Fronteras Desk News
The Trump Administration is moving forward with its plans for building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico line even as the plan faces Democratic opposition in Congress. But to do so, it’ll have to manage not only natural obstacles through the rough and rugged terrain of the Southwest, but legal ones as well. Part II of the The Border’s New Boundaries series goes to the Texas border, where the legal battles over the border wall a decade ago are still being fought today.
Apr. 26, 2017
President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of national monument designations on Wednesday. This includes Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in southern Utah.
Apr. 25, 2017
President Donald Trump hits his first 100 days in office this week. It’s been a tumultuous stride towards one of his primary goals: how to manage the U.S.-Mexico border, even as the biggest project – paying for a border wall – threatens to cause a government shutdown. The Border’s New Boundaries series begins with a report on a federal project involving not concrete border walls but digital ones.
Apr. 25, 2017
From the Fronteras Desk, The Border's New Boundaries is a special four-part series on the issues along the Southwest border that the new administration, U.S. immigration agencies and border residents face as President Trump hits his first 100 days in office.
Apr. 25, 2017
Legislation has been proposed in Mexico City to boycott U.S. corn in response to a suite of economic threats against Mexico voiced by President Donald Trump. A boycott would also hurt U.S. corn growers from the Dakotas to the Midwest to Arizona, California and Texas.
Apr. 21, 2017
Mexico is weighing economic retaliation against the U.S. to counter what Mexicans say is an anti-Mexico American administration. One idea under consideration is a boycott of U.S. corn. Mexico is the number one export market for U.S. corn. And U.S. corn producers are in Mexico City right now lobbying against the idea.
Apr. 21, 2017
The poorest school in Flagstaff has been the biggest winner when it comes to chess. Forty-six students have earned the right to go to a national competition in Nashville May 11. But some won’t make it, if the team can’t raise enough money.
Apr. 20, 2017
A Mexican drug smuggler who crossed the border illegally, then beat a National Park Service employee nearly to death in Arizona was sentenced to 76 years in prison on Monday.
Apr. 18, 2017
A Mexican drug smuggler who crossed the border illegally, then beat a National Park Service employee nearly to death in Arizona was sentenced to 76 years in prison on Monday.
Apr. 18, 2017
Ismael Delgado and Sixto Paz could be deported at any time. Rather than go quietly, they’ve each spent hundreds of days living in sanctuary at Shadow Rock United Church of Christ.
Apr. 17, 2017
A fugitive former Mexican governor was apprehended over the weekend.
Apr. 17, 2017
The Dominican Republic is not a quiet place. Motorcycles zip down the streets, roosters crow and, there’s bachata music. The music and dance is also evolving and finding new life here in Phoenix.
Apr. 17, 2017
Mexican authorities prepare the extradition of a man accused of killing a border patrol agent in Arizona seven years ago.
Apr. 14, 2017
Mexican authorities prepare the extradition of a man accused of killing a border patrol agent in Arizona seven years ago.
Apr. 14, 2017
The dream of a career in the big leagues draws thousands of teens out of Dominican public schools and onto the baseball diamond. When players report to major league academies they’re expected to bring their bats and now, their books.
Apr. 14, 2017
Arizona’s State Bill 1070 and President Donald Trump’s immigration projects have found sympathizers in unexpected places, like the Dominican Republic, where hostility toward Haitian immigrants has left a group of people without any nationality at all.
Apr. 13, 2017
Faith leaders claimed victory after federal authorities did not deport a Mesa man when he reported for a regular check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but the win could be temporary.
Apr. 12, 2017
Faith leaders claimed victory after federal authorities did not deport a Mesa man when he reported for a regular check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but the win could be temporary.
Apr. 12, 2017
Concrete and tin homes huddle together along the banks of the Ozama River in the La Barquita neighborhood.
Apr. 12, 2017
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions described the U.S.-Mexico border as "ground zero," pitting ranchers and other U.S. citizens against cartels and violent gangs and said immigration enforcement policies of past administrations have come to an end.
Apr. 11, 2017
