By Mónica Ortiz Uribe Fronteras News Desk EL PASO, Texas — My great-grandmother became an American citizen at age 100. Before she was here illegally just as an estimated 11 million others live today. Her big opportunity came in 1986 when President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act, or as Spanish speakers [...]
Narcolimosnas – alms from drug cartels infect the Mexican Catholic church
By Aguirre Gustavo Borderzine EL PASO – The Mexican Navy killed Heriberto Lazcano, “El Lazca,” leader of Los Zetas, one of Mexico’s most feared and violent drug cartels on October 7. He had been connected to some 30,000 murders. According to the Mexican authorities, he owned a ranch where he used to get rid of [...]
Texas’ Hinojosa meets with Obama to discuss immigration reform
By Raul de la Cruz Rio Grande Guardian SAN JUAN, TX – The chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus says immigration reform must include a pathway to earned citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants that now call the U.S. home. U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, Texas, made his views known after he and other [...]
Dems, activists urge Brewer to drop deferred action license order
By Matthew Longdon Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – After being approved recently for the Obama administration’s deferred action program for young illegal immigrants, Elisa Vega said she tried to get an Arizona driver’s license only to find out she couldn’t. “The guy said, ‘Don’t you read the news? You can’t get your license. You’re not [...]
New Guidance Could Impact Driver License Debate For Young Immigrants
By Jude Joffe-Block Fronteras News Desk PHOENIX — New figures published Friday show more than 150,000 young immigrants have qualified for two-year work permits and a reprieve from deportation under the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, known as DACA. New federal guidance on the initiative may also inform the debate over whether [...]
Criminal Charges Against Unauthorized Immigrant Workers Questioned
By Jude Joffe-Block Fronteras News Desk PHOENIX — As Congress prepares to take on immigration reform as early as this month, daily reminders remain of a broken system. In Arizona’s most populous county, a battle is unfolding in the courts over unauthorized immigrants who get hired for work by using fraudulent Social Security Numbers and [...]
