A detainee boards a 747 that is part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Air Operations at Mesa Gateway Airport on Sept. 23, 2025. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)
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 Codes and in default...
A demonstrator carries a sign reading ‘My Dreams Are Not Illegal’ near American flags as immigrants rights supporters march in Los Angeles on March 1, 2025. The march was organized by faith groups along with immigrants rights organizations as a peaceful protest over the Trump administration’s immigration policies. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
New DOJ ruling clears the way to deport 500,000 Dreamers without first revoking their status
WASHINGTON — Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus raised serious concerns Thursday about the impact of a recent Department of Justice decision that will make it easier to deport hundreds of thousands of people brought into the country unlawfully as children, referred to as Dreamers...
Hugh Lytle, an independent candidate for governor, held a press conference on Feb. 16, 2026, outside of the state house to criticize a bill that would make his party name, the Arizona Independent Party, illegal and he said would derail his campaign. (Photo by Dermont Stevenson/Cronkite News)
Can a candidate for governor list a UPS Store as his home address? Arizona’s high court will decide.
If the Arizona Supreme Court doesn’t kick a third-party candidate for governor off the ballot for listing a P.O. box as his address on key paperwork, then a state law requiring candidates to declare their actual residential address will be unenforceable, attorneys challenging Hugh Lytle’s candidacy argued in a legal filing this week.
“According to Mr. Lytle, a candidate for statewide office could list any...
Gov. Katie Hobbs at an Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry event on Jan. 5, 2024. (Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified)/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
OPINION | 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...
Attorney General Kris Mayes in January 2023. (Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified)/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
Mayes won’t appeal ruling that her office broke public records law over Judicial Watch request
An appellate court ruled that Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’s office broke the law when it gave a conservative advocacy group almost no information about dozens of emails and documents it said weren’t public records.
The court also found that the Attorney General’s Office failed to justify...
President Donald Trump gives a speech at the World Economic Forum on Jan. 21, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Trump, US House speaker prod GOP states to gerrymander after voting rights ruling
President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to capitalize on a U.S. Supreme Court decision weakening the federal Voting Rights Act as he urged one governor to gerrymander his state and praised another for suspending an approaching primary.
The court’s decision on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as unconstitutional and empowered other Republican states to break apart districts where most residents are Black...
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
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...
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