Southwest Border Information and FAQs | Pima County, AZ
WEBThe information below answers frequent questions about the overall effort, the County's role, the necessary and essential financing, and also provides documents and other resources for further information so the public fully understands the issue and how the region has managed it over the past five years.
New federal asylum rules and Pima County’s funding for aid - AZ …
WEBJun 4, 2024 · As President Biden announced new rules to deny asylum to more people who cross the US-México border, Pima County officials said they want out of the business of temporary assistance and shelter to recently arrived asylum seekers.
Arizona sector becomes No. 1 hotspot for migrant crossings, …
WEBFeb 25, 2024 · Undeterred by miles of border wall, violent Mexican cartels and a treacherous terrain with extreme temperatures, migrants have been crossing into the Tucson sector of Arizona by the hundreds, and...
Migrants from all over the world make their way to Arizona’s
WEBMar 12, 2024 · Migrant crossings on the Arizona-Mexico border have remained high this year. It's where people from all over the world come to enter the U.S. Amna Nawaz joins us now from Pima County.
Finding missing migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border, the …
WEB2 days ago · In Pima County, which covers a large swath of the Arizona border, the medical examiner has discovered nearly 4,000 migrant remains since the turn of the century — or an average of 165 each year ...
Pima County praised for efforts to shelter migrants as CBP …
WEBSep 20, 2023 · While an influx of people crossing Arizona's border with Mexico has pushed federal facilities in the Tucson Sector beyond capacity, a "heroic effort" by Pima County kept migrants from...
Pima County agrees to 'pass-through' nearly $7.5M in federal …
WEBOct 3, 2023 · Despite objections from Supervisors Sharon Bronson and Steve Christy, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to fund shelter spaces for migrants in Southern Arizona, sending more...
UArizona Releases Report on Border-Crosser Deaths in Southern Arizona
WEBApr 19, 2021 · Drawing on data from the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner, or PCOME, the researchers found that from 1990 to 2020, the remains of at least 3,356 undocumented border crossers, or UBC, were recovered in southern Arizona, with the majority being found since 2005.
Pima County preparing for federal funds that support ... - AZ …
WEBMar 28, 2024 · Southern Arizona is seeing a larger number of migrants and people seeking asylum than any other region along the U.S.-México border. The Border Patrol’s Tucson sector had the highest number of migrants crossing in the U.S. — 250,611 — from October through January.
Pima County OKs $24M for new facility to help ID migrants - azcentral.com
WEBJul 8, 2022 · A new $24 million facility is expected to bolster the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner's work tracking and identifying human remains of suspected undocumented migrants along the...