Arizona Governor Launches ‘Operation SECURE’ Amid Surge of Illegal Border Crossings

LUKEVILLE, Ariz.—An unmarked white minivan hazy with dust rumbled along the dirt road to a federal processing station less than two miles north of the international port of entry in Lukeville, Arizona. The minivan pulled into a dirt parking area where dozens of illegal aliens milled around outside large military-style tents with their worldly belongings at their feet. Many were young children, some who wore sneakers and pajamas in the morning chill. Others lingered inside the tents in winter jackets or draped in blankets. Some appeared nervous, others fearful. A young girl clings to her mother outside a processing station for illegal aliens near the Lukeville Port of Entry in southern Arizona on Dec. 7, 2023. (Allan Stein/The Epoch Times) The white minivan stopped, and a side door opened—out stepped another family of new arrivals, who immediately joined a growing queue surrounded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in green uniforms with pens and notepads....