Emily Bregel
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Border/immigration reporter Arizona Daily Star
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I'm Emily Bregel, border/immigration reporter for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson š I welcome tips, story ideas, complaints and/or greetings! Send to ebregel(at)tucson(dot)com
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Tyler Kingkade
14 days ago
An NBC News investigation finds dozens of examples of criminals imitating ICE to rob and attack people
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"That place is not a place you should put a human being," said Iranian asylum seeker Narges Dehghani, who has now been held at Eloy Detention Center for 14 months. "I felt like I was nothing, by the way they were treating me. Like Iām nothing." Read here:
tinyurl.com/4x2x4u3y
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Murphy Woodhouse
15 days ago
An important and shocking investigation from my former colleague
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Tim Steller
15 days ago
One of the detainees who our reporters were talking with was a Cuban migrant who suffered from debilitating back pain. He was sent to isolation and attempted suicide there during this investigation.
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Arizona ICE detainee alive after suicide attempt; still no ICE response
A Cuban asylum seeker detained at ICE's Eloy Detention Center is alive after attempting suicide at the end of April, two days after he said he was placed in solitary
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_6d4b0db4-7df3-466d-9fe3-5542c169fc99.html
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Tim Steller
15 days ago
One of the most disturbing findings of this Lee Enterprises /
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investigation is that the immigration detention center uses isolation as a response to suicidal thoughts and other mental-health problems, often making these issues worse for the sufferer.
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She was suicidal after being sexually assaulted in Iran. ICEās solution? Solitary confinement.
Advocates say ICE isn't equipped to handle mental health crises in detention, relying on solitary confinement ā and even pepper spray ā as quick fixes.
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_bb4891c6-6829-4c8b-8a9b-3fa9d6948320.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
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Tim Steller
15 days ago
In a groundbreaking investigation by the Arizona Daily Star and Lee Enterprises,
@emilybregel.bsky.social
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āTheyāre torturing meā: ICE uses solitary confinement to scare people into self-deporting
One immigrant was sent to solitary confinement for refusing to self-deport. A teenager lost 20 pounds. One man attempted suicide. Experts say it's unconstitutional.
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_4d374842-429b-45d1-9afd-d06e0f8d8ca4.html
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Thousands of immigrants each year in the U.S. are sent to solitary confinement, a punishment so severe that the United Nations considers a 15-day stint in solitary tantamount to torture. Read the first installment of my and
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tinyurl.com/526aw89f
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āTheyāre torturing meā: ICE uses solitary confinement to scare people into self-deporting
One immigrant was sent to solitary confinement for refusing to self-deport. A teenager lost 20 pounds. One man attempted suicide. Experts say it's unconstitutional.
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_4d374842-429b-45d1-9afd-d06e0f8d8ca4.html
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Liz Dye
17 days ago
BREAKING: Judge Waverly Crenshaw dismisses indictment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia based on selective and vindictive prosecution.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
17 days ago
šØ šØ šØ NEW: A shocking @USCIS memo seems to declare that hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in this country and applying for green cards must instead apply for visas abroad; which could MASSIVELY disrupt lives. š§µ on what we know, and what we donāt.
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Jon Seidel
17 days ago
NEW: U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's office reacts to Thursday's "Broadview Six" revelations. The former lead prosecutor in the case had serving as counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Now Durbin's office says her detail from the Justice Department "has been terminated."
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Nicole Foy
17 days ago
even when you ignore for a moment how this will impact countless American families, how do you begin to estimate the likely economic impacts of a policy like this? boggles the mind
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...
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Green Card Seekers Must Leave U.S. to Apply, Trump Administration Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/politics/green-card-changes-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Julian Sanchez
20 days ago
Iām not sure why this isnāt being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public theyāre not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.
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Financial Times
20 days ago
Trump and sons to be āforeverā exempt from tax audits
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Trump and sons to be āforeverā exempt from tax audits
Justice department deal comes day after government set up $1.8bn fund to pay presidentās allies hit by alleged ālawfareā
https://ft.trib.al/ePJ9DiF
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L'Ood šļø
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WOBBLY BLACK CAT š
20 days ago
IN TUCSON Non-paywalled version (sorry, Emily):
archive.is/jjj6p
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Simulated Chollas
20 days ago
Tucson DACA recipient detained after agents aggressively enter home
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Tucson DACA recipient detained after agents 'aggressively' enter home, family says
Federal agents rushed into a Tucson home Monday morning and took Karla Toledo, 31, into custody as she was getting ready to leave for work, her family says.
