Tucson police & schools lay out course as Trump jettisons 'sensitive' locations policy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012825_schools_immigration/tucson-police-schools-lay-out-course-as-trump-jettisons-sensitive-locations-policy/
Schools in Tucson, along with the Catholic Diocese and city officials moved to reassure parents and the community after the Trump administration again cleared the way for immigration officials to enter schools, churches and other sensitive locations.
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The State Dep't is blocking new passports for trans Americans https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012925_trans_passports/the-state-dept-blocking-new-passports-trans-americans/
The State Department is no longer issuing U.S. passports with “X” gender markers and has suspended processing all applications from Americans seeking to update their passports with a new gender marker - a decision that affects all transgender and nonbinary Americans.
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Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: ‘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/
‘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.
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I send thanks to the buyer from Illinois who purchased an art print of
Moon Rising -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/moon-rising-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
May the artwork take you to a place of silence, peace, and calm contemplation. That's really one of the best places to be.
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GOP threatens 2026 ballot measure after Hobbs vetoes Arizona ICE Act https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042225_az_ice_act/gop-threatens-2026-ballot-measure-after-hobbs-vetoes-arizona-ice-act/
Republican lawmakers in Arizona want to force law enforcement agencies, city officials and even school leaders to make it easier for ICE to deport people — and they’re threatening to go to the ballot to do it.
#Tucson #Arizona
Texas judge dismisses 'trespassing' charges against border crossers accused of violating military rules https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051525_el_paso_dod_border/texas-judge-dismisses-trespassing-charges-against-border-crossers-accused-violating-military-rules/
One of the Trump administration’s latest efforts to militarize the U.S.-Mexico border suffered repeated setbacks Thursday when a federal judge tossed out a dozen charges alleging that people illegally trespassed by entering the United States in a new “national defense area” in West Texas.
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Trump ‘blatant’ refusal to comply in deportation case shows growing rift with judges https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060225_trump_judges/trump-blatant-refusal-comply-deportation-case-shows-growing-rift-with-judges/
Federal judges have found the Trump administration either violated their preliminary injunctions or restraining orders, or have broadly invoked executive privileges to stonewall information in immigration cases, raising concerns the administration is skirting due process rights.
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How El Salvador's government impeded a U.S. investigation of MS-13 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061225_ms13_salvador/how-el-salvadors-government-impeded-us-investigation-ms-13/
Senior officials in Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s government repeatedly impeded the work of a U.S. task force as it pursued evidence of possible wrongdoing by the Salvadoran president and his inner circle, evidence at odds with Bukele’s reputation as a crime fighter.
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Mark Kelly blasts GOP education cuts, $5B voucher program as ‘horrible idea’ at DC rally https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061325_kelly_cuts/mark-kelly-blasts-gop-education-cuts-5b-voucher-program-as-horrible-idea-dc-rally/
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly joined education advocates, parents, teachers and students and spoke out against GOP lawmakers’ “big, beautiful bill,” an attempt to slash billions of dollars in federal spending to offset the cost of President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda and tax cuts.
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‘They’re taking Shirly’: An Army sergeant thought his family was safe. Then ICE deported his wife https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061725_military_deportations/theyre-taking-shirly-army-sergeant-thought-his-family-was-safe-then-ice-deported-his-wife/
There is no guaranteed path to citizenship for undocumented military family members - and no guaranteed protections against deportation - for the estimated 80,000 undocumented spouses or parents of military members are living in the U.S.
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Trump administration to end national LGBTQ+ suicide hotline https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061925_lgbtq_suicide/trump-administration-end-national-lgbtq-suicide-hotline/
After three years and 1.3 million texts and phone calls, the national LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline is shutting down. The Trump administration announced that it was ending LGBTQ+ services for 988, the crisis hotline for queer youth that launched in 2022.
#Tucson #Arizona
Texas judge strikes down Biden-era abortion privacy rule https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062025_abortion_privacy/texas-judge-strikes-down-biden-era-abortion-privacy-rule/
A Trump-appointed federal judge struck down portions of a 2024 rule from the Department of Health and Human Services that provided privacy protections for information related to reproductive health care like abortion and gender-affirming treatments.
#Tucson #Arizona
Senate rules process strips SNAP cuts, other GOP priorities from ‘big, beautiful bill’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062425_senate_snap/senate-rules-process-strips-snap-cuts-other-gop-priorities-from-big-beautiful-bill/
U.S. Senate Democrats have succeeded in eliminating more than a dozen policy changes from Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” after successfully arguing that the elements didn’t comply with the strict rules that go along with writing a budget reconciliation bill.
#Tucson #Arizona
Hobbs vetoes both House GOP budgets as Arizona government shutdown looms https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062525_hobbs_budget_vetoes/hobbs-vetoes-both-house-gop-budgets-as-arizona-government-shutdown-looms/
A feud over Arizona’s budget is slogging toward a possible government shutdown, after Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed two budget packages drafted by Republicans in the state House of Representatives.
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Older adults now outnumber children in 11 states https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062625_children_aging/older-adults-now-outnumber-children-11-states/
The ratio of people older than 65 to children younger than 18 grew in every state - including a ratio of 2-1 in Arizona’s Mohave and Yavapai counties - a trend that bodes poorly for the future number of young adults who can help care for older relatives.
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