Officials in Douglas — along the border between Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora — have declared a state of emergency. The designation could free up additional financial aid from the state and make it easier to impose curfews.
The city’s mayor, Jose Grijalva, says it’s necessary because of policy shifts enacted under President Donald Trump — including his national emergency declaration along the U.S.-Mexico border. Grijalva says those changes stand to hurt his city’s economy, which relies on tourists coming over from Sonora.
“This is an effort to remain guarded, be proactive and create a preventive position for the city of Douglas,” he said.
Grijalva says he hopes the designation sounds the alarm about how federal immigration policy impacts local border communities.
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The closure, which applies to the trail’s southernmost mile, will likely last through the end of 2027, according to the Arizona Trail Association, a Tucson-based nonprofit. -
More than 350,000 Haitians are living and working legally in the U.S. under the status — which is available to nationals from countries deemed unsafe to return to because of war, natural disasters or other crises. -
The department did not release a list of names of the people it says are family, business or personal acquaintances of people associated with the drug cartel. -
The analysis uses government data, spanning asylum and refugee admissions to work visas and international students. -
In a letter to new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Gallego and Kelly say they’re writing to follow up on an original request from February — in which they asked the agency for more details about plans for a warehouse facility in surprise, and an old jail in Marana, just outside Tucson.
