Legislation introduced by Arizona Congressman Greg Staton and other lawmakers would require the State Department to come up with a strategy for working with Mexico to combat fentanyl trafficking.
Stanton re-introduced the American Cooperation with Our Neighbors Act with New Jersey Republican Tom Kean. The bill would require the U.S. and Mexico to work together to stop fentanyl trafficking through increased cooperation with law enforcement, local governments and other organizations.
The legislation directs the State Department to create a strategy to strengthen technical assistance efforts, data sharing and community-level dialogue — along with a feasibility study to enhance broadband connectivity and other changes.
The State Department strategy would then be referred to Congress.
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The flow of migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border has remained low over the past year, but there was an uptick in apprehensions between February and March. -
Mexican gray wolves are one of the smallest wolf species in the world and among the most endangered. The animal’s habitat once spanned the mountains of central Mexico, up to southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico and southwest Texas.
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Last summer, the Trump administration designated more than a third of Arizona’s roughly 370-mile-long border with Mexico a military zone.
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A group of water experts says the two countries should switch to a percentage-based approach to sharing the river. -
County officials discussed the opportunity of connecting Tucson to the Mexican passenger rail network at a Pima Association of Governments meeting in January. The meeting included participation from the Mexican railroad agency and consulate.
