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Chandler man sentenced to 30 months for alien …

1/16/2023
TUCSON — Michael Andrew Nelson, 30, of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced Jan. 10 by U.S. District Judge Scott H. Rash to 30 months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised …

Ducey, federal government battle over shipping …

11/11/2022
YUMA – Using old shipping containers isn’t a permanent or effective solution to secure the southern border, as state and Yuma officials know. Now, the political stunt is embroiled in a …

Federal agency to Arizona governor: Remove containers …

10/15/2022
PHOENIX — Federal officials want Gov. Doug Ducey to remove shipping containers he ordered placed along the border near Yuma and abandon his plans to put more there. In a letter Friday to …

Phoenix man charged with assaulting Border Patrol …

9/28/2022
TUCSON — A Phoenix man was arrested last week after authorities say he tried to strike a U.S. Border Patrol agent’s vehicle with one he was driving. Daniel Jerome Wagner, 54, of …

Scottsdale Airport marks record international flights

9/8/2022
The Scottsdale Airport celebrated a new record for processing international aircraft last week with its 2,000th flight completed during this federal fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 20. If this …

June border encounters top 200,000, at 1.74 million …

7/19/2022
WASHINGTON — More than 1.74 million migrants had been stopped at the southwest border through June, breaking the record set through all of the last fiscal year with three months still to go in this fiscal year.

Pingerelli: Biden's policies have failed at the …

6/28/2022
Most Arizonans know that illegal border crossings have been increasing steadily since the election of 2020...

GOP lawmakers earmark funds for border wall with …

2/24/2022
PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers are ready to use state funds to build a wall along the border with Mexico.

Federal judge tosses border wall case

2/10/2022
PHOENIX — A federal judge has tossed out a bid by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich to use environmental laws to immediately force the Biden administration to resume construction of the …

New AG opinion: OK for Guard to ‘engage in war’ …

2/7/2022
PHOENIX — The actions of drug cartels and smugglers on the border constitute an “invasion” that allows Gov. Doug Ducey to use the National Guard to “engage in war,” …

Glendale donates ambulance to Mexican border city

12/9/2021
It’s about three hours from Glendale to Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico, but that gap got a little smaller on Thursday.

DOJ blasts Arizona AG on border wall argument of …

9/17/2021
PHOENIX — Claims by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich that the Biden administration is altering federal immigration law as part of “population augmentation strategies” is …