town” program — including two more towns in Sonora.
Jun. 30, 2023
Extreme temperatures that hit parts of the United States and Mexico this month have led to a soaring number of heat-related deaths. The fatalities come as climate change is causing more frequent and extreme heat waves.
Jun. 30, 2023
The idea of bringing water to Arizona from a desalination plant in neighboring Sonora has been around for years — as have critiques of such a scheme. But Sonora’s governor says neither state nor federal leaders are on-board with current proposals.
Jun. 29, 2023