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Pima County Sheriff Mark Napier addressing the Pima County Board of Supervisors. (May 7, 2019)

Pima County Approves Federal Funds For Border Enforcement

Opponents say $1.5 million will be used to help immigration officials with deportations.
Desert View High School students hold a protest at the Pima County Sheriff's Department on Benson Highway in Tucson. Students walked for two hours to protest the detention of senior classmate Thomas Torres.

Desert View Students Protest Classmate's Detention, Possible Deportation

Over 100 students marched to demand Border Patrol release their classmate, a high school senior the district says was set to graduate this month.
Pima County Sheriff Mark D. Napier joins Lorraine Rivera to discuss the border crisis.

Pima County Sheriff Describes Crisis at Border

A discussion with Sheriff Mark Napier.
Migrant sisters at Benedictine Monestary

Pima County Seeks Funding for Migrant Shelters

One option could be to use funds from the federal grant Operation Stonegarden.
Families seeking asylum await processing outside the port of entry in Nogales, Sonora, on Sept. 4, 2018.

US Government to Give DNA Tests at Border to Check for Fraud

The voluntary testing comes amid an increase in families crossing the border and growing concern about child trafficking.
Department release photo of police with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

ICE In Yuma to Probe Documents of Migrants Claiming to be Families

HSI agents have been sent to Yuma from ICE interior offices and human smuggling units.
Pima County Sheriff Mark Napier in Nogales, Arizona, Feb. 9, 2017.

Napier Testifies Before House Committee

The Pima County sheriff said the border has been in "crisis" for decades.
Protesters make their way to Old Main at the University of Arizona on April 10, 2019. They were demonstrating in support of three students cited for protesting a presentation given in a classroom by Border Patrol agents in March.

Debating Free Speech

A protest and arrest on the University of Arizona campus has raised questions about free speech.
A motorist pulls out a cell phone on a Tucson road.

Arizona Joins 47 Other States With Cellphone-Driving Law

The move follows recent deaths and a wave of restrictions enacted by local governments across the state.
Protesters make their way to Old Main at the University of Arizona on April 10, 2019. They were demonstrating in support of three students cited for protesting a presentation given in a classroom by Border Patrol agents in March.

Charges Dropped Against UA Students Who Protested Border Patrol on Campus

Pima County declined to prosecute; the UA code of conduct investigation continues.
A group of men, women and children prepare their documents after approaching and surrendering to Border Patrol in the Yuma Sector, 2019.

Court Won't Immediately Stop Wait-in-Mexico Asylum Policy

The federal appeals court temporarily blocked a ruling barring the Trump administration from making asylum seekers wait in Mexico.
Sinaloan state police and soldiers found what is believed to be a fentanyl laboratory in this house.

First Fentanyl Lab Discovered In Northwest Mexican State of Sinaloa

Authorities say the lab had the capacity to produce hundreds of thousands of pills of the powerful and deadly opiate.
Silent protest by University of Arizona students and supporters at an April 11, 2019 Arizona Board of Regents meeting. They want U.S. Border Patrol banned from campus following events in March that resulted in charges against student protesters.

Demonstrators Attend Meeting Over UA Handling of Border Patrol Protesters

The meeting marks the latest in the controversy over a March protest of Border Patrol by three students, who were issued citations by UA Police.
Bollard-style fencing is staged near the Santa Teresa Port of Entry, in New Mexico, April 2018.

Nearly $1B in Contracts Awarded for Border Fence Sections

The removal and replacement projects will replace vehicle fencing with pedestrian fencing.
A semi truck undergoes a safety inspection at the Arizona-Mexico border.

More US Officers May be Reassigned to Deal With Border Crush

The temporary reassignments, up from the current 750 inspectors, threaten to slow the movement of commercial trucks.
Migrants who crossed the border near Yuma in tunnels under the border fence stand in line waiting for Border Patrol agents to process them on Jan. 14, 2019.

Border Officials Releasing Detained Migrants in Yuma

Some politicians pushed back against the practice, while officials have used the term "breaking point" to describe the situation at the border.

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