FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The federal government is five years into cleaning up abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation. The Environmental Protection Agency met with Navajo leaders Tuesday to discuss the plan for the next five years. They still have a long way to go.
Immigration reform supporters come to the cause for a variety of reasons, but one of the most commonly emphasized is the need to strengthen the country's borders.
The hotly anticipated bill to overhaul our nation's immigration system is expected to be presented Tuesday by a bipartisan group of senators. At stake are the lives of at least 11 million — that’s the number of people living here without proper immigration documents.
TIJUANA, Mexico — Hundreds, if not thousands, of deported parents are trying to reunite with children left behind in the United States. In 2011, some 1,500 children in Southern California were removed from detained or deported parents and placed in state care.
PHOENIX — Phoenix government and city leader were in Mexico City last week for a trade mission. What were they after?
The delegation to Mexico came down with a new promotional video that shows off the tourist sites in downtown Phoenix, narrated by a perky Spanish-speaker. It highlights the US Airways Arena, local sports, and nightlife spots like the Crescent Ballroom.
When Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto brought a new face to an old ruling party, he also brought a fresh perspective to the war plaguing his country.
PHOENIX — Three years after Arizona passed the immigration enforcement law SB 1070, the state is still viewed by many in Mexico as unwelcoming. Phoenix city officials learned as much while on a trade mission to Mexico City last week.
Recycling efforts are helping reduce health and safety risks posed by tire dumps located in Mexican border cities.
Nearly a decade ago the Environmental Protection Agency and its Mexican counterpart, the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales or SEMARNAT, partnered to reduce the number of tires dumped in cities like Tijuana and Nuevo Laredo.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — For the last several days I’ve been reporting on a Paris auction house that sold sacred Hopi items Friday. The tribe tried to stop the sale, saying they were stolen and belonged on its reservation in northern Arizona.
It’s a long way from the rim of the Grand Canyon down to the bottom where the Colorado River flows. Since the 1920s mules have delivered mail and care packages to the boatmen and backpackers at Phantom Ranch, a small outpost on the floor of the canyon.
Recycling efforts are helping reduce health and safety risks posed by tire dumps located in Mexican border cities.
Nearly a decade ago the Environmental Protection Agency and its Mexican counterpart, the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales or SEMARNAT, partnered to reduce the number of tires dumped in cities like Tijuana and Nuevo Laredo.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Recently, a carefully constructed narrative surfaced along the Mexican border. Its creators have been interviewed by everyone from the Texas Observer to television stations and online outlets. The narrative is of a young woman fed up with the travesties that occur every day in Mexico; the murders and corruption and violence and barbarities that have dominated the headlines for most of the past decade. She says her name is "Lucy," she is in her mid-20s and is a journalist in northern Mexico.
President Barack Obama released his federal budget proposal Wednesday, and among his funding priorities are two of the nation’s border crossings with Mexico.
The president wants $226 million to fund continued construction at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego, the world’s busiest land border crossing. He’s also requesting $61 million to expand the port of entry in Laredo, Texas.
