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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The U.S. Northern Command says 500 soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division will be based in Fort Huachuca — in southeastern Arizona — to support "the effort to take operational control of the southern border."
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Of those people, around 2,500 have been from countries other than Mexico, and Mexico has aided in repatriating some back to their country of origin.
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The ACLU and other rights groups filed suit against it on behalf of legal service providers at the border — including the Phoenix-based Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project.
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The move came just before U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office issued a memo that calls for blocking federal grants from reaching so-called sanctuary cities that go against immigration crackdowns.
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Pima County has released a plan for how officials will handle ramped-up federal immigration enforcement efforts locally. It comes as the Trump administration rolls back previous guidance that prohibits ICE enforcement activity in public places like schools, churches and hospitals.