>>Hermosillo said he was detained with about 15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because "they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.

Hermosillo said he tried to tell people at Florence Correctional Center that he was a U.S. citizen, but was dismissed. "They say, tell your lawyer," he recalled. <<

https://popular.info/p/us-citizen-wrongly-detained-by-border
#Nogales #Arizona #NewMexico #Detention #Immigration

U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days

>>Court documents say a Border Patrol agent arrested Hermosillo “at or near Nogales, Arizona, without proper immigration documents” and that Hermosillo admitted to illegally entering the U.S.

Hermosillo and his girlfriend, who have a 9-month-old child together, live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and are visiting family in Tucson. He says he has never been to Nogales.<<

https://news.azpm.org/p/news-articles/2025/4/18/224512-us-citizen-in-arizona-detained-by-immigration-officials-for-10-days/
#AZPM #Arizona #Tuscon #Immigration #Deportation #NewMexico #Nogales

When I first moved to Tucson, in 1983, there was only a chain link fence marking the border. On the hill above town there were three door-sized holes with well-worn paths, through which passed dozens of people daily, to visit family, go shopping, or to work. There was no immigration "crisis". Most people used those holes just to avoid the wait at customs. The "crisis" is manufactured, as a very effective political tool.

Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted #endorsements from mayors of #border #towns in swing-state Arizona Monday
Harris’ campaign said she was backed by the mayors of #Bisbee, #Nogales, #Somerton, and #San #Luis, as well as by #Yuma #County Supervisors Martin Porchas and Tony Reyes.
Republicans are trying to make the border a political liability for Harris just as it was for President Joe Biden before he ended his reelection campaign.
Republicans say Harris did not do enough to clamp down on illegal immigration in a role they falsely characterize as Biden’s “border czar.”
House Republicans and a handful of vulnerable Democrats voted last week to rebuke Harris over the administration’s border policies.
https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-border-endorsements-arizona-efee13f3415d42d952363ad364258af7

SAVE JAGUAR CORRIDORS in the Mexican borderlands

The #MexicanGovernment is building a railway expansion project straight through a crucial #wildlife corridor for imperiled #jaguars, #ocelots and #BlackBears without doing any environmental impact studies.

Running from #Guaymas on the #GulfOfCalifornia to #Nogales on the U.S.-Mexico border, the railway project will wreak havoc on #habitat essential for ocelots in their northern breeding grounds.

1/4

Storefronts in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. February 1979.

Scanned from a 35mm Ektachrome slide. #OldPhotos #Ektachrome #Nogales #Mexico