Immigration

The Consulate General of Mexico in Phoenix says the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is working with the immigration and customs enforcement. It recently published this information via social media to the Mexican community.

The federal magistrate judge on the case had granted the Department of Homeland Security to pause the challenge by the Center for Biological Security, citing the government shutdown.

The Trump administration cut most of the federal funding for a program providing free legal counsel to unaccompanied immigrant children who are seeking asylum in the U.S. The money was restored under court order, but attorneys say the lapse sent organizations into a tailspin that’s still playing out today.

The rule — proposed this week — would require immigrants to submit biographic data like fingerprints and DNA when applying for a range of immigration benefits with Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Trump administration foreign aid cuts are pinching Mexico’s already overburdened asylum process. That means long wait times for refugees who, barred from entering the United States, are turning to Mexico for safety.

The self-described conservative group sued the Democratic governor for records to see if she ordered local law enforcement to not comply with federal immigration efforts. A press person said the records don't exist because she ordered DPS to comply with the law.

Federal court data shows more than 2.3 million asylum applications are pending in the U.S. this year. But for Kamel Maklad, even winning protection didn't mean freedom.

"Now We Are Here" follows 16 migrant families from Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, as their kids try to adjust to life in schools after their families arrive in the U.S.

Author Rick López explores the historical connections between politics and Mexico's natural world in his book "Rooted in Place."

Kamel Maklad fled the civil war in Syria and went to Venezuela. When he had to leave there, he crossed the border from Mexico into Arizona in 2023. He's been held in detention ever since.