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_d5339053-fab9-4c10-b2cd-6a8e485477ff.html
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A Tucson woman with DACA protection ā who has lived in the U.S. since age 1 and has no criminal record ā was detained Monday after immigration agents pushed their way into her home without a warrant, according to her family and home security video.
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Tucson DACA recipient detained after agents 'aggressively' enter home, family says
Federal agents rushed into a Tucson home Monday morning and took Karla Toledo, 31, into custody as she was getting ready to leave for work, her family says.
https://tinyurl.com/mr43t96e
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Arizona Daily Star
25 days ago
The March death of a Haitian asylum seeker who was detained at Arizona's Florence Correctional Center was related to his severe, untreated dental problems, according to preliminary findings from the
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Arizona ICE detainee's death related to severe dental problems, medical examiner says
The March death of a Haitian asylum seeker who was detained at Arizona's Florence Correctional Center was related to his severe, untreated dental problems, according to preliminary findings from the
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_950bac87-1c8e-4a8f-8da0-a1ab6c046800.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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Arizona Daily Star
about 1 month ago
A Cuban asylum seeker detained at ICE's Eloy Detention Center is alive after attempting suicide at the end of April, two days after he said he was placed in solitary
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Arizona ICE detainee alive after suicide attempt; still no ICE response
A Cuban asylum seeker detained at ICE's Eloy Detention Center is alive after attempting suicide at the end of April, two days after he said he was placed in solitary
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_6d4b0db4-7df3-466d-9fe3-5542c169fc99.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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Arizona Daily Star
30 days ago
As the Arizona Daily Star's executive editor departs, three talented Star editors will manage the newsroom: senior editor Hipolito R. Corella, sports editor Alexis Huicochea and news editor Kimberly Kalil.
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From the editor: New opportunities beckon, but the Star is in very good hands
As the Arizona Daily Star's executive editor departs, three talented Star editors will manage the newsroom: senior editor Hipolito R. Corella, sports editor Alexis Huicochea and news editor Kimberly Kalil.
https://tucson.com/news/local/article_d91e9864-1535-4e4d-9238-26b902fdc06a.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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Arizona Daily Star
30 days ago
For Star subscribers: Some ICE detainees in Arizona are being held for weeks in crowded ICE centers meant for stays of no more than 72 hours.
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Short-term ICE detention facilities under scrutiny
For Star subscribers: Some ICE detainees in Arizona are being held for weeks in crowded ICE centers meant for stays of no more than 72 hours.
https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/article_26477b2a-1131-4f79-a088-2b590a35d1b8.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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American Immigration Council
about 1 month ago
Our country is at a crossroads with immigration enforcement. Join us on May 13 at 1:00PM EST as we explore our new framework for a better immigration enforcement system in our communities. Register here:
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Justin Baragona
about 1 month ago
Just to point out, he is not talking about the United States blowing up dozens of Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean Sea. I know it can be confusing.
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A Cuban asylum seeker in ICE detention in Arizona was hospitalized last week, after the man said he was put in solitary as "punishment" and indicated that he intended to harm himself. ICE won't share any information, his lawyer said: "We don't even know if heās alive."
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ICE mum about Eloy detainee hospitalized after solitary confinement stay
For Star subscribers: Alexander HernƔndez, a Cuban asylum seeker detained at Eloy Detention Center, has been hospitalized without explanation after sending worrisome messages.
https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/article_76153eb0-bc6c-4c1d-b5fe-865b1dd2f357.html#tracking-source=home-the-latest
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Tim Steller
2 months ago
I haven't heard much about ICE operations, outside of the airports, lately. But people tell me they're around every day. On Monday, there was a confrontation in a South Tucson parking lot in which an ICE agent pepper-sprayed observers,
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ICE agents pepper spray observers in South Tucson
A confrontation between ICE agents and observers in South Tucson ended with pepper spray being deployed according to witnesses.
