The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting is the state’s only independent, nonpartisan and collaborative nonprofit newsroom dedicated to statewide, data-driven investigative reporting. AZCIR ...

Border 911: A network of dark money and charity organizations led by former intelligence officers and ex-feds has been spreading propaganda, laying the groundwork for presidential election ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. U.S. Customs and Border Protection occasionally transfers migrants from overcrowded border sectors to those ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Polls from Pew Research and Scripps News/Ipsos, a market research and public opinion firm, indicate that ...

Arvin West is the iconic borderland sheriff in far-west Texas’ deeply rural Hudspeth County. His distinctive drawl and no-nonsense policing have made him a darling of conservative politicians and ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. For a retired federal employee, Tom Homan, an acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...

All along the border, organized vigilante groups are filming themselves conducting patrols, taking photos of themselves alongside law enforcement, and sharing footage online to solicit donations, ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Kamala Harris does not support mass amnesty for undocumented immigrants, and has instead expressed support ...

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. It is a misdemeanor for an individual to remove or change a political sign in Arizona in the months leading ...

Yes. Phoenix, Arizona experienced a record number of consecutive 100-plus-degree days in 2024. Triple-digit highs lasted for 113 days, stretching into the fall. The prior record, set in 1993, was 76 ...