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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has ordered the state’s National Guard troops to the border with Mexico to help federal officials manage an influx of people migrating and seeking asylum.
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State Republicans have called for Gov. Katie Hobbs to send state National Guard troops to the closed Lukeville port of entry to help address a surge in migrants. Hobbs says that’s not what local law enforcement and border community mayors say they need right now.
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it will temporarily close south and northbound traffic to vehicles and pedestrians at the remote Lukeville, Arizona border crossing with Mexico.
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The sheriff of Arizona’s easternmost border county is calling on state and federal officials for help with the sudden daily releases of more than a hundred migrants seeking asylum in the U.S., including families with small children.
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U.S. border authorities stopped migrants entering the country illegally more in July than June, suggesting lower numbers that followed the end of pandemic-related asylum restrictions may have bottomed out.
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A former U.S. Border Patrol agent in Arizona has been sentenced to more than a dozen years in prison for trafficking drugs and taking bribes on the job.
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The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is being forced out of his job leading the nation’s largest law enforcement agency.
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The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection says he's working on a new policy for vehicle pursuits with an eye toward increasing safety after a spate of deaths.
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The number of migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has surged in recent weeks as the U.S. prepares for even larger numbers with the expected lifting of a pandemic-era order that turned away asylum seekers.
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Attorneys for a Mexican woman who was shot in the head by a Border Patrol agent and survived have filed a claim against the U.S government as a precursor to a lawsuit.