By Jesica Alvarez Borderzine (LL note: The following is the transcript for the audio report) EL PASO — While the violence in Juarez has increased significantly over the last 3 years, so has the safety and unity of El Paso’s Electronic Dance Music (EDM) community. Since 2008, many kids and young people have ceased going to [...]
Texas Troopers To Patrol Rio Grande For Mexican Cartels
By Hernán Rozemberg Fronteras News Desk SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Texas Highway Patrol will soon hit the water. The Rio Grande, actually. Arguing the federal government continues to do too little, too late to protect the U.S.-Mexico border, the state of Texas feels compelled to pick up the slack. The Rio Grande Valley, the [...]
Women touched by sexual assault learn to help assaulted women in their tribe
By Joshua Armstrong Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Arlene O’Brien couldn’t believe it. It was the first day of training on the Tohono O’odham reservation for Safestar, a Justice Department program that trains everyday women to help sexual assault victims. The 14 women who were there to learn how to collect evidence and provide first [...]
Study Illuminates Dearth Of Lawyers In Immigration Courts
By Jill Replogle Fronteras Desk Less than half of all immigrants facing deportation proceedings have legal representation, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. A study spearheaded by a New York federal judge found that having legal representation is a major factor affecting whether an immigrant accused of violating federal immigration laws is deported. The [...]
Disabled persons confront negative cultural attitudes
By Aaron Martinez Borderzine EL PASO – Oscar Lozoya, a blind graduate student at the University of Texas at El Paso, says he realized early in his life that the attitude toward disabled people in Mexico where he grew up is generally very negative, forcing many to hide their disabilities. “The feeling most people in [...]
AZ elections officials grapple with new Native American language rule
By Uriel J. Garcia Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Coconino County election officials have provided translators at the polls for Navajo speakers. They have done the same for Hopi voters. But Yuma has them stumped. “There has never been a request for (Yuma),” said Coconino County Elections Administrator Patty Hansen. “So now we’re trying to find [...]
