LAREDO, Texas, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. prosecutions of immigration crimes nearly doubled in 2008, straining resources for other felonies and crimes, federal prosecutors say.

PHOENIX, July 27 (UPI) -- Western Union Co. says a ruling regarding financial wire transfers should be overturned by the Arizona Supreme Court.

PHOENIX, March 24 (UPI) -- A new era of cooperation between U.S. and Mexican authorities will target cross-border smuggling and money-laundering operations, Legal Newsline reported.

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Devotion to Warren Jeffs by the Mormon polygamist sect leader's followers did not dissipate with his 2006 arrest, as authorities in Utah and Arizona expected.

PHOENIX, April 22 (UPI) -- Authorities in Phoenix are warning mortgage holders with financial troubles to watch out for scams involving so-called foreclosure rescue companies.

PHOENIZ, Ariz., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Arizona faces a number of court battles in what could turn out to be illegal efforts to crackdown on immigrant smuggling by following the money trail.

PHOENIX, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- An immigrant rights group has sued Arizona, claiming that funds belonging to the innocent are being seized in an effort to crack down on human smugglers.

SALT LAKE CITY, June 12 (UPI) -- The fugitive leader of a Mormon polygamous sect reportedly has been performing child-bride marriage services in Arizona, the Deseret Morning News reports.

LUBBOCK, Texas, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Arizona authorities say the leader of a polygamist sect, wanted on sexual misconduct charges in their state, may be hiding in West Texas.