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Immigration

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protesters face off with ice agents outside a zipps in midtown phoenix
Crime & Police

You can now report ICE misconduct directly to the city of Phoenix

By Gloria Rebecca Gomez | Arizona MirrorMay 13, 2026

Phoenix has also enacted a policy barring federal agents from using city property without permission in most circumstances.

todd lyons speaks at a conference
Crime & Police

The most ghoulish things we saw at the Phoenix Border Security Expo

By Stephen LemonsMay 8, 2026

For two days this week, the carnival of human-herding cruelty took over the Phoenix Convention Center. We were there.

yassamin ansari sits in a booth for an interview
Politics & Government

Q&A: Ansari blasts ‘racist’ Supreme Court ruling on Voting RIghts Act

By Morgan FischerMay 6, 2026

In an exclusive chat, Rep. Yassamin Ansari talked redistricting, protecting mail voting, ICE and light rail expansion.

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marcos gaspar da silva in a navy blue suit
Crime & Police

Man held at Mesa ICE facility slept on feces-covered floor, wife says

By Morgan FischerMay 5, 2026

Marcos Gaspar Da Silva was held at ICE’s Mesa airport facility for 10 days. The overcrowded facility has no beds or showers.

an illustration of a pregnant woman's silhouette against prison bars
Crime & Police

ICE said she wasn’t pregnant. Then she miscarried

By John Washington | LOOKOUTApril 28, 2026

A Phoenix-area woman was almost three months pregnant when ICE detained her. She suffered a miscarriage at ICE’s Eloy facility.

kris mayes speaks at a podium outdoors
Courts

Kris Mayes sues to stop Surprise ICE detention center from opening

By Morgan FischerApril 24, 2026

The detention center is set to open this fall. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes wants to stop that from happening.

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a masked ice agent
Politics & Government

Map: Where ICE has been seen in Phoenix so far

By Morgan FischerApril 17, 2026

Publicly reported sightings – which represent a fraction of ICE activity – show agents hitting some areas more than others.

an customs and border protection parking sign in front of a building
Crime & Police

ICE suddenly decrowded packed Mesa facility before congressional visit

By Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorApril 9, 2026

The detainee population dropped sharply after lawmakers announced a visit — then climbed again almost immediately after.

a gavel sits on an open book that has a chapter about habeas corpus
Courts

ICE holds Arizona detainees for months. This legal tactic is freeing them

By Morgan FischerApril 9, 2026

In Arizona, two habeas corpus petitions were filed on behalf of immigrants in March 2025. Last month, there were nearly 350.

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Lake Havasu politics ruined an Arizona spring break party
Features

Lake Havasu politics ruined an Arizona spring break party

By Morgan FischerApril 7, 2026

DJ CEO was booked for a gig at Kokomo Beach Club. Then local Republicans found out about his “F*CK ICE” song.

caution tape and warning signs bar people from approaching a warehouse purchased in surprise to become an ICE detention center.
Politics & Government

Arizona candidate makes AI show tune about ICE’s Surprise facility

By Morgan FischerApril 2, 2026

How much do you like musical theater? ICE? AI? The answers will determine how much you like this song.

demonstrators wave anti-ice signs while marching through an airport
Transportation

Demonstrators march through Sky Harbor to protest ICE at the airport

By Dante DallagoMarch 31, 2026

ICE has been deployed at the airport since last week.

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two proteters hold signs with arrows pointing in opposite directions. one says "ice detention center," while the other says "spring training"
Politics & Government

DHS made a ton of unenforceable promises about Surprise ICE facility

By Morgan FischerMarch 30, 2026

Surprise Mayor Kevin Sartor said DHS claimed the huge detention center will house only 542 people. Activists call bullshit.

cali overs, redheaded teenage girl in a school parking lot
Opinion | Community Voice

ICE’s Surprise detention center is near my school. Does my congressman care?

By Cali OversMarch 30, 2026

My classmates must pass the facility every morning. Our representatives have responded with silence, deflection or worse.

a protester holds up a sign with an illustration of donald trump in a metal trash can
Politics & Government

The best signs we saw at the ‘No Kings’ protest in Downtown Phoenix

By Zach BuchananMarch 29, 2026

Thousands marched from Downtown Phoenix to the Arizona Capitol on Saturday to protest the Trump administration.

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protesters at an anti-ice rally. one holds an upside-down U.S. flag
Politics & Government

Phoenix ‘No Kings’ protests: When, where and what to know

By Morgan FischerMarch 27, 2026

The latest mass anti-Trump protest is set for March 28 in Downtown Phoenix and many other spots around the Valley.

phoenix mayor kate gallego alongside vice mayor kesha hodge washington and city councilmembers Ann O'Brien and Betty Guardado
Politics & Government

Phoenix tries to distance itself from ICE — and from Cesar Chavez

By Clarissa SosinMarch 26, 2026

The move to wipe the city of Chavez memorials happened fast. But the vote to bar ICE from city property was a long time coming.

three ice agents stand at sky harbor airport
Transportation

ICE agents flood Sky Harbor airport, kinda just stand around

By Morgan FischerMarch 23, 2026

What were ICE agents doing at the airport? It’s not clear even they knew.

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an ICE agent
Transportation

ICE agents sent to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport: Report

By Zach BuchananMarch 23, 2026

TSA is unfunded during a partial government shutdown. Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego called using ICE at airports a “dim idea.”

a protester holds a sign that says "ICE OFF ASU"
Education

ASU students, faculty protest to block ICE from campus: 11 photos

By Dante DallagoMarch 20, 2026

The protesters demanded that ASU do more to restrict ICE activities on campus.

a masked ice agent
Politics & Government

Phoenix may bar ICE from using city property without permission

By Clarissa SosinMarch 20, 2026

A city proposal would essentially create ICE-free zones on most city properties. The city council will vote on it next week.

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A billboard juxtaposes two large black-and-white photos: of ICE agents in 2025 and of a Klan rally in 1922
Visual Arts

Art vs. ICE: How the Valley’s fiercest artists are fighting the deportation-industrial complex

By Jennifer GoldbergMarch 19, 2026

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity ramps up around Phoenix, local creatives use art to protest.

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