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A new program from Citizenship and Immigration Services — or USCIS — will partner with a group of volunteers from around the country to encourage lawful permanent residents eligible for U.S. citizenship to apply.
Jul. 13, 2022
AMLO-Biden meeting
Mexico’s president visited the White House this week to meet with President Joe Biden. During the visit, Mexico committed to a major investment in border infrastructure.
Jul. 13, 2022
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The report includes more than two dozen interviews with Border Patrol and other law enforcement personnel, but no Haitian migrants.
Jul. 13, 2022
Ed Gonzalez, the Biden administration’s pick to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has officially withdrawn from the nomination. Gonzalez, who currently serves as the sheriff for Harris County, Texas, was nominated by the Biden administration over a year ago and renominated at the beginning of this year after the Senate failed to hold a vote by the end of 2021.
Jul. 11, 2022
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A Mexican citizen being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Florence has died. Benjamin Gonzalez-Soto is the second person to die in ICE custody since October.
Jul. 11, 2022
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
After the tragic deaths of dozens of Central American and Mexican migrants in an abandoned trailer in Texas, Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called for an expansion of temporary work visas.
Jul. 11, 2022
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Mexican leaders are pushing back on a new plan to detain border crossers announced this week by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, calling it a political stunt.
Jul. 8, 2022
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An appeals court heard oral arguments Wednesday for a case brought by Texas challenging the legality of DACA, the Obama-era program that has given protection from deportation and a work permit to hundreds of thousands of undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children.
Jul. 6, 2022
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The shooting in Uvalde led to gun reform in Washington, D.C. Could the migrants found dead in a tractor trailer in San Antonio do the same for immigration reform? The Show spoke with Doris Meissner, senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute and director of the U.S. immigration policy program.
Jul. 6, 2022
A Supreme Court Ruling will allow the Biden administration to scrap the Trump-era policy commonly referred to as “Remain in Mexico.”
Jun. 30, 2022
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The death toll after a semitruck was found abandoned in the outskirts of San Antonio has risen to 53 people. Officials say it’s likely the deadliest smuggling incident in modern U.S. history. Activists and some lawmakers say it’s also a symptom of U.S. border policies.
Jun. 30, 2022
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Results from a recent survey buck the conventional wisdom about election-year politicking and strategies that appeal to each party’s political base in Arizona.
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Jun. 29, 2022
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A recent report by Reveal found more than 500 migrant children had contemplated or attempted suicide, with 141 occurring when they were in the Office of Refugee Resettlement custody in the U.S.
Jun. 29, 2022
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According to a recent survey of likely voters, Arizonans take a much more nuanced approach to border issues than campaign talking points would suggest.
Jun. 28, 2022
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It’s been months since U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan and evacuated tens of thousands of Afghans from Taliban rule. But many are still in limbo. But a set of new guidelines introduced by the Departments of Homeland Security and State this week could help.
Jun. 16, 2022
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It’s been 10 years since the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, was enacted. It gave more than 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children temporary protection from deportation and a work permit.
Jun. 15, 2022
Mark Brnovich
The U.S. Supreme Court will not allow Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and other Republicans to defend a Trump-era immigration rule.
Jun. 15, 2022
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that immigrants cannot band together to challenge immigration policy in any lower federal court. But analysts say it could also change the lawsuits from states move through the courts.
Jun. 14, 2022
Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff
Ahead of World Refugee Day next week, leaders from universities and colleges around the country are laying out ways the government should help refugees.
Jun. 14, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court
A Supreme Court ruling declared immigrants who fear persecution if sent back to their countries of origin have no right to a bond hearing after six months of detention.
Jun. 14, 2022

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