Data shows Citizenship and Immigration Services is processing fewer naturalization applications and rejecting people more frequently than it did under the Biden administration, even as fewer applications come in.
Hunters and hikers were among almost 133,000 people opposing potential changes to the Travel Management Rule in national forests. Snowmobile groups were in the minority.
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Some communities remained difficult to access after flooding from Tropical Storm Polo.
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The association says immigrant workers account for more than 25% of the construction workforce. And the impact of immigration enforcement and workplace raids is felt across the board — with some markets reporting even workers with legal status not showing up due to ICE fears.
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The partner organizations were planning conservation or cultural resource projects in parks across the Mountain West.
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The Arizona Game and Fish Department warns that Arizona is at risk of the flesh-eating parasite after recent cases in New Mexico and northern Mexico.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has poured billions into expanding detention capacity under the second Trump administration, but a new watchdog report shows tens of millions of it were wasted.
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Rights groups sued the Trump administration last year to stop what are known as third country removals — a process where immigrants are sent to a country they’re not from and have no ties to, often with little to no warning.
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The new sanctions target more than 40 entities and individuals who the U.S. Treasury Department says are aligned with the Mayiza faction of the Sinaloa cartel.
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Tropical Storm Polo left coastal areas in Sonora flooded Tuesday, but left other parts of the state with little rainfall as it began to dissipate.
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The Goldwater Institute, a conservative and libertarian public policy think tank, says Pima County’s four-month pause on data center development is illegal because it cannot prove data centers are an imminent threat. A Pima County supervisor says it does have proof and that its moratorium is written in accordance with state law.
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The letter says Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has been unwilling to publicly affirm ICE and Border Patrol won't be sent to voting polls — despite that being against federal law.
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The National Hurricane Center predicts the storm will remain a strong hurricane as it moves into mainland Mexico early this week.
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The Tucson Unified School District has been hosting community meetings as it considers options for school consolidations or closures. The district was designed to serve more than 67,000 students. It now enrolls fewer than 40,000.