Tucson Sector Arizona | U.S. Customs and Border Protection
WEBTucson Sector covers most of the State of Arizona from the New Mexico State line to the Yuma County line. This area covers a total of 262 border miles and we are one of the busiest sectors in the country in both illegal alien apprehensions and marijuana seizures.
Border Patrol Sectors | U.S. Customs and Border Protection
WEBBorder Patrol Media Releases September 11, 2024 | Local Media Release Laredo Port of Entry holds 23rd Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge
Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, …
WEBSep 1, 2023 · U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports that the Tucson Sector is the busiest area of the border since 2008 due to smugglers abruptly steering migrants from Africa, Asia and other places through some of the Arizona borderlands’ most desolate and dangerous areas.
In Arizona, Border Patrol encounters new tactics in migrants ... - CNN
WEBMay 18, 2021 · Just south of Tucson, Arizona, lies one of the most treacherous stretches of the US-Mexico border: 262 miles of hot, dry, often mountainous terrain. Patrolling this area – which encompasses...
Smugglers are steering migrants into the hot Arizona desert ... - PBS
WEBSep 1, 2023 · ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. (AP) — Border Patrol agents ordered the young Senegalese men to wait in the scant shade of desert scrub brush while they loaded a more vulnerable group...
Arizona sector becomes No. 1 hotspot for migrant crossings, …
WEBFeb 25, 2024 · During the first four months of fiscal year 2024, Border Patrol recorded more than 250,000 migrant apprehensions in the Tucson sector, the most of any region patrolled by the agency,...
Here's what is happening at the Arizona-Mexico border - azcentral.com
WEBMar 25, 2021 · Border Patrol agents in Arizona are detaining greater numbers of migrant families at the state's border with Mexico, in addition to the rise in unaccompanied children. But the COVID-19...
Know Your Rights with Border Patrol - ACLU of Arizona
WEBThe ACLU of Arizona investigates, documents, and litigates civil and human rights violations in the U.S.-Mexico border region. If you feel your rights have been violated, contact the ACLU.
How Arizona is responding to a record surge of migrant crossings …
WEBDec 17, 2023 · White House officials and Senate Republicans resumed talks Sunday aimed at a deal on new border security measures. A record number of migrants on the southern border could push President Biden...
Tucson becomes hub for Arizona border response - azcentral.com
WEBApr 19, 2021 · As soon as late April, according to the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector. The facility will house a rapidly growing number of migrants waiting to be processed, including unaccompanied migrant...