The bill contains a number of provisions that supporters say will protect the border, alongside billions in aid to Ukraine, Israel, and other foreign humanitarian aid endeavors.
The bill contains a number of provisions that supporters say will protect the border. It also includes $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, $14 billion to Israel, along with $10 billion in foreign humanitarian aid. FOX 10's Marissa Sarbak spoke with Arizona's independent senator, Kyrsten Sinema, about the bill. She was among the three senators who helped negotiate it.
The bill would alter the asylum system at the border with faster and tougher enforcement and provide substantial military aid to Israel and Ukraine.
Border counties in Arizona have been saying they need more help, and it looks like some is on the way. The National Guard is arriving in Cochise County, after Sheriff Mark Dannels asked for help. FOX 10's Dominique Newland reports.
From the latest on a border security bill that appears to have stalled to the verdict in Former President Donald Trump's defamation case, here's a look at some of our top stories.
Negotiations over a border security reform bill appear to have stalled, and sheriffs for Arizona's border counties say action on the border is far past due.
The Arizona House of Representatives hosted a special joint session on the situation at the southern border on Wednesday. "I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of this border after four decades, and right now it's the ugliest I've ever seen it," an Arizona sheriff said.
The Arizona House of Representatives hosted a special joint session on the situation at the southern border on Wednesday. "I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of this border after four decades, and right now it's the ugliest I've ever seen it," an Arizona sheriff said.
The U.S. Homeland Security Department said that Texas denied federal agents access to a stretch of border when they were trying to rescue three migrants who drowned.
Mexico has increased immigration enforcement in recent weeks. U.S. officials say that has contributed to a sharp drop in illegal border crossings.
The quickest way from Arizona to the Mexican municipality of Rocky Point (also called Puerto Peñasco in Spanish) had been shut down for a month, as a result of a migrant surge in the area. The border crossing might be reopen, but the economic cost is still unclear.
A trial date has been set for an Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border in 2023.
The Justice Department on Wednesday sued Texas over a new law that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally, taking Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to court again over his escalating response to border crossers arriving from Mexico.
The border crossing, which has been closed since early December, will reopen a month after its temporary closure.
From when a month-long border crossing closure will end to the latest on the legal saga involving Jeffrey Epstein, here's a look at some of our top stories.
Over the holiday weekend, there were over 35,000 migrant encounters along the U.S.-Mexico Border, and since the start of December, encounters have exceeded 250,000. Reporter Bowen Kedrowicz has more.
The Arizona National Guard has been activated to support operations at the Lukeville Port of Entry. The Southern Arizona border crossing has been closed for weeks due to a recent surge in migrant crossings.
Border Patrol agents are still working to get thousands of migrants processed at the southern border, and while international railways into Eagle Pass in Texas are back open, the closures were starting to have an impact on businesses there. Reporter Bowen Kedrowicz has more.
The main areas of discussion in the deal involve toughening asylum rules for migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, bolstering border enforcement, and deterring migrants from making the journey in the first place.
Hobbs' executive order comes nearly a week after she visited the Lukeville Port of Entry, which has been closed due to a surge of migrants.
