[REGIONAL NEWS] Most of Trump ’emergency’ wall goes through New Mexico
A bollard-style barrier, left, ends and a “Normandy-style” vehicle barrier begins along a remote stretch of border in Doña Ana County. /Angela Kocherga/Albuquerque Journal SANTA TERESA – New construction is expected to begin on a border barrier in New Mexico next month despite several lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to fund his wall. […]
Read More →Pima supervisors deeply involved in federal border issues
The Board of Supervisors voted in September to reject last year’s $1.4 million Stonegarden grant despite appeals from Sheriff Mark Napier./Murphy Woodhouse / Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star After cutting ties to a controversial federal border-protection grant last year, the Pima County Board of Supervisors will consider whether to accept nearly $1.5 million in […]
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Ducey opposes family-separation policy, says he will finish his term despite Homeland Security opening
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Governor Doug Ducey met with National Guard troops sent to the border as part of Operation Guardian Shield./ Kim Johnson/KAWC Colorado River Public Media By Maria Polletta | Arizona Republic Despite deeming outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen “a model public servant,” Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said he does […]
Read More →Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says he would support border closure after meeting with Trump
By Maria Polletta | Arizona Republic Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey softened his stance on a possible U.S.-Mexico border closure after meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying he would support Trump if he opted for a shutdown but hoped any closure would be “as short as possible.” The Oval Office meeting came two days […]
Read More →Gov. Ducey supports effort to include citizenship question on 2020 Census
The Census Bureau plans to include a citizenship question on the form has some advocates upset. The Trump administration wants the question included on the form./U.S. Census Bureau By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Daily Star Gov. Doug Ducey is siding with the Trump administration in its bid to add a citizenship […]
Read More →Arizona’s Stanton loses congressional aide to little-known Dreamer provision
By Emily Kopp | Roll Call During the orientation for freshman lawmakers shortly after his election, Stanton learned that Elizabeth Perez, a Dreamer, was forbidden from working for a member of Congress. When Arizona Rep. Greg Stanton was elected last November, he considered it a no-brainer that his campaign’s political director, 28-year-old Elizabeth Perez, would […]
Read More →Arizona representatives refuse to vote ‘yes’ to make Mueller report public
By Robin Bravender | Arizona Mirror The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a resolution stating that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s forthcoming report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election should be made public. Related:Here’s how Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally voted on Trump border emergency rebuke The resolution […]
Read More →Arizona delegation splits on party lines as House blocks Trump’s border wall emergency
The U.S. House voted to block President Trump’s emergency border wall declaration on Monday, delivering a stinging rebuke to the White House. The chamber voted 245-182 for a resolution to end Trump’s emergency declaration. The president is attempting to use the declaration to circumvent Congress to secure billions of dollars in funding for a […]
Read More →Journalist sues ICE to shed light on contractor that held migrant children in Phoenix offices
By Laura Gomez | Arizona Mirror The Center for Investigative Reporting and journalist Aura Bogado sued the federal government this week to obtain a contract with a company that held migrant children overnight in an commercial office building in Phoenix. In November (after a July records request was inexplicably closed), Bogado requested through the Freedom […]
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