Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels told a sharply divided House committee Wednesday that drug trafficking and illegal immigration is getting worse and that it’s affecting the safety of residents in his border county. Dannels cited rising seizures of fentanyl, growing numbers of traffickers and increasing – and more dangerous – encounters with smugglers paid to
Photo: U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., introduces Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to those gathered inside the conference room at Regional Center for Border Health in Somerton, Ariz., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, about issues at the U.S.-Mexico border in the Yuma region. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP) Politicians, tribal leaders and the head of a
Photo: Haitian migrants who hope to apply for asylum in the U.S. wait to register their names on a list made by a religious organization in Reynosa, Mexico, Dec. 21, 2022, on the other side of the border with McAllen, Texas President Joe Biden said Thursday the U.S. would immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians
It wasn’t a great job – dishwasher – but Mario Montoya was happy because it was his first job and because he needed money for the prom. But Montoya was happy for another reason, too: The undocumented Mesa resident was only able to work because he was one of the first beneficiaries of the Deferred
Tom Tancredo is fighting cancer. If you are a believer in God and country, please join me in prayer for a dear friend, mentor and patriot. While I cannot offer any comfort from his physical pain and suffering, I will do what I can with my words to lift up his indomitable spirit. Three modern
President Joe Biden has long made it clear he intends for immigration reform to be a top priority of his administration. On his first day in office, he signed a stack of executive actions designed to dismantle the Trump administration’s immigration policy and institute new priorities. He ended construction of the border wall, imposed a
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