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After brutal summer heat, border-crosser deaths up this year over 2012

Sep 17, 2013, 11:47 AM 0

By Elisa Cordova Cronkite News Service TUCSON – Following brutal summer heat, deaths of border crossers in Pima County so far this year are up from 2012, the chief medical examiner said. As of Sept. 11, 146 bodies had…

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Guest Voz: Breathing In Our Dead and The Spirit of Immigration Reform

Jul 25, 2013, 2:08 PM 0

By Roberto Lovato Presente.org Of all our senses, the one that can most alter U.S. immigration history–and U.S. history itself–is our sense of smell. If we could, for example, magically bring the smell in the freezers of the Pima…

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Viernes Video: The cruel irony of celebrating Dia de los Muertos for families of the deceased undocumented

May 10, 2013, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — Given the recent outcry as a result of Disney’s intention to trademark Dia de Los Muertos, the film, Flor de Muertos, sheds light on why Latinos reacted so strongly to Disney’s action. This 2011 film, described as…