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A rancher who lives near Arizona’s border with Mexico is being held on a charge of first-degree murder in last week’s fatal shooting of a man tentatively identified as a Mexican citizen.
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The Biden administration says U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
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U.S. border authorities have updated their policy for pursuing smugglers and those suspected of other crimes following an extensive review.
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Officials from Arizona have called on a politically diverse delegation of senators to craft immigration reform amid an increase in migrant arrivals that can overwhelm local resources.
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Former Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s border barrier of shipping containers has been largely dismantled just in time for a new Democratic administration, costing tens of millions of dollars over just a few months while they were set up and taken down again.
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President Joe Biden says the U.S. will immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the border from Mexico illegally.
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It will be his first visit to the border since taking office.
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U.S. authorities say illegal border crossings by Cubans and Nicaraguans rose sharply in November while overall migration flows were little changed from October.
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An appeals court rejected efforts to keep in place pandemic-related restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum.
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The U.S. government has sued Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and the state over the placement of shipping containers as a barrier on the border with Mexico.