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Mesa airport warns ICE facility’s landlord that overcrowding may violate its lease
The Mesa airport that houses a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement temporary holding facility warned the building’s owner that the overcrowding witnessed by members of Congress and documented by the Arizona Mirror could violate the building’s lease. “Any occupancy beyond the approved capacity of the facility may be in violation of City of Mesa Fire […]
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Yes, Gov. Hobbs, it’s our business to know who paid for your Mexico trip
With one snappy remark, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs drew the wrong kind of attention to what should have been a smart trip to Mexico. The Democratic governor was in Mexico City over the weekend alongside Sonora Gov. Alfonso Durazo. She appeared relaxed in a video Durazo shared on social media, hugging him, shaking hands and […]
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Republicans vote to give Trump $140 billion for mass deportation campaigns
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans adopted their budget resolution Wednesday night, clearing the way for the party to pass a bill in the coming weeks that will provide tens of billions in additional funding for immigration enforcement. The 215-211 party-line vote unlocks the complicated budget reconciliation process that will allow the GOP to fund Immigration and […]
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Republicans ram through Arizona budget two days after unveiling it, setting up showdown with Hobbs
Two days after introducing their nearly $18 billion state budget, Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives pushed through a party-line vote to approve it. The Republican proposal includes about $800 million less in spending than the budget plan that Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, released in January, and would slash spending by 5% for […]
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AG rejects GOP complaint against Phoenix policy, says it can refuse to help ICE
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says Phoenix can legally prohibit federal agents from using city property to carry out immigration raids because nothing in either state or federal law obligates local officials to help enforce immigration law. “As a matter of federal law, localities like cities and counties can refuse cooperation with federal immigration enforcement […]
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Congressional Black Caucus members condemn Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision gutting the federal Voting Rights Act sent Black Democrats in the U.S. House reeling on Wednesday, as they confronted a new reality where Republicans could gerrymander some of them out of office and limit the ability of Black voters to elect candidates in the future. Members of the Congressional Black […]
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Supreme Court signals it will let Trump strip legal protections from 350,000 Haitians
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared poised Wednesday to uphold the Trump administration’s efforts to end temporary legal protections for 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians. The decision could also affect several other lawsuits related to what is known as Temporary Protected Status that are pending in lower courts. The suits challenge the Trump administration’s […]
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Border Security Expo returns to Phoenix with Trump officials and military-grade tech on display
Phoenix will once again host a trade show where Trump administration immigration officials will mingle with military and tech companies bidding for government border contracts. The Border Security Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center May 5 and 6 features speeches from immigration enforcement leaders, panel discussions and an expo floor where vendors will hawk their […]
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Supreme Court guts key section of Voting Rights Act, unleashing a nationwide redistricting war
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office on Monday invoked an upcoming landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the role of race in drawing congressional districts to justify the Republican’s proposed gerrymander. “The use of race in redistricting should never happen,” the governor’s general counsel, David Axelman, wrote in a memo unveiling a map that aims to hand […]
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‘We don’t need Democratic votes’: Republican budget slashes spending to pay for tax cuts
The annual battle over the state budget is heating up again, after the Republicans who control the Arizona Legislature released their plan to cut taxes and to slash funding for state agencies. As lawmakers took up the bills for the first time on Tuesday during a joint hearing of the Arizona House of Representatives and […]
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King Charles III cites ‘checks and balances’ on executive power in historic speech to Congress
WASHINGTON — King Charles III did not name President Donald Trump Tuesday when he acknowledged before a joint session of Congress the transatlantic tension between the United States and the United Kingdom, but stressed “America’s words carry weight and meaning” as he reflected on decades of diplomatic ties. The monarch of the United Kingdom of […]
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Arizona’s voter database is not the DOJ’s to demand, a Trump-appointed judge rules
A federal judge on Tuesday said the Trump administration has no right to Arizona’s voter registration database, the latest in a string of losses for the U.S. Department of Justice in its quest to gather voter information in every state. Judge Susan Brnovich dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the Justice Department cannot refile. Brnovich […]
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Ex-FBI Director James Comey, targeted by Trump, indicted for ’86 47′ seashell photo
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday obtained a second grand jury indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, long a target of President Donald Trump’s anger for overseeing an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. A federal grand jury in North Carolina indicted Comey related to a photo he posted on social […]
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DHS shutdown drags on as Johnson demands ‘tweaks’ to a bill the Senate passed unanimously
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to make changes to a Senate-passed bill that would end the shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security, a move that will further delay funding and prolong the stalemate that began in mid-February. The holdup could again interrupt paychecks for workers at the Transportation Security Administration and […]
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Dems say AZ is ‘primed’ to flip blue, plan to pour resources into legislative races
National Democrats are once again eyeing Arizona’s state legislature, aiming to flip both chambers as part of a larger national push to capitalize on President Donald Trump’s historic unpopularity. To that end, they say they plan to use their sizable war chest to boost Democratic chances in 15 races this year. The Democratic Legislative Campaign […]
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‘It is not a six-year-old’s responsibility’: Democrats blast GOP school gun safety bill
Arizona Republicans want public schools to teach children what to do when they encounter a gun, but they refuse to support laws around safe firearm storage that could prevent that from being a problem in the first place. On Monday, the GOP-controlled Arizona House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 1424, which would […]
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Mesa can’t enforce its own fire codes at an ICE facility where detainees can’t even sit down
In late January, the Mesa Fire and Medical Department responded to a medical call at a lesser known U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, where it found such severe overcrowding that it gave ICE a list of corrections it needed to make. ICE said that the 238 people records show were detained that day at […]
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Supreme Court appears likely to let police keep using geofence warrants to track cellphones
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared likely to allow law enforcement to continue seeking warrants for the location history of cellphones near crime scenes, even as the justices wrestled with how far the government must go to protect Americans’ privacy. Some of the justices appeared to be searching for a middle ground during oral arguments […]
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Why did a Democratic-majority board appoint a Freedom Caucus lawmaker as county recorder?
Supervisors in Navajo County had narrowed their pool to three finalists by the time they met to appoint a new recorder. One, Jose Lerma, was a voter registration coordinator in the recorder’s office and familiar with the elections side of the job. Another, Suzanne Hudspeth, was a local realtor — experience that could help with […]
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First major TPS ruling of Trump era looms as Supreme Court hears Haiti and Syria cases Wednesday
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday will hear oral arguments on the Trump administration’s efforts to strip temporary legal status from 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, a move that could open them up to deportation. The case has the potential to have an impact on multiple lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to end […]
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