Southern Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva and other House Democrats are asking the Biden administration to make reforms to CBP One the government-run app for asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. CBP One is available at a handful of ports of entry border-wide. Asylum seekers vie for a fixed number of daily appointments through the app to apply to enter the U.S.
A longtime Tucson councilman is resigning from his seat at the end of this month. Steve Kozachik has been on the City Council since 2009. He represents Ward 6 in midtown Tucson where he worked on city projects including those focused on migrant care and another to reduce collect and recycle plastic waste.Kozachik says he’ll stay in his seat until March 31st and will then
Officials in Pima County are trying to find new ways to provide migrant care amid a funding shortfall from the federal government. Pima County officials have worked with the city of Tucson and aid groups since 2019 to provide migrant services like transportation aid and temporary shelter.Mayor Regina Romero told City Council members this month that the collaboration has
A shelter in Pima County is scaling back operations amid a federal funding shortfall for migrant and asylum-seeker care.Since 2019, Casa Alitas in Tucson has provided things like medical care, transportation aid and temporary shelter to hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers processed and released by Border Patrol agents along border in Arizona. The agency conducts street
Lawmakers in Washington have re-introduced a measure that could finally provide a pathway to citizenship for Afghans evacuated from their home country in 2021. It’s been years since the U.S. evacuated more than 70,000 Afghans who worked alongside Americans in roles including interpreters, teachers and soldiers. They came to the U.S on a temporary status called humanitarian