TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management's Arizona State Office issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management Tucson Field Office is pleased to announce the selection of Alan Nyiri, resident of Bandon, Ore., site host at the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area and photographer, as its first artist in residence. The BLM Artist-in-Residence program offers opportunities on public lands for painters, photographers, potters,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: EL PASO, Texas - The third member of a group charged in a human smuggling case was sentenced on Dec. 19 in a federal court in El Paso to 135 months in prison for her role in an ongoing conspiracy that resulted in the death of two migrants. The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations El Paso with the assistance from the U.S. Border Patrol Big  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema sent a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, and CBP Acting Commissioner Troy A. Miller urging them to immediately allocate additional Shelter and Services Program (SSP) funds passed by Congress to border communities as Arizona faces a crisis, which has been made worse after CBP closed the Lukeville Port of Entry. In the  more