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_909e6947-8797-457a-8067-f2a61ac059f0.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
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azcentral
2 months ago
No Kings Day is a nationwide day of protest against President Donald Trump. Here's what to know
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What is No Kings Day? What to know about protests in AZ, nationwide
No Kings Day is a nationwide day of protest against President Donald Trump. Here's what to know
https://bit.ly/4s4EoCt
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Aaron Black
2 months ago
The crowd is growing here in St. Paul Minnesota at the State Capitol. There are about 40k people here right now with multiple marches still coming. The temperature has warmed up to a balmy 39 degrees, the sun is out and everybody is having a great time. ā¤ļø#NoKings
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Robert Reich
2 months ago
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
2 months ago
This is an absolute scandal; the United States government is deliberately consolidating all deportation cases of an ethnic minority that the President has called "garbage" in front of a handpicked group of judges and with dramatically accelerated timeline. A lawsuit was filed yesterday against it.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
2 months ago
In this lawsuit there's a transcript of an infuriating exchange between the lead plaintiff and an immigration judge assigned to the Somali docket. She explains why the schedule is a travesty and laughs at the absurdity, which the IJ takes poorly, leading to a testy exchange. I'm fully on her side.
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Ryan Goodman
2 months ago
Jaw-dropping admission by DOJ to court. DOJ admits to having repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge - ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses! DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations." DOJ blames ICE (page 2)
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Megan Greenwell
3 months ago
counted 25 ICE officers (most with ERO vests) during my 26-minute wait in the LGA Terminal C Touchless line this morning. every one of them was either standing doing nothing or slowly walking the length of the line doing nothing. at least four were in masks.
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Megan Greenwell
2 months ago
Dreams DO come true: my photo of the ICE teens spread so far divorced of context or credit that Snopes dot com had to write a whole story confirming that I didn't make it with AI. š„²
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Does this photo show 2 young ICE agents at LaGuardia Airport?
Social media users debated whether AI had a role in the creation of an image showing two "teenage-looking" males wearing ICE agent uniforms.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/laguardia-airport-young-ice-agents/
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Elliott Young
3 months ago
Torturing Colombian dairy farmers in Ecuador, all in the name of a Drug War based on US āintelligence.ā
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...
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The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/americas/us-ecuador-drug-camp-bombing-dairy-farm.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Arizona Daily Star
3 months ago
Tomasito Fuentes Ponce, 41, was detained by immigration agents March 13 outside a convenience store shortly after dropping off his youngest son at school.
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Arizona family seeks answers about father with kidney failure in ICE custody
Tomasito Fuentes Ponce, 41, was detained by immigration agents March 13 outside a convenience store shortly after dropping off his youngest son at school.
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_a0216b91-059e-4b25-acfb-a12d96385ba5.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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NPR
3 months ago
Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.
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Trump is dismantling democracy at 'unprecedented' speed, global report finds
Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.
https://n.pr/4uG99Am
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The Atlantic
3 months ago
U.S. allies havenāt forgotten about Trumpās tariffs, his threats against NATO, and his curtailing of aid to Ukraineāso he shouldnāt be surprised that theyāre unwilling to help him in Iran,
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Everyone but Trump Understands What Heās Done
Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.
https://bit.ly/4t0b0hV
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Arizona Daily Star
3 months ago
The members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts are supporters of the Republican president and were appointed by him this year.
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US Mint can produce Trump commemorative gold coin after arts commission approves design
The members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts are supporters of the Republican president and were appointed by him this year.
https://tucson.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/article_8dedad8a-c186-504c-9466-145527d7e98e.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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David Kurtz
3 months ago
BALTIMOREāIn surprise testimony in federal court Thursday, an immigration officer revealed that more than 100 asylum seekers were wrongfully deported in violation of a court-ordered settlement agreement in a long-running case that has gotten national attention.
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Wrongfully Deported More Than 100 Asylum Seekers
BALTIMOREāIn surprise testimony in federal court Thursday, an immigration officer revealed that...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusive-trump-admin-wrongfully-deported-more-than-100-asylum-seekers
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Governor Tim Walz
3 months ago
The Trump Administration attempted to make an example of Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. Instead, Minnesotans set an example for the rest of the country that decency and compassion will always triumph over fear and division.
