Fronteras Desk News
A survey by the National Restaurant Association found that restaurant owners are generally supportive of the system for checking employees' eligibility to work.
May. 1, 2013
While the tech industries want to expand the current H-1B program, visa holders and economists argue the problem is more complex.
May. 1, 2013
Tech companies have been calling for immigration reforms to bring in more high-skilled workers from overseas. But the immigrants who've actually gone through the system have very different ideas about how to fix it.
May. 1, 2013
The father-in-law of "El Chapo" is one of the highest profile crime figures arrested since Peña Nieto took office.
Apr. 30, 2013
Marches for immigration reform are scheduled throughout the country Wednesday. Seven years ago, a historic May 1 day of action helped crystallize the modern immigration reform movement.
Apr. 30, 2013
A cross-border bid for San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, to host the 2024 Summer Olympics appeared dead before arrival Tuesday when the U.S. Olympic Committee said international rules don't allow two countries to mount a joint candidacy.
Apr. 30, 2013
When President Barack Obama travels to Mexico on Thursday to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto there will be a laundry list of issues to tackle. Texas is asking the leaders to not forget water.
Apr. 30, 2013
The tiny town of Bisbee was the first in Arizona to recognize civil unions for gay couples. But with the city council’s passage of the resolution, came a threat from the Arizona Attorney General.
Apr. 30, 2013
Earlier this month, Phoenix leaders fielded questions about SB 1070 while on a trade mission in Mexico City. How did they talk about Arizona's immigration bill abroad?
Apr. 30, 2013
International trade has bounced back to top pre-recession highs in San Diego.
Apr. 30, 2013
The head of the U.S. Olympic Committee confirmed San Diego-Tijuana want to host the 2024 Summer Games.
Apr. 29, 2013
A section of Alabama's immigration law that criminalizes harboring and transporting unauthorized immigrants is on hold, and the high court won't intervene. A similar Arizona law is under review by a federal appeals court.
Apr. 29, 2013
Testing is underway for further evidence of salmonella in cucumbers imported to Arizona from a Sinaloa company.
Apr. 29, 2013
Mexican authorities say smugglers abandon hundreds of migrants at sea as they attempt to sneak into the U.S. by boat along the Pacific coast.
Apr. 29, 2013
To the dismay of the Sinaloa cartel, homicides in Tijuana are spiking.
Apr. 29, 2013
The gate was built into the border fence for maintenance, but has never been opened. Activists swung it open Sunday — briefly — in a gesture of binational friendship.
Apr. 29, 2013
In August 2012, the Obama administration started a program that allowed young undocumented immigrants to legally live and work in the U.S. on a temporary basis. One of the biggest worries of applicants, however, is what might happen if the program ended. They might find out relatively soon.
Apr. 29, 2013
The week's top stories from Fronteras: The Changing America Desk.
Apr. 27, 2013
With the recent dismissal of a trio of high-profile corruption cases in Mexico, the country’s new administration appears to be distancing itself from the last vestiges of former President Felipe Calderón’s war on drugs.
Apr. 27, 2013
With hearings on the Senate’s comprehensive immigration proposal underway, House Republicans have begun introducing their own immigration proposals. But they are taking a piecemeal approach.
Apr. 26, 2013
