Border Security
Unrealistic to set fixed benchmarks for border arrests
Over the years, the border fence in Nogales, Ariz., has been reinforced or rebuilt in a number of ways to deter people from crossing illegally.
Opinion: Unrealistic to set fixed benchmarks for apprehensions on border
The following editorial appears in Sunday's Washington Post:
Sen. Jeff Flake: Guest-worker plan will be a plus
A strong guest-worker program would bolster border security, Sen. Jeff Flake told Hispanic business leaders Monday.
Arizona Senate approves more police power against trespassers
PHOENIX - State senators on Tuesday voted to give police new power to use against those who trespass on private property.
Report prompts Arizona GOP to consider new ways to reach Latino voters
PHOENIX - Arizona Republicans say they don't need to change their stance on immigration or even their message to attract the Latino voters who largely defected last year.
Tech Park aims to be border lab
Sean Pender, center, explains DRS Technologies' surveillance test tower during a border technology showcase at the UA Science and Technology Park. DRS will build and test the towers there if it wins a competition with other defense contractors for a federal contract to provide them.
Tech Park aims to be border lab
The University of Arizona's Science and Technology Park hopes to parlay its partnership with the U.S. arm of an international defense systems giant into a role as a testing and evaluation center for border security technologies.
Ex-AG calls for specifics on securing the border
Lawmakers need to move from generalizations to specifics in defining what a secured border must look like, Arizona's former attorney general said.
Let's not repeat '86 immigration-amnesty blunder
WASHINGTON -
GAO: Border plan missing key parts
Key elements of the Border Patrol's strategic plan to secure the border with Mexico are not in place, including specific timelines and resources needed by the agency to provide the security, according to a new federal report.
US begins new program to fly home deported Mexicans
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. government began flying Mexican deportees home today in a two-month experiment aimed at relieving Mexican border cities overwhelmed by large numbers of people ordered to leave the United States, some of whom fall prey to criminal gangs.
House OKs waiver of enviro laws at borders
WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled House approved a bill Tuesday that would allow the Border Patrol to circumvent more than a dozen environmental laws on all federally managed lands within 100 miles of the borders with Mexico and Canada.
In their own words
Barber, Kelly and Manolakis quotations from last night's Congressional District 8 debate.
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