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[from left] Agents Stephanie Dixon and Jacob Stukenberg chat with Mike Katzorke and Nancy Swartzmiller. Among the questions the couple had for the agents was what gear do they carry on their belts and why they wear long sleeves in the summer.

Border Patrol Hosts 'Coffee With a Cop' Event in Tucson

Agents and residents enjoy the opportunity to get to know each other on a personal level.
The night sky above the desert.

Universities in U.S. and Mexico Partner on Telescope Project

Mirror to be made at University of Arizona, telescope to be installed in Baja California
The border fence in Nogales, Sonora.

Nogales Border Patrol Increasing Penalty for First-Time Undocumented Immigrants

The change means many suspected undocumented immigrants are now charged criminally.
The Homeland Security Department's wall separating Douglas, Arizona, from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, ends about two miles west of both towns and becomes vehicle barrier intended to stop cars, not people.

Border Patrol Adopts New Policy for First-Time Border Crossers

In the past, crossing the border illegally for the first time likely meant a court date and release.
Still image from a video released by the public relations department of Customs and Border Protection showing the start to construction of border wall prototypes.

Border Wall Contractors Ask AG Sessions for Help

Tucson, other cities have threatened boycotts against construction firms
There are approximately 330 immigration judges located in 58 immigration courts throughout the nation.

Historic Backlog in U.S. Immigration Cases Could Reach 1 Million by 2020

The political bias of judges goes unchecked and unchallenged.
Members of the NAFTA negotiating teams from the U.S., Canada and Mexico, Aug. 16, 2017

Elections, New Proposals Could Delay NAFTA Deal

Expert thinks trade talks were extended because US negotiators introduced food trade as a topic.

Central American Transgender Asylum Seekers Released

Gay men in the same group are still being held in detention.
A child gets her first wheelchair built by ARSOBO, a nonprofit in Nogales, Sonora.

Bringing Independence to Mexican Children Living With Disabilities

Cross-border nonprofit has built hundreds of specialty wheel chairs for children.
A student who took part in the revolutionary 1968 summer art program depicted in the documentary "Off the Street".

A 1960s Documentary Hidden for Decades - Now Revealed in Tucson.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Should honorably discharged veterans be able to get their citizenship and military benefits restored after trouble with the law? And, a local artist's adventures canoeing with alligators in a Florida river.
The U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona.

Flake Bill Includes Border Security and DACA Proposal

The Arizona senator is proposing a bill he thinks both sides will like.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol Chief Rodolfo Karisch.

Tucson Sector Gets New Border Patrol Chief

Chief Rodolfo Karisch will be in charge of almost 4,000 Border Patrol agents.
Still image from a video released by the public relations department of Customs and Border Protection showing the start to construction of border wall prototypes.

Bill Seeks to Block Eminent Domain in Border-Wall Building

Two members of Congress want to prohibit the use of eminent domain for wall construction.
The Naranjeros of Hermosillo, Mexico, line up for the national anthems of Mexico and the U.S. during the Mexican Baseball Fiesta in Tucson, Sept. 29, 2016.

Mexican Baseball Fiesta Returns for Seventh Year

Event brings more than $1 million to community in tourism.
Bishop of the Diocese of Tucson Edward Joseph Weisenburger.

Diocese of Tucson Introduces New Bishop

Edward Joseph Weisenburger comes to Tucson after serving as Bishop of Salina, Kansas.

California Sues to Stop Border Wall Build

The lawsuit claims the Trump administration is in noncompliance with environmental laws.

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