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Life, Death and Struggle on New Mexico’s Mean Streets

Apr 29, 2014, 10:23 AM 0

Frontera NorteSur Albuquerque’s Wyoming Boulevard bustles on the edge of what some people call the War Zone and others name the International District. Both names really fit, but perhaps in ways not completely envisioned by the architects of popular…

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Supreme Court rejects Arizona’s appeal of law on harboring immigrants

Apr 22, 2014, 3:03 PM 0

By Mauro Whiteman Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling Monday that blocked an Arizona law that would make it a crime to harbor, transport or conceal an illegal immigrant. The…

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Pollster: Arizona’s switch from red to blue state ‘inevitable’

Apr 3, 2014, 6:52 AM 0

By Joe Martin Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Arizona has a national reputation for hard-core conservatism, but it’s inevitable that Democrats will hold sway in the state as the Latino population grows and independent voters surge, a pollster said…

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Senator wants Arizona to spend $30 million on virtual border fence

Mar 19, 2014, 9:25 AM 0

By Jordan Young Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – As a 25-foot tower set up in the state Senate parking lot scanned those walking by Tuesday, a senator said Arizona should invest in such a system to help the Border…

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Report: Both parties have ‘work cut out for them’ to reach Hispanic vote

Mar 5, 2014, 2:59 PM 0

By Colton Gavin Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Arizona Hispanic voter engagement has not kept pace with the growth of the Latino population, but that is poised to change and political parties need to be ready to take advantage,…

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The past is prologue for U.S. comprehensive immigration reform

Feb 20, 2014, 11:53 AM 0

Borderzine EL PASO – Immigration policies from the past must be studied in order to reform them for the future was the premise of a lecture by Dr. Allison Brownell Tirres on the topic of deportation, a subject that…

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AZ bill would make it easier for felons to get back right to vote

Feb 10, 2014, 12:37 PM 0

By Caitlin Cruz Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Saying that voting can help former felons reintegrate into everyday life, a state lawmaker wants to make it easier for them to get back that right. “I think that people that…

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Deportees and Refugees Crowd Border Migrant Shelters

Feb 5, 2014, 10:01 AM 0

By Kent Patterson Frontera NorteSur Like 20 years ago, migrants still come to Tijuana in need of food, warmth and a place to rest their heads. But in important respects, the circumstances of newcomers have changed at two Roman…

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U.S.-Mexico Border Businesses Eligible for Disaster Loans due to Drought

Jan 22, 2014, 8:41 AM 0

Frontera NorteSur Certain, small non-agricultural enterprises in the Paso del Norte borderland are now eligible for U.S. Small Business Administration loans because of the drought extending across the region. In an announcement, the SBA included the New Mexico county…

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Arizona’s Latino Caucus goals include education, economy, reforming CPS

Jan 16, 2014, 12:42 PM 0

By Diangelea Millar Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – While addressing issues such as education, the economy and reforming Child Protective Services, lawmakers need to focus more on Arizona’s growing Hispanic population, the head of the Arizona Legislative Latino Caucus…

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The specter of Pancho Villa drove Univ. of TX at El Paso professor to investigate sex trafficking along the border

Jan 6, 2014, 11:11 AM 0

By Patricia Acosta Borderzine EL PASO — To most people Pancho Villa is a legendary character from Mexican history, but to Ruth McDonald, a professor at the University of Texas at El Paso, Villa is a real man who…

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Searching for Migrants on both sides of the border — Dead or Alive

Dec 20, 2013, 10:01 AM 0

By Kent Patterson Frontera NorteSur On the migrant roads of North America, rallies, press conferences and remembrances were held December 18, the International Day of the Migrant. North and south of the border, the common themes were justice for…

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TX State Sen. Van de Putte: Year round border surge plan is pure politics

Dec 19, 2013, 12:16 PM 0

By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN, TX — State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte has questioned the motives of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst after he pushed for the Department of Public to mount a year round “border surge”…

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South Phoenix community gardens put focus on reducing obesity

Dec 13, 2013, 3:09 PM 0

By Amy Gleich Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – On a one-acre plot in the middle of an industrial area, the smell of freshly picked basil fills the air as kids run through rows of radishes, eggplant, peppers and mustard…

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New Mexico’s Immigrant Women Rise against Domestic Violence

Dec 10, 2013, 9:58 AM 0

By Kent Patterson Frontera NorteSur Editor’s note: In continuing our series on gender violence issues, Frontera NorteSur offers the first of two articles on a New Mexico community organization that struggles against domestic violence in the Spanish-speaking immigrant community….

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Immigrants and the Great Recession: A do-it-yourself historical archive

Dec 6, 2013, 12:18 PM 0

By Luis Flores Borderzine BERKELEY – What is “public” about a public history? Is it that these historical narratives chronicle marginalized rather than elite stories? Is it that these types of stories can be publically available, on a website…

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A little-known policy helps military spouses stay in U.S. legally

Nov 19, 2013, 4:16 PM 0

By Kendra Szabo Cronkite News Service Maria Quiring’s son was just months old the day the deportation notice arrived at her El Mirage home. Despite her marriage of five years to a U.S. Air Force serviceman, Quiring was ordered…

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Summit of ‘Wise Latinas’ gather to search for identity, validation and education

Nov 15, 2013, 11:52 AM 0

By Lucia Quinonez Borderzine EL PASO — It sounded like a fiesta, but between the laughter and loud chatter the group of some 80 Latina women examined the existential questions of identity and women’s rights. Organized here recently by…

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Commentary / Comentario: Making the case for ethnic studies

Nov 13, 2013, 11:06 AM 0

By Frank X. Moraga AmigosNAZ As he surveyed the room, Sean Arce hit the play button and the video kicked in on the screen. Students, high school students, could be seen on the video rushing to sit and chain…

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Land, Migrants and Poets: The Day of the Dead 2013

Nov 1, 2013, 10:08 AM 0

By Kent Paterson Frontera NorteSur New Mexico and the borderland will come alive this weekend with activities related to the annual Day of the Dead celebration, which falls on Saturday, November 2, this year. As befits a cultural boom…

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Arizona business groups in Washington lobby for immigration reform

Oct 30, 2013, 1:48 PM 0

By Pei Li Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Arizona business leaders were in Washington to lobby the state’s congressional delegation on immigration reform Tuesday, just the latest in a string of groups trying to pressure Congress on the issue….

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‘Smuggled’ – film depicts the torture and terror suffered by immigrants crossing illegally into the U.S.

Oct 29, 2013, 9:37 AM 0

By Natassia Bonyanpour Borderzine EL PASO – With a rosary dangling from her wrist and bible in hand, a mother and her 10-year-old son sit in a concealed compartment under a bus making its route from Mexico to the…

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Arizona advocates try to take immigration appeal directly to Boehner

Oct 23, 2013, 12:01 PM 0

By Pei Li Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – They rode for 43 hours in a bus from Phoenix, hoping to appeal to House Speaker John Boehner on immigration reform, but when they arrived at his office in Washington they…

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You will not see a lot of Republican candidates in South Texas this primary season

Oct 15, 2013, 10:27 AM 0

By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian McALLEN — South Texas voters will not see much of Republican statewide candidates during the primary election season because there are not that many votes up for grabs. This is the view of…

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Teenage asylee from Juarez speaks out about the murders of her family members

Oct 11, 2013, 9:19 AM 0

By Valori Corral-Nava Borderzine “They never did any harm to anyone and still they continued to kill them… For those of us left we continue to struggle and ask for justice.” EL PASO – Bianey Reyes, 18, nervously pats…

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