By Gerald Bourguet Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Border Patrol off-road vehicles used to catch illegal immigrants and drug smugglers are damaging the landscapes of two ecologically sensitive areas of southern Arizona, environmental groups contend. The Sierra Club and Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity released a short video showing damage from ATVs at Organ Pipe [...]
The barrier that divides: One city, dos lenguas
By Valorie Vasquez Borderzine EL PASO – Blue-eyed, brunette, and light-complexioned Michael Alden has called El Paso his home for nearly all his life. Alden, 24, was born and raised in El Paso, graduated from Franklin High in 2007 and attended UTEP before leaving to live in California. Although El Paso is recognized as a [...]
Study Aims For Fuller Picture of Cross-Border Arms Trafficking
By Adrian Florido Fronteras News Desk SAN DIEGO — It’s well known that many of the weapons used by Mexican drug cartels are smuggled into Mexico from the United States. But knowing exactly how many has been hard. Seizures at the border and in the Mexican interior paint an incomplete picture, and U.S. authorities don’t [...]
Fledgling media project born in El Paso aims to promote tolerance on a global scale
By Kimberly García Borderzine EL PASO – Sitting on the couch, a shy look on his face, he looks at his boyfriend working on a laptop. Almost as if sensing his anxiety the boyfriend flashes a reassuring smile. He responds back with a smile, takes a deep breath, his shy demeanor replaced with confidence. “I [...]
Democratic lawmakers: SB 1070 harms individuals, economy
By Vivian Padilla Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Republican leaders in the Senate and House are allowing Arizona’s people and economy to suffer by refusing to hear two bills that would repeal SB 1070, a Democratic state lawmaker said Thursday. “SB 1070 continues to be a black cloud over the state of Arizona, and it [...]
Construction Is Coming Back To Phoenix, But Not The Workers
By Jude Joffe-Block Fronteras News Desk PHOENIX — For several years, the housing community of Lantana at Power Ranch in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert was left partially unfinished. The master-planned community included a smattering of vacant lots, a victim of the housing market crash. But now the industry here in the Phoenix area is [...]
