Pima County leaders will discuss a trio of resolutions and ordinances this week that could alter how ICE operates within county lines.
One item, brought by Pima County Supervisor Jenn Allen, will look at whether the county can create an ordinance banning state, city, county and federal law enforcement officers from using masks. And requiring visible identification.
Allen says the changes will increase agents accountability — and it comes as masked ICE agents conduct enforcement operations in Tucson and around the country.
County supervisors will also discuss the possibility of a resolution against an ICE detention center planned for an old jail in the town Marana, just north of Tucson, and an ordinance prohibiting ICE agents from using county-owned property.
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Assistant Chief Patrol Agent Mike Wisniewski says this latest surge comes on the heels of a similar operation last month, which led to the arrest of dozens of undocumented immigrants. -
A kitchen manager at the center of the Zipps Sports Grill immigration raids has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for his role in hiring undocumented workers. -
Every year, Arizona State University Barrett Honors College professor Abby Wheatley brings her class on transnational migration to the Arizona borderlands. -
The U.S. Border Patrol has a new leader: Rosario Vasquez has been named chief of the agency. -
Several times over the past three weeks, Karla Toledo’s life has changed drastically. This week, another major development unfurled: An immigration judge dismissed the case against Toledo altogether.
