The ACLU is suing the Pima County Sheriff's Department over reports that deputies are calling immigration officials when they conduct a traffic stop.
In a new lawsuit, ACLU Attorney John Mitchell says his organization filed a public records request back in May, asking for the practices of the agency, specifically its policy about contacts with federal officials to verify someone's immigration status.
Sheriff Chris Nanos denies his deputies are making those calls.
Mitchell also says he has reason to believe that any policies about tracking interactions with federal officials were wiped out shortly after the records request was submitted.
Nanos told Capitol Media Services there was some kind of tracking about interactions with those possibly here illegally. But he said he inherited it from his predecessor.
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No More Deaths’ aid camp is stationed in the middle of the Sonoran Desert, a few miles from the border in southern Arizona. The group said that site was raided by Border Patrol agents the Sunday before Thanksgiving. -
This year’s Dream Act introduction comes as those protections are waning — as the AP reports, at least 20 DACA recipients have been detained by immigration authorities this year — despite their status. -
As the Trump administration’s aggressive deportations continue, one group is being targeted that has some law enforcement and prosecutors concerned: U visa applicants. -
The State Department accuses the company, which they did not name, of knowingly facilitating illegal immigration. -
Grijalva said humanitarian volunteers with the nonprofit group No More Deaths reported that warrantless Border Patrol agents forced their way into their desert aid station and arrested three migrants who were resting inside a trailer.
