MEXICO CITY - The Mexican government sent a diplomatic note to the United States on Tuesday protesting the shooting death of an illegal migrant on the Arizona border.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's threats of bringing his posse to Mesa make Shana Higa mad. The 30-year-old Mesa resident said the Maricopa County sheriff is targeting people through his anti-immigration sweeps who are not only her neighbors and friends, but also human beings.

TUCSON — The U.S. government has halted flights home for Mexicans caught entering the country illegally in the deadly summer heat of Arizona's deserts, a money-saving move that ends a seven-year experiment that cost taxpayers nearly $100 million.

Planning a trip to Mexico? Forget it.

VERACRUZ, Mexico - Hurricane Stan slammed into Mexico's Gulf coast Tuesday, forcing authorities to close one of the nation's busiest ports and spawning related storms across the region that left at least 66 people dead, most from landslides in El Salvador.

TUCSON - A sudden onset of triple-digit heat led to a rash of deaths among illegal immigrants over the weekend in Arizona's harsh deserts, with 12 people reported dead between Friday and Monday.

The controversial immigration reform package being debated in Congress — and in households across Arizona — would undoubtedly transform the lives of illegal immigrants such as Juventino Canedo.