Immigration
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Legal fight continues with appeals over proposed immigration initiative for Arizona Nov. 5 ballot
The fight to keep a proposed immigration initiative off Arizona’s Nov. 5 ballot is not over yet.
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‘Life-altering day:’ 15,000 Arizonans qualify for new streamlined citizenship process
Efficiencies in the citizenship process announced by the Biden administration are expected to infuse an additional $358 million into the economy, and will bring in more than $120 million in additional tax revenue.
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Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden
The Biden administration announced new immigration policies that aim to streamline the path to citizenship for longtime US residents like “Dreamers,” or undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as children.
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Arizona Senate advances proposed ballot measure to let local police make border-crossing arrests
The Arizona Senate approved a proposed ballot measure that would ask voters in November to make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry.
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Arizona Labor unions host successful citizenship fair, with more in the works
The local painter’s union hall in Phoenix was filled with volunteers, immigration lawyers, and applicants for naturalization.
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BREAKING: Hobbs vetoes anti-immigration bill, calls for end to ‘political stunts’
The bill offered no logistical or humanitarian solutions to address issues at the US-Mexico border, and instead focused mainly on punishment and incarceration.
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BREAKING: Arizona Republicans ram through anti-immigration bill, bypassing public
Lawmakers used a procedural maneuver to sidestep public comment on the bill after more than 100 business owners and community leaders spoke out against it.
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Hobbs offered a solution to border security. Will Republicans fund it?
The Arizona governor recently created a new border security office with funds from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act.
