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Magnus hearing scheduled for Oct. 19

The Tucson Police Chief is nominated to be the next Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection.

Top ranking U.S., Mexican officials announce new bilateral security agreement

Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said that with the new agreement, the Merida Initiative is being left behind.

Border Patrol agent took $1M in bribes to smuggle people and drugs, authorities say

Grand jury indictment says that for the better part of a year, Victor Passapera used his Border Patrol uniform and patrol vehicle to smuggle narcotics and people across the border south of Ajo.

As court ruling allows Biden administration to continue Title 42, families still seek asylum in Nogales

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday to allow the Biden administration to continue using Title 42 to rapidly deport families at the U.S.-Mexico border.

After stalling, Tucson police chief's nomination for customs commissioner will move ahead

Chris Magnus’ nomination hearing to become Customs and Border Protection’s next commissioner stalled shortly after it was announced last spring.

Grijalva calls for unused COVID vaccines to be donated to border communities

The U.S.-Mexico border has been closed to non-essential travel for over a year, Grijalva says ramped up vaccine effort could help.

'Injustice has us here': In Nogales, faith leaders, migrant families call for an end to pandemic-era protocol, Title 42

18 months after the CDC protocol was enacted, migrants say they're COVID tested and vaccinated, but still waiting for asylum.

Rights groups advocate for 'climate-focused' approach to quell deaths at the border

More than 160 sets of human remains have been recovered from the Arizona desert so far this year

Judge orders government to stop expelling families under Trump-era border policy

Biden administration has continued to use Title 42 to send migrants back to Mexico almost immediately after apprehension.

Mexico completes vaccination campaign for adults in northern border cities

In June, Mexico introduced a campaign to vaccinate all adults in in cities along its northern border to help speed the lifting of pandemic travel restrictions

Hours expand at major Nogales port of entry

Operating hours at Mariposa Port of Entry will be extended from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. starting Sept. 1.

Border by numbers: Dangers of the desert

Pima County is on pace for a record number of deaths in the desert this year.

Tucson surgeon Douglas Lowell runs for Congress

Lowell vows to complete border wall, push "America First" agenda.

Federal judge says Customs and Border Protection broke environmental law

Lawsuit accused the agency of failing to assess how ramped up border enforcement would impact the borderlands and endangered species that live there.

Border by numbers: all Border Patrol sectors aren't equal

Data show who crosses the border depends on location.

Mexican official: Border restrictions unlikely to ease over ‘short term’

Foreign secretary throws cold water on the prospect of northbound border crossing restrictions easing soon.

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