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People of Twin Cities awarded JFK Profile in Courage Award over resistance to ICE surge
The people of Minneapolis-St. Paul are being honored with a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their response to the federal immigration enforcement operation this winter, the JFK Library Fo...
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/twin-cities-jfk-profile-in-courage-award-resistance-ice-surge/
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Meet the Press
3 months ago
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the attorney general Tuesday. The Justice Department called it "completely unnecessary."
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Democrats walk out of Pam Bondi briefing on Epstein files over subpoena compliance
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the attorney general Tuesday. The Justice Department called it "completely unnecessary."
https://nbcnews.to/3PkQz0z
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Elon Green
3 months ago
these are the best reporters in the country, give them whatever the fuck they want
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Julia Angwin
3 months ago
I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.
www.wired.com/story/gramma...
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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI āExpert Reviewā Feature
The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academicsāwithout their consent.
https://www.wired.com/story/grammarly-is-facing-a-class-action-lawsuit-over-its-ai-expert-review-feature/
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Tim Steller
3 months ago
An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona.
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tucson.com/news/local/b...
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Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says
An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_a5053df1-4ade-4424-972f-e9f5270829bb.html
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RogueResistanceKnitter š„šø
3 months ago
It's been three years since I came home from the hospital after an infection that started in my mouth spread to my brain and almost killed me. I was in ICU under heavy sedation and on a vent for 6 weeks. This poor man was forced to suffer. Infections of the mouth and teeth are serious.
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Torr (I moved to Threads)
3 months ago
āDamas' family members said another detainee reported hearing Florence staff "laughing and saying he was faking," as Damas cried for helpā¦
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Haitian asylum seeker Emmanuel Damas, 56, died at a Scottsdale, AZ hospital Monday, while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, after struggling to receive timely care for a worsening toothache:
@tucson.com
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Florence ICE detainee dead after tooth infection, Chandler official says
A Haitian asylum seeker held for four months at Florence Correctional Center died Monday at a Scottsdale hospital due to complications from an infected tooth, a local official in Chandler
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_a5053df1-4ade-4424-972f-e9f5270829bb.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawQUgU9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFYRk44NE05MjVoelcxYnFSc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHj6B_Jgvegq-7QdtLuDL8SWfffOsSqcXQJS8KgtsV7FIL3F8SWnQh949MGzF_aem_4FkO0lO_VGQNGD4xqsZegg#tracking-source=home-top-story
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3 months ago
A 79-year-old woman with dementia detained by ICE has been released following an investigation by
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ICE releases 'la abuela,' 79-year-old asylum seeker, after Arizona Daily Star investigation
After 9 months detained at an Arizona ICE detention facility, a Cuban grandmother and asylum seeker with dementia is free, pending the outcome of her deportation case.
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_fd4b6bf3-0d48-437e-9a6d-defe47402db3.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawQN-q9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFkWTl1SXlQUE5ZZGpubm5Nc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkZkSW5ZPnmOgJmOtCg-Hh6RGgsp9-or-USZA7VIiJD3R4uKNZjaurcMVjQz_aem_c14RCUI5_9oLT9u2bOsv8Q
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Tim Steller
4 months ago
Column: Still undecided on Propositions 418 and 419? So am I! Here are the factors Iām considering in deciding whether to vote yes or no on RTA Next, from the bird-in-hand to the too-long term of the plan.
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Tim Steller's column: Why you should vote for, or against, Tucson area's RTA Next tax
For Star subscribers: RTA Next locks the Tucson area into a renewed transportation tax and plan for 20 years ā a long time and a risk. But it's a sure
https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/article_9e0ac670-71ea-4718-abe1-7f2fdd0d39b3.html
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After a "heartbreaking" visit with Julia Benitez, the 79-year-old asylum seeker known as "la abuela" among Eloy detainees, U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-AZ, said Wednesday she will advocate for Benitez's release from ICE detention on humanitarian grounds.
tucson.com/news/local/b...
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After 'heartbreaking' visit with elderly ICE detainee, Rep. Grijalva advocates for her release
Rep. Adelita Grijalva visited with a detained asylum seeker with dementia, age 79, after learning about her from an Arizona Daily Star investigation.
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_b566afdb-75a6-45d9-9c01-5754a7996cf4.html
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