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A toppled saguaro in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Dec. 21, 2019.

Groups offer support for conservationists challenging border wall construction

Local governments, archaeologists and others have filed briefs supporting a challenge to the waiver of laws for border wall construction.
Just days after it ruled that a Mexican family could not sue the Border Patrol agent who shot from Texas and killed their son across the border, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to reconsider its ruling that a Sonoran family could sue an agent for a similar shooting in Nogales.

Supreme Court vacates ruling in Nogales cross-border shooting

The high court’s order followed its 5-4 ruling last week in a nearly identical case from Texas.
A view of construction crews in the distance along the border on Monument Hill in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

Tohono O’odham chair decries ongoing controlled blasts for border wall project

Chairman Ned Norris, Jr. testified during a U.S. House subcommittee hearing.
Greg Kuykendall, left, and Scott Warren outside the federal courthouse in Tucson.

Final charge dismissed against humanitarian aid worker Scott Warren

Prosecutors declined to say why they dropped the case against Warren.
Tohono O’odham Chairman Ned Norris Jr. told a House subcommittee Wednesday, Feb. 26 the construction of a border wall on sacred sites was akin to building a wall in Arlington National Cemetery.

Hearing looks at border wall construction's impact on Native American sites

The chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation compared it to building a wall at Arlington National Cemetery.
Attorney Cristobal M. Galindo outside the Supreme Court in November, after the court heard arguments in the case of Sergio Hernández, a Mexican 15-year-old who was on the Mexican side of the border when he was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent standing in the U.S. The court Tuesday ruled that Sergio’s parents, Mexican citizens, do not have the right to sue the agent.

Court says Mexicans cannot sue Border Patrol agents in fatal shootings

A ruling on Tuesday about a cross-border shooting in Texas could affect a decision on a similar case that took place in Arizona.
The U.S.-Mexico border fence.

Arizona House bill would set aside $1M for border cameras

Some members questioned whether bill crosses the line into federal border enforcement.
El Pinacate

Conservation groups to UNESCO: Border wall puts Sonora's World Heritage sites 'in danger'

The groups are urging the agency to declare the cratered landscape known as El Pinacate "in danger" due to border wall construction.
National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto sits for an interview with Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera at Arizona Public Media on Feb. 19, 2020.

Border Patrol union VP on relationship with Trump

Since the president took office, he has met with Art Del Cueto several times.
Motorists wait to cross at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, in February 2019.

Vehicle crossings at Arizona-Mexico ports fall for second year

While car crossings were down significantly, pedestrian crossings dropped much more modestly.
Construction underway on a section of border wall in Organ Pipe National Monument, Sept. 18, 2019.

Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall

The move is expected to speed construction and bring the president closer to his pledge of 450 miles by year's end.
The International Outfall Interceptor, or IOI, runs under this concrete-lined wash through the city of Nogales, Ariz.

More money possible to help faulty cross-border sewage pipe

A longstanding Nogales water contamination problem could see more funding under the President Trump's proposed budget.
A construction worker works on installing 30-foot bollard fencing along Arizona's border with Mexico in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, February 2020.

Controlled blasts for border wall project draw criticism

Critics say they threaten cultural sites that belong to the Tohono O'odham Nation.
A sign lets drivers know they are entering Mexico at the port of entry in Yuma.

‘Remain in Mexico’ policy’s impact in Nogales, Sonora

The migrant protection protocols expanded to Nogales in January 2020.
The dining hall in Kino Border Initiative's new Migrant Outreach Center in Nogales, Sonora. Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera toured the facility with Rev. Sean Carroll.

Touring a new center for migrants and deportees in at the border

The facility allows Kino Border Services to drastically expand its services in Nogales, Sonora.
From Nogales, Arizona, a view of the city and its border wall with Nogales, Sonora.

U.S. Consul General, new migrant center, new border wall

Plus, how immigration factors into the Republican and Democratic parties' platforms in 2020.

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