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No More Deaths supporters rally outside of the Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse in Tucson on January 15, 2019. The demonstration was held in support of four volunteers charged with misdemeanors related to leaving food and water inside the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in 2017.

Border Humanitarian Aid Workers See Upside to Federal Convictions

Nancy Montoya reports on the trial's outcome and the origins of the group No More Deaths.
A file image of a judge's gavel in a courtroom at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Shutdown Bumps 80,000 Immigration Cases, Judge Says

A discussion with the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges.

VW Doles Out Last of Settlement Owed to Arizona Consumers

The checks, each worth $1,000, are part of a $40 million settlement reached in May 2018.
A view of Southwest Key's facility in Tucson.

Consultant To Gauge Inner Workings Of Southwest Key Programs

The outside health care consultation is part of a legal settlement with the nonprofit, which houses unaccompanied migrant children.
Google Street View image of a Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix.

Nurse Arrested in Case of Incapacitated Woman Who Gave Birth

The nurse worked at the Hacienda HealthCare facility where the woman lived and had been providing care to her.
Children seen on the grounds of the Southwest Key facility in Tucson, Arizona, July 7, 2018.

Southwest Key Takes Step to Have Freeze on Arizona Admissions Lifted

The migrant children's shelter operator has a months-long statewide freeze on placements of unaccompanied, undocumented children.
Thomas Thwaites' documents his quest to take a break from being a human in his book "Goatman". Photograph by Tim Bowditch.

Becoming a Goat?

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Trials begin for "No More Deaths" volunteers; How photographing Bears Ears National Monument became a passion for a retired astronomer; and remembering when Martin Luther King, Jr. visited Tucson.
Neiman Marcus is paying multiple states as part of a settlement over a data breach.

Arizona to Receive Settlement From Neiman Marcus Over Data Breach

Multiple states are receiving money after credit and debit cards had been compromised via the retailer.
Navajo Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty sits alongside indigenous women giving testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs about missing and murdered indigenous people.

Congress Considers Legislation to Help Tribes Solve Cases of Missing People

Laws under consideration could improve tracking databases and increase funding for services like domestic violence shelters.
Participants write to incarcerated people at the American Friends Service Committee-Arizona Holiday Cards for Prisoners 2017 event.

Nonprofit Hosting Party to Write Holiday Cards to Prisoners

Attendees at the annual event will also learn how to draft a letter to state legislators.
Demonstrators march in downtown Tucson after the November 21, 2018 acquittal of Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz on involuntary manslaughter charges in the cross-border shooting death of a 16 year old Mexican boy, Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez.

Feds Won't Pursue Third Trial Against Border Patrol Agent Who Shot Teen

Agent Lonnie Swartz has been twice acquitted in trials over the killing of 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez.

Brutinel Elected as Next Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice

Voting by the seven justices has Brutinel replacing Justice Scott Bales.
Arizona Daily Star reporter Perla Trevizo (left) and UA James E. Rogers College of Law professor Shefali Milczarek-Desai (right).

Challenges Straining the Immigration Court System

How asylum cases are currently handled.
Joe Arpaio Mesa, Arizona, October 2012.

Judge Won't Give More Time to Find Victims of Arpaio Detentions

Advocates for immigrant rights had argued more time was needed to locate the victims.
Rev. Magdalena Schwartz, center with blue jacket, briefs volunteers on Oct. 17 at Central Christian Church in Mesa before a large group of undocumented immigrant families and asylum seekers are dropped by federal authorities.

Trump Promises Migrant Tent Cities; Family Releases Continue in Arizona

The president said he will order massive tent cities to hold migrants, while authorities continue to release families.
The Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse, 405 W. Congress Street in Tucson.

Prosecutor: Border Agent Tired of Rock Throwers Killed Teen

Swartz, who has pleaded not guilty, is being retried after the previous jury deadlocked on a manslaughter verdict.

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