Proposition 314 would make it a state crime to cross the Arizona border unlawfully and allow local police to arrest migrants.

Border security was once a top concern, but falling illegal crossings and concerns around abortion appear to have shifted opinion.

Voters for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump who cast their ballots for Tuesday’s presidential election had vastly different motivations — reflecting a broader national divide on the problems the United States faces.

In November 1994, immigrants and their families found themselves under siege as California voters overwhelmingly passed into law Proposition 187, a ballot initiative that sought to deny basic social services—such as healthcare and education—to undocumented immigrants and their families.

A second administration offers the president-elect another chance to reshape matters at home and abroad.

Both campaigns have made immigration a top issue in the 2024 election with former President Trump making the migrant crisis a centerpiece of his run and said he would carry out the biggest deportation event in American history.

Harris said she'd push Congress to pass the border security bill Republicans and Democrats drafted earlier this year.

Donald Trump described the United States as an “occupied country,” pointing to both undocumented and legal migrants as he pledged Monday to “rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered.

Arizona voters are set to decide whether to let local police arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the state from Mexico.

Without any explicit legal protections for climate migrants, the US continues to have a giant blind spot as it abandons those fleeing ecological disaster. Where Democrats have under-delivered — and, in some cases,

WASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris remained locked in a tight race late Tuesday with the battleground states too close to call, as votes were still being counted after a turbulent campaign that included a late candidate swap and two attempted assassinations.

AP’s Valerie Gonzalez reports from Starr County, Texas after speaking with voters on Tuesday. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.