By Maryann Batlle Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Ty Tsosie was taught by his Navajo elders that when he needed spiritual reflection, he could go to the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers, a sacred place to…
By Iris Lopez Borderzine EL PASO – This city on the U.S.- Mexico border known for the strong Mexican-American culture experienced a dramatic growth spurt in music and entertainment in the past two years as nightlife fizzled in violence-plagued…
By Natasha Khan Cronkite News PHOENIX – People said they registered for an early ballot but never received one. People confused about the identification needed to vote. People told they weren’t on a precinct’s voting list. Arizona advocacy groups,…
By Pink Rivera Borderzine SAN ELIZARIO, TX – There’s only one place in El Paso County where a family can see work by hundreds of artists, visit a veteran’s museum, get a homemade empanada at a café, see a…
By Nelson Balido Rio Grande Guardian SAN ANTONIO – A study released earlier this year by the Pew Hispanic Center caught my attention, and its findings might require observers of U.S.-Mexico relations to recalibrate their thinking. According to Pew…
By Cale Ottens Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior has declared two Arizona sites national historic landmarks – one from the state’s prehistory and the other from a darker time in modern history. Interior Secretary…
By Christina Marie Duran Borderzine EL PASO — The U.S. government started Operation Streamline a “zero-tolerance” border enforcement strategy, at the Del Rio sector in Texas in 2005 in an attempt to stem the flow of millions of undocumented…
Dr. Lino García, Jr. Rio Grande Guardian EDINBURG, TX – On October 12, 1492, Cristóbal Colón and his Spanish crew aboard three ships, La Pinta, La Niña and La Santa María, sailed from the mother country of Spain and…
By Joe Henke Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Florida growers have started a tomato fight that some fear will turn in to a larger trade tiff between the United States and Mexico – possibly threatening Arizona’s largest foreign market….
By Meili Robles Borderzine CANUTILLO, Tx. – While many schools are integrating bilingual studies into their programs, one teacher went beyond the two-language system at Canutillo Elementary to include Nahuatl, the Aztec language. Carlos Aceves, a fifth grade teacher…
By: Audris Ponce, Beatriz Ramirez and Lawrence Barajas The Venture With all of the pressure to succeed in class and their social life, college students have turned to the drug Adderall to stay focused enough to get good grades….
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the United States’ southern border is effectively now the Mexican border with Guatemala. Alan Bersin said the level of cooperation…
By AJ Vicens Cronkite News Service PEORIA, AZ – Action by Congress on comprehensive immigration reform would benefit the economies of Arizona, the U.S. and Mexico, former Mexican President Vicente Fox said Thursday. And presidential elections in the U.S….
By Nicole Chavez Borderzine EL PASO – After more than six years of negotiations with city, county and federal authorities around 300 families in two Canutillo colonias will have potable water running in their kitchens and bathrooms by the…
By Raul de la Cruz Rio Grande Guardian RIO GRANDE CITY – U.S. Texas Representative Henry Cuellar says an official from Customs and Border Protection has told him the agency does not have enough money right now to build…
By Lindsey Ruta and Annelise Russell News21/Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Every month for the next two decades, 50,000 Latinos will turn 18 years old. With that many new eligible voters, and dramatic population growth expected, Latinos could dominate…
By Danya Hernandez Borderzine EL PASO — For three years a woman roamed the border region with an infectious disease, not knowing her health kept deteriorating and that she was endangering those closest to her. This is the story…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian EDINBURG,TX — If the Republican Party does not significantly increase its share of the Hispanic vote in Texas in the coming years it is “toast” as a governing party. That is the view…
By Brandon Ross Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Rep. John Conyers didn’t speak a word of English at Thursday’s hearing on a bill to make English the official language of the nation, but he still made his opinion of…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian HARLINGEN — State Sen. Eddie Lucio says he will hold a public hearing in Austin in the coming weeks to focus on the issues raised at last Friday’s first-ever Colonias Summit. “I am…
By Amanda Duran Borderzine EL PASO – The aroma of fresh churros, the clamor of vendors and blaring radio stations and tables of bric-a-brac are the usual stuff of a border city flea market. But between the bootleg DVD’s…
By Meghan McCarthy Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – A year after federal officials announced a program of “prosecutorial discretion” aimed at reducing nearly 300,000 pending immigration cases, only 1.5 percent of the backlogged cases have been closed. The Immigration…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian EDINBURG – What will happen to President Obama’s new immigration initiative if Mitt Romney wins the presidency in November? This was one of the questions students and parents had for two immigration attorneys…
By Melissa Zamarripa and Sofia Aguirre Borderzine EL PASO – Federal agents in El Paso are investigating the link between counterfeit and pirated merchandise and organized crime, specifically Mexican drug cartels. According to U.S. officials, a knock-off Michael Kors…
By Brandon Ross Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada is only half-joking when he describes the problem of border-smuggling tunnels that criss-cross under the streets of Nogales. “One of these days, we’re going to…
