Fronteras Desk News
While Mexico has said it would never agree to pay for the border wall proposed by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, analysts say a Mexican company could profit from its construction.
Jul. 20, 2016
The detention center reopened Tuesday. Arizona had 22 reported cases of measles, all stemming from the facility.
Jul. 19, 2016
The General Services Administration plans to investigate the drainage tunnel running beneath the downtown Nogales port of entry in early August.
Jul. 19, 2016
The National Park Service turns 100 in August. The centennial should be an occasion to celebrate, but the milestone comes at a time when parks are understaffed and are struggling with a $12 billion maintenance backlog. So park superintendents are worried about the next century and who’s going to visit and pay to maintain the nation’s crown jewels.
Jul. 19, 2016
The tree is known in government reports as Cottonwood W. It’s somewhere between 100 and 150 years old— and it's dying.
Jul. 18, 2016
Federal prosecutors have asked a major Mexican drug trafficker pay a $10 billion fine and serve a life sentence for his crimes.
Jul. 13, 2016
Legislation was introduced Wednesday in the U.S. Senate that would impose stiffer penalties on those who export sacred Native American artifacts.
Jul. 8, 2016
So far, 790 cases have been put on hold since the outbreak forced the shuttering of the court.
Jul. 8, 2016
The Navajo Nation is creating its own Amber Alert plan to respond to kidnappings like the one that resulted in a young girl’s death in May. It would be the first of its kind in the country.
Jul. 8, 2016
Mexico is making it harder to import used cars from the U.S., angering hundreds of importers along the border whose livelihoods depend the revival and resale of America's four wheeled rejects.
Jul. 8, 2016
ICE's internal review were released last month.
Jul. 7, 2016
“When you call the cops they never show up,” said Piñon resident Grace Shonie. The community epitomizes the desperation many Navajo people feel due to the lack of adequate law enforcement.
Jul. 7, 2016
The Navajo Nation announced Wednesday it has finally hired a police chief. The Navajo Police Department has gone eight years with the top position unfilled.
Jul. 6, 2016
Health officials say Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees are refusing measles vaccines and workers may be spreading the virus among their own familymembers in Arizona.
Jul. 6, 2016
New Mexico was one of 16 states that didn't require worker's compensation for farm and ranch laborers. State Supreme Court justices ruled 4-1 that denying those workers such protection was unconstitutional.
Jun. 30, 2016
It's the first time the agency has released its findings into internal investigations on agents' weapon use.
Jun. 30, 2016
Pinal County health officials said 40 percent of detention center staff have refused to show they were vaccinated and refused vaccinations for the measles virus.
Jun. 30, 2016
A federal judge earlier this week compelled the U.S. Homeland Security Department to release images of its Border Patrol holding cells in the agency’s Tucson Sector. The holding cells have long been referred to as hieleras, or ice boxes, because of the freezing temperatures inside.
Jun. 30, 2016
Amnesty International has released a scathing report on the physical and psychological torture of women arrested by the Mexican Army and police. This reinforces the United Nations conclusion that torture is common in Mexico.
Jun. 30, 2016
A civil rights group has released a series of reports alleging violations by agents with the U.S. Homeland Security Department.
Jun. 28, 2016