(Im)migration and Refugee History, Rights & Countering Xenophobia

The Trump administration has revived a border security policy that legal experts say paves the way for mass deportations — without even a court hearing — and threatens to put Latino Arizonans, regardless of their citizenship status, at risk of racial profiling and removal from the country.  On Friday, the White House officially reinstated a […]

Legal experts and researchers say incoming President Donald Trump's promised mass deportations could actually end up undermining goals of public safety and national security.

PHOENIX — Attorney General Kris Mayes announced today that she is joining a multistate federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional order attempting to unilaterally strip citizenship from citizens across the United States, including thousands of babies born in Arizona each year.

Arizona voters have approved Proposition 314, a sweeping and divisive law that will incite the discrimination and harassment of immigrants, Latine communities, and people of color. The ACLU of

Arizona voted to grant state and local police the authority to make immigration arrests, going against Supreme Court precedent.

Arizona voters will decide Nov. 5 whether to make illegal border crossings a state crime in a ballot measure that has drawn little public debate.

In Tucson, a legendary attorney was suspended for two years from representing clients in immigration court. Was the punishment warranted?

Mixed-status families in Arizona face fears of separation. A Donald Trump presidency could exacerbate that. Nationwide, 22 million people live in mixed-status households, including over half a million in Arizona, according to estimates from FWD.us, an immigration advocacy group.