Months after detaining people accused of being Tren de Aragua, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060725_tx_gang_arrests/months-after-detaining-people-accused-being-tren-de-aragua-authorities-offer-no-evidence-gang-ties/ Texas and federal authorities apprehended 47 people, including nine minors, they were members and associates of Tren de Aragua, a violent gang - but two months later, authorities have yet to provide any evidence that the more than three dozen people have connections to the gang. #Tucson #Arizona
'Mayhem' as ICE officials arrest multiple people at immigration court in Phoenix https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052025_ice_court_arrests/mayhem-as-ice-officials-arrest-multiple-people-immigration-court-phoenix/ Federal agents arrested multiple people at the immigration court in Phoenix on Tuesday, creating a situation one attorney described as "mayhem" as people believing their cases had just been dismissed were taken into custody outside. #Tucson #Arizona
Trump asks Supreme Court to reverse its own order blocking Venezuelan deportations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051425_scotus_deportations/trump-asks-supreme-court-reverse-its-own-order-blocking-venezuelan-deportations/ The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to lift its own injunction placed last month in the Northern District of Texas to allow for the deportation of a group of Venezuelan nationals under an 18th-century wartime law. #Tucson #Arizona
Hobbs blocks GOP bill requiring Az governments to help with Trump deportations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051325_hobbs_vetoes/hobbs-blocks-gop-bill-requiring-az-governments-help-with-trump-deportations/ Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed 35 bills on May 12, including a GOP-backed measure that would force every level of government in the Grand Canyon State to assist in President Donald Trump’s mass deportations. #Tucson #Arizona
Key reports addressing violence against Indigenous women are gone from federal sites https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050625_violence_reports/key-reports-addressing-violence-against-indigenous-women-are-gone-from-federal-sites/ The Department of Justice website has removed at least two key reports about violence against Indigenous people, including one prompted by legislation signed by President Trump, as many groups that work to combat intimate partner violence worry about the future of federal funding. #Tucson #Arizona
Trump administration asks to dismiss suit by 3 GOP states trying to limit abortion pill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050625_abortion_pill/trump-administration-asks-dismiss-suit-by-3-gop-states-trying-limit-abortion-pill/ The Department of Justice wrote in a legal filing that three GOP-led states attempting to overturn federal prescribing guidelines for medication abortion have sought to keep a case going in the wrong place at the wrong time. #Tucson #Arizona
Hobbs vetoes GOP bills that would force cooperation with ICE https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050525_hobbs_ice/hobbs-vetoes-gop-bills-that-would-force-cooperation-with-ice/ Gov. Katie Hobbs once again thwarted Republican efforts to facilitate mass deportations in Arizona, vetoing legislation that would have made it easier for federal immigration agents to arrest people while at the same time blocking elected officials from preventing discriminatory actions. #Tucson #Arizona
Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: β€˜You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042925_bp_calif_judge/judge-restricts-border-patrol-california-you-just-cant-walk-up-people-with-brown-skin/ β€˜You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,’ a federal judge told Border Patrol attorneys at a hearing challenging recent immigration sweeps. #Tucson #Arizona
AI isn’t what we should be worried about – it’s the humans controlling it https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042325_ai_control_op/ai-isnt-what-we-should-worried-8211-its-humans-controlling-it/ With rapid advances toward artificial general intelligence over the past few years, industry leaders and scientists have expressed misgivings about safety, but the real issue may be whether humanity has the wherewithal to channel this technology to build a fairer, more prosperous world. #Tucson #Arizona
El Paso Walmart mass shooter sentenced to life in Texas prison https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042125_el_paso_sentencing/el-paso-walmart-mass-shooter-sentenced-life-texas-prison/ The grinding path to justice for the most lethal mass shooter to ever appear in a U.S. courtroom came to an end Monday when Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty to murdering 23 people and wounding 22 others in an anti-Hispanic assault on an El Paso Walmart in 2019. #Tucson #Arizona