The Department of Interior says it coordinated with several other federal agencies on a border security mission that resulted in apprehensions and federal charges.
Interior oversees federal land agencies including the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management, or the BLM.
This was a 10-day operation that ended Nov. 9 and was part of the so-called Operation Securing America’s Border Resources — an effort that has BLM rangers and special agents working alongside other law enforcement like Border Patrol.
The agency says officers made 48 apprehensions of people without legal status in the U.S., along with several traffic stops and drug seizures in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, southeast of Phoenix.
Twenty-one people have been referred for federal charges, according to the agency. A spokesperson directed questions about what happened to the other 27 arrested to the Department of Justice.
-
Part of a 2024 ballot measure that will create a state-level immigration system is set to take effect on Tuesday. -
Two more ICE facilities in Arizona are keeping some detainees quarantined for possible measles exposure after a third facility reported multiple cases of the extremely contagious virus. -
Mexico will request criminal charges over 17 Mexicans who died in ICE custody or during immigration enforcement operations by the Trump administration, officials said Thursday. -
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government will “go further” than prior diplomatic notes and calls for investigations as the number of Mexican nationals killed by U.S. immigration officers or dying in custody increases. -
Surprise residents who were angry about the federal government turning a local warehouse into an immigration detention center can take a sigh of relief this week.
