Richard Ruelas
Reporter at The Arizona Republic
Arizona Republic/azcentral reporter, writing about Arizona people and Arizona wine, Tempe born and raised; never won a Ladmo Bag.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Richard Ruelas
The father and son who opened Legacy Park, conceived as a youth sports wonderland in the desert in east Mesa, pleaded guilty on May 28 to federal charges of creating false documents to sell the project to investors. Randy Miller and his son Chad Miller pleaded guilty before a magistrate judge in a New York court room of two counts. One was securities fraud, for making “false and misleading” statements to investors about how well the park would perform and how the Millers would use bond proceeds.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Richard Ruelas
Had their immigration hearings happened two days before, the woman from Mexico and the father from Venezuela likely would be on their way out of the U.S. As it was, their hearing dates were May 23, a day that immigration officials did not arrest people outside the courtroom in Phoenix. Over two days, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents made arrests at the Phoenix office building that houses immigration courts. But just as quickly as the arrests started, they stopped.
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2 weeks ago |
azcentral.com | Richard Ruelas
ICE agents arrested at least a dozen people outside Phoenix immigration hearings on May 20 and 21, targeting those eligible for expedited removal. Expedited removal, a process allowing swift deportations without hearings, was expanded by President Donald Trump to apply nationwide to immigrants present for up to two years.
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2 weeks ago |
azcentral.com | Richard Ruelas
Immigrants appearing for their hearings at the Phoenix immigration court are being arrested by ICE after their cases are dismissed. While these individuals can still apply for asylum, the process is now more challenging and intimidating. Some people showing up for their immigration hearings in Phoenix saw a government attorney ask the judge to dismiss the case. Then, after that request was granted, the person was arrested in the hallway by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Richard Ruelas
PHOENIX — The Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced the indictment of 20 people, including a church pastor, accused of submitting false medical claims to the state’s Medicaid program for more than $60 million in a little less than one year. The indictments were the latest in a string of cases alleging rampant fraud against the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, most of which involved alcohol and drug rehabilitation services that were never rendered.
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There's a lot of political rhetoric about how involved police should be in deportation efforts. In reality, in Phoenix, officers and troopers are delivering people to @ICEgov every day. https://t.co/thHQeyyiMe
The majority of criminal immigration cases filed in the U.S. District Court in Phoenix since January were not from targeted ICE operations. Instead, most started with a police stop. https://t.co/thHQeyyiMe
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