Republican Congressman Juan Ciscomani has asked for an audit of a migrant shelter program that was used by Pima County until recently.
Ciscomani asked the Office of Inspector General to investigate the use of nearly $22 million paid out to Pima County for Casa Alitas. That’s the Catholic Community Services program that handled housing asylum seekers for more than five years before the program shuttered this summer.
Ciscomani’s allegations lean on local reporting that found overpaid vendors, family members hired for vendor contracts, and the misuse of nearly $200,000.
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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.
