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VIDEO: From Ukraine’s Battlefield to America’s Borderlands

In Ukraine's war with Russia, drones have become essential tools for both warfare and border surveillance. Now, those tools and tactics from Ukraine are being deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Author Archives: P. Nick Curran

P. Nick Curran is a filmmaker based in Morgantown, West Virginia and Director of Video for the non-profit newsroom 100 Days ...
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Tag: tucson ICE raids

No. Video footage shows Grijalva being pepper-sprayed by federal agents conducting a raid at a Tucson restaurant despite identifying herself as a member of Congress. The footage does not show her ...
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Did Arizona Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva obstruct federal officers conducting a Tucson raid?

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Video footage shows Grijalva being pepper-sprayed by federal agents conducting a raid at a Tucson restaurant ...
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Ukraine’s ‘battle-tested’ drones are accelerating militarization along the U.S.-Mexico border

As U.S. law enforcement agencies adopt drone systems “battle-tested” in Ukraine, experts question whether existing safeguards are sufficient to govern increasing levels of surveillance on U.S. soil.
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God-given rights: The nationwide spread of the ‘constitutional sheriff’

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Against the background hum of the convention center, Dar Leaf settled into a club ...
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Dozens of people died in Arizona sober living homes as state officials fumbled Medicaid fraud response

Arizona officials acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers $2.5 billion. But they haven’t accounted publicly for the number of deaths tied to the ...
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Arizona leads nation in Valley fever infections—a “disease of color”

Daniel Sestiaga was first diagnosed with Valley fever in 2020, though his infection would later spread throughout his body, turning into the most severe form of the disease known as disseminated ...
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State leaders misled public about scope of Medicaid fraud crisis

Carmen Heredia resigned this week as director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System ahead of a state Senate confirmation hearing. Republican lawmakers had criticized her response to a ...
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Our methods: Arizona’s Hualapai Valley now a ‘de facto transfer basin’ for out-of-state interests

Get AZCIR’s latest investigations and updates delivered straight into your inbox, for free. Previous AZCIR reporting has revealed regulatory weaknesses in how Arizona manages its groundwater, ...
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Groundwater regulation weaknesses exploited by industrial-scale agriculture

ELFRIDA, Ariz. — Elaine Bailey stood at the microphone at the Sunsites Community Center in southeastern Arizona, voice shaking as she described the massive scale of new agricultural development next ...