By Joe Ferguson, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Aug. 19–Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson slipped into Tucson this afternoon to have lunch with more than a dozen supporters. The former neurosurgeon ate at the Silver Saddle Steakhouse on the south side’s East Benson Highway, a day after speaking to thousands of people at thePhoenix Convention […]
Q&A: will Donald Trump’s immigration plan blow up the US economy?
August 19, 2015 By 20 Comments
An immigration plan released by Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump over the weekend has been embraced by conservatives as a starting point for Republican candidates preparing to make their pitch to voters in 2016. Here’s a look at what’s in Trump’s plan and what it would mean for the US economy. Q: What’s in the […]
Correction: Drug-Smuggling Drones story
August 14, 2015 By Leave a Comment
EL CENTRO, California (AP) — EL CENTRO, California (AP) — In a story Aug. 12 about drug-smuggling drones, The Associated Press reported erroneously, citing information from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman, that defendant Jonathan Elias controlled a drone carrying heroin. Prosecutor Sherri Hobson said defendant Brayan Valle controlled the drone. According to a […]
2 plead guilty to smuggling heroin from Mexico by drone
August 13, 2015 By 3 Comments
EL CENTRO, Calif. (AP) — Two California men pleaded guilty to using drones to smuggle nearly 30 pounds of heroin from Mexico to the United States, authorities said Wednesday. It was the first drug seizure involving a drone along California’s border with Mexico, said Lauren Mack, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San […]
The Trump effect: immigration remarks push GOP contenders sharply right
August 6, 2015 By 13 Comments
Before Donald Trump walks on stage at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland for the first Republican presidential debate on Thursday night, he will have already succeeded in wielding a dramatic – and some believe potentially fatal – impact on his party and the nine other candidates standing beside him vying to be its nominated […]
Despite rhetoric, border security less urgent in 2016
August 5, 2015 By Leave a Comment
By SETH ROBBINS and ALICIA CALDWELL, Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — In the weeks leading up to Thursday’s first debate of the 2016 presidential race, Republican candidates have sought to distinguish themselves from each other — and President Barack Obama — with ever-tougher positions on border security and illegal immigration, claiming current measures are […]
