Category: Yuma

IN-DEPTH: Behind the Wall—A Closer Look at the ‘Yuma Gap’

YUMA, Ariz.—Every night at the “Yuma gap,” where the California, Arizona, and United States-Mexico borders meet along the Colorado River, dozens or hundreds of migrants huddle in the thick brush waiting for their chance to come to America for a better life—a promise Mexican drug cartels have sold them for $500 to $5,000 a head….


LIVE 4 PM ET: House Judiciary Committee Holds ‘The Biden Border Crisis’ Hearing at the Border

In the second part of the hearing on “The Biden Border Crisis,” the House Judiciary Committee moved the event down to Yuma, Arizona. Jonathan Lines of Yuma County Supervisor District 2, Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot, and Yuma Regional Medical Center President and CEO Dr. Robert Trenschel will present their testimony at 4:00 p.m. ET…


LIVE NOW: House Judiciary Committee Holds ‘The Biden Border Crisis’ Hearing at the Border

In the second part of the hearing on “The Biden Border Crisis,” the House Judiciary Committee moved the event down to Yuma, Arizona. Jonathan Lines of Yuma County Supervisor District 2, Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot, and Yuma Regional Medical Center President and CEO Dr. Robert Trenschel will present their testimony at 4:00 p.m. ET…


House Judiciary Committee Holds ‘The Biden Border Crisis’ Hearing at the Border

In the second part of the hearing on “The Biden Border Crisis,” the House Judiciary Committee moved the event down to Yuma, Arizona. Jonathan Lines of Yuma County Supervisor District 2, Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot, and Yuma Regional Medical Center President and CEO Dr. Robert Trenschel will present their testimony at 4:00 p.m. ET…


Foul Play Suspected After Makeshift Border Wall in Arizona Partly Toppled: Officials

Arizona officials suspect that foul play, and not harsh weather, resulted in a pair of double-stacked shipping containers being toppled last week days after contractors installed them as a makeshift border wall initiated by Gov. Doug Ducey. Ducey (R-Ariz.) on Aug. 12 ordered dozens of shipping containers to be placed in border fence gaps near Yuma, the state’s busiest…