Southwest Border

Local firefighters in southern Arizona recently spotted a man trying to climb the 30-foot border wall had fallen on the Mexico side. He was injured but, Mexican authorities had not responded to help him. After 24 hours of arguing over which authorities would help him, Arivaca Fire Department cut the wall to help him. John Washington, reporter for The Arizona Luminaria, joined The Show to talk more about this.

Migrants now vie for one of a fixed 1,450 appointments available borderwide everyday — including about 100 at the Nogales Port of Entry. Report authors say more than 765,000 people have scheduled CBP One appointments since January 2023.

Arizona voters will decide the fate of the Secure the Border Act this November. It would make it a state crime to cross the border illegally, giving local officers the power to enforce federal immigration law. The Show talks with David Rhodes, sheriff of Yavapai County and president of the Arizona Sheriff’s Association.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump focused on the border and accepted the endorsement of Robert F. Kennedy at a rally in Glendale on Friday afternoon.

The border stump speech is part of a week of counter programming by the Trump campaign as it tries to distract from Vice President Kamala Harris’ acceptance of the democratic presidential nomination.

As Vice President Kamala Harris takes center stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week, allies are touting her platform and policy record. Republicans have attacked Harris as being lax on border security and immigration.

A new report out this month shows the vast majority of fentanyl smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border is done so by U.S. citizens.

More than a decade after Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed in the Arizona desert, one of the men convicted in connection with his death is appealing his case, arguing that a lack of evidence challenges his first-degree murder conviction.

Lisa Magaña is a political science professor at ASU’s School of Transborder Studies. She joined The Show to speak more about the wide reaching consequences that often meet large scale deportations.

More than a decade ago, the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent brought attention to the botched "Fast and Furious" operation.