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Nicol at a women's shelter in Nogales, prior to seeking asylum.

Honduran Transgender Woman Granted Asylum

Nicol Garcia asked for asylum in May, 2018. She spent almost a year in detention.
Guatemalan father with his 5 year old daughter. It took father and daughter almost two weeks to get to the Arizona border. They are asylum seekers staying at a temporary shelter opened by the City of Tucson to relieve the overflow of migrants at Tucson shelters. (April 18, 2019)

The City of Tucson Offers Hope to Migrants in Need

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This March 7, 2019 Customs and Border Protection photo shows a group of more than 100 migrants lined up at the border in the El Paso Sector.

Mexico Says 300K US-Bound Migrants Entered Country in First 3 Months of 2019

The interior secretary said there has been a change in the flow of migrants entering Mexico.
Mothers who made the journey from Guatemala with their children. They are staying at a temporary make shift shelter opened by the City of Tucson when shelter space with nonprofits had reached capacity. (April 18, 2019)

City of Tucson Steps In As Nonprofit Migrant Shelters Reach Capacity

The Tucson city manager's office says that for now, it will work with the nonprofit community to relieve the overflow of migrants being dropped off by Border Patrol.
AZPM is partnering with StoryCorps for One Small Step to record conversations between strangers who hold different political beliefs.

Finding Common Ground with "One Small Step"

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Migrants who crossed the border near Yuma in tunnels under the border fence stand in line waiting for Border Patrol agents to process them on Jan. 14, 2019.

Yuma Declares Emergency Over Migrant Family Releases

Mayor Douglas Nicholls said he's looking for federal funding and a "FEMA-like response."
Men stand outside the Kino Border Initiative, which bears signs in Spanish signaling services for deported immigrants in Nogales, Sonora (2017).

Study Finds More Individuals Deported From Arizona Last Year Than Any Other State

The study by Syracuse University used the Freedom of Information Act to track data from U.S. agencies.
A group of men, women and children prepare their documents after approaching and surrendering to Border Patrol in the Yuma Sector, 2019.

Court Won't Immediately Stop Wait-in-Mexico Asylum Policy

The federal appeals court temporarily blocked a ruling barring the Trump administration from making asylum seekers wait in Mexico.
Two decades after Hurricane Mitch, clean and safe water supplies are still a challenge in rural Honduras.

Drought, Mudslides Drive Central American Migrants North

Climate change impacts are exacerbating pre-existing crises that lead to out-migration, a Tucson-based journalist says.
Author Todd Miller joins Lorraine Rivera in the Arizona 360 studio on April 11, 2019.

How Climate Change Factors Into Migration From Central America

A discussion with author Todd Miller.
Concertina wire lines bollard fencing at the international border in Nogales, Arizona.

Vice President Pence, Gov Ducey Challenge Congress on Border

Pence said the administration isn't considering more family separations, but called for changes to the Flores Agreement.
A volunteer pediatrician examines a 7-year-old from Guatemala at the Tucson Benedictine Monastery, March 28, 2019.

Health Researcher: Asylum-Seeking Migrants Pose No Threat to Public Health

UA College of Public Health researcher says more migrants from Guatemala are immunized than people from Arizona.
Kirstjen Nielsen speaking at George Washington University March 18, 2019. Nielsen announced she was stepping down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in April.

Nielsen Out at Homeland Security as Trump Focuses on Border

CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, longtime border official, will take over as acting head.
A woman carries her belongings into the Benedictine Monastery shortly after arriving as part of a group of migrants transported by the Department of Homeland Security from El Paso to Tucson on Feb. 21, 2019.

UA Researcher: No Public Health Risk Presented by Immigration Surge

A discussion with the Arizona Prevention Research Center's Kathryn Tucker.
Navy Seabees, construction battalions building a bridge over the Santa Cruz River to make access for U.S. Border Patrol easier during flood season. (March 27, 2019)

Construction Along the Santa Cruz Near Nogales Raises Environmental Concerns

Friends of the Santa Cruz says any construction could damage the fragile river.
Trucks wait in line to cross into the United States via Nogales, while a sign reading "Bienvenidos a México" welcomes those crossing into Mexico.

Trump Backs Off Border Shutdown But Threatens Auto Tariffs

Trump last week tweeted that he would close the border or large swaths of it if Mexico didn't stop illegal immigration to the U.S.

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