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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and 22 other attorneys general are filing a second motion to compel the Trump administration to thaw the president’s federal spending freeze.
“Armed infantry and support troops from the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson in Colorado — one of the Army’s most seasoned combat units” expected to arrive within days at U.S.-Mexico border
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, I wrote the first installment in a series about the controversial energy development plan called Plan Sonora: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/what-is-pl...
Aboard the 2 flights that deported 190 people back to Caracas last week were 2 people who'd deserted #Venezuela’s military. The Trump administration delivered them right back to the dictatorship. The feared Interior Minister says, “They are being given the appropriate treatment.”
Well done, folks.
From @jwashing.bsky.social
Takeaways from ICE's latest detention data:
- most growth bc of immigrants w/ no criminal history
- highest detained pop in 4+ years
- biggest biweekly increase in ICE-arrested detention numbers in years
austinkocher.substack.com/p/ices-lates...
Tracking The Trackers with @AustinKocher.com: #Immigration, Borders, Power, and The State tinyurl.com/mwpcrrrz @agakh.bsky.social @eff.org @esqueer.net @evacide.bsky.social @404media.co
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1/ Protests are taking place at state capitols and city halls and other civic spaces today, most begin at noon local time. They have already started out East. #50501movement www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...
“This is very sad and it’s really going to hurt the local economy.” Sidney Noble, fired botanist
Just spoke with a recently fired PhD Forest service botanist just got their permanent position in September. He and his wife are paying $1900/month in rent. They can limp through March…and then the plan stops.
President Trump vowed to destroy Mexican cartels and end the US fentanyl epidemic, but his sweeping foreign-aid freeze has temporarily stopped US-funded anti-narcotics programs in Mexico that for years have been working to curb the drug's flow into the US reut.rs/42Pab1w
Houchul can remove Adams. And at this point, she must. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/n...
Infrequent reminder that I still post the weekly Border Updates to my old "Daily Border Links" list, if you'd like them in your e-mail inbox.
(It's a Google Group, which I know is janky, but it doesn't cost me anything.)
groups.google.com/g/daily-bord...
🚨New from @dropsitenews.com: Tesla is forecast to win the largest State Dept contract of 2025 -- $400 million for "Armored Tesla" -- according to procurement documents we reviewed.
(And Elon Musk before you accuse us of doxxing, the docs are public)
www.dropsitenews.com/p/elon-musk-...
BREAKING
apnews.com/article/usai... Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow again
In the past weeks, the Trump administration has purged federal law enforcement agencies of prosecutors and investigators who’d been pursuing white supremacist groups that had been listed among the most dangerous threats to national security.
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, I wrote about photographer David Taylor’s exhibition COMPLEX and what it can teach us about keeping watch on border surveillance: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/americas-g...
Three federal agents visited long-time Tucson restaurant La Indita this week, seeking to verify the legal status of its employees, which the owner called an attempt at "intimidation."
And finally, the good folks at @scifri.bsky.social had Bill and I on to talk further. My part's fine, and I share some of what the Karuk have helped me better understand. But please pay special attention to Bill's portion. www.sciencefriday.com/segments/kar...
It’s taken me forever, but my feature on last fall’s #KTREX burn on Karuk territory in N. California is coming soon. And I’m glad it’s coming in the wake of the #LAfires, a spectacular example of our terrible relationship with fire. The Karuk show that a different way - a better way - is possible.
Please read. @sidehilling.bsky.social nails so much of what has been on my mind in recent years. Wildfire is not a war.
This is just a wonderful bit of radio. Julie has quickly become quite the audio artisan www.boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2025-01...
In Nogales, Sonora, asylum seekers 'in mourning' after legal pathway shut down tucson.com/news/local/s...
Migrant advocates and shelter operators in Nogales, Sonora are bracing for the impact of 10 executive orders signed within hours of President Donald Trump's Monday inauguration, including a declaration of
Minutes ago, the Trump admin revoked the sensitive locations policy that prevented ICE from carrying out enforcement arrests inside churches, hospitals, and schools.
El estado de Nuevo León, en la frontera de México con Estados Unidos, está “en alerta” tras investidura de Trump por las deportaciones masivas.
“Estamos en alerta porque no podemos descuidar a los conciudadanos mexicanos”.
@efe.com desde Monterrey:
If you have a Pima County Public Library card, this is how you can access the Arizona Daily Star online.
Trump is likely to justify his plans to seal off the border with Mexico by citing a public health emergency from immigrants bringing disease into the United States. Now he just has to find one, write Zolan Kanno-Youngs and @Haleaziz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...