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 down the wrinkles in her light-blue t-shirt. She searches for the courage to look up from […]
Counties: At least 1,400 affected by Arizona Attorney General’s ruling on voting/citizenship proof
By Andrew Knochel Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – At least 1,400 Arizonans would be allowed to vote only in federal elections under a rule announced this week by Attorney General Tom Horne, according to a survey of county election officials. The rule requires counties to maintain one list for voters who used state registration forms […]
Texas Lt. Gov. Dewhurst validates colonia community groups’ claims that TX DPS checkpoints engaged in immigration enforcement
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian EDINBURG,TX — When state Rep. Terry Canales called DPS to find out why the department was putting up random checkpoints in the poorest parts of the Rio Grande Valley he could not believe what he was told. “It was such a telling remark. The staff member said DPS was […]
Annual event reinforces identity of Northern Arizona’s Latino community — A celebration of culture, families
By Frank X. Moraga AmigosNAZ As Armando Gonzalez and Theresa Thomas tell it, about a dozen years ago Flagstaff’s Latino community seemed on the verge of losing another part of its cultural identity. The local ballet folklorico group was in need of funds for costumes to continue to entertain the public. Meanwhile, the number of […]
New, Old Grievances Rile Border Residents
By Kent Paterson Frontera NorteSur On Sundays, the Benito Juarez Monument in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez is a popular community gathering spot of goods, services, culture and ideas. Strolling couples, fun-seeking families, brawny bikers, long-haired rockers, and old farm hands known as braceros- a cross-section of border and Juarez society- mill about […]
Former braceros’ march across U.S. for back pay ends in D.C.
By Andrés Rodríguez Borderzine WASHINGTON – A group of elderly migrant laborers ended a cross-country protest Thursday outside the White House, hoping the U.S. would prod Mexico to pay money owed to them for work they did decades ago. “We want Washington and the whole world to know that the Mexican government stole our money,” […]