Fronteras Desk News
During her first State of the State address this week, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs told members of the press she wants Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to visit the Arizona-Sonora border.
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Jan. 10, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, will award $100 million worth of grant money to help communities impacted by climate change and other environmental inequities.
Jan. 10, 2023
For his part, President Joe Biden pushed back on the notion of the U.S. having abandoned the region, and pointed to substantial spending in recent years.
Jan. 10, 2023
U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly will be in Yuma on Tuesday as part of a bipartisan group of eight congressional members visiting the border.
Jan. 9, 2023
The suite of clean energy initiatives is centered in the northern Mexican state of Sonora.
Jan. 9, 2023
In scenes reminiscent of January 6, 2021 at the US Capitol, supporters of former right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed key government buildings over the weekend.
Jan. 9, 2023
Customs and Border Protection is set to begin construction this week on a project to close gaps in the U.S.-Mexico border wall built under former President Donald Trump in Yuma.
Jan. 9, 2023
Sterling Martin grew up in a Diné household on the Navajo Nation and was always interested in science. He left for college and went to the University of Iowa to study biochemistry. But, when he came home, he couldn’t explain his work to his Diné-speaking family.
Jan. 9, 2023
The Navajo Nation is set to inaugurate its new president Tuesday. Buu Nygren will take the oath, alongside his vice president, Richelle Montoya.
Jan. 9, 2023
Sonora’s Gov. Alfonso Durazo attended his Arizona counterpart Katie Hobbs’ recent swearing-in ceremony.
Jan. 6, 2023
While there was substantial loss of life among suspected criminals and soldiers, Secretary Sandoval said there were no reports of civilian deaths.
Jan. 6, 2023
The Biden administration has announced a new immigration plan that expands the pandemic-era Title 42 policy, which sends migrants and asylum seekers who are caught crossing the border back into Mexico.
Jan. 6, 2023
President Joe Biden will visit Mexico next week for the first time as president to attend the North American Leaders’ Summit.
Jan. 6, 2023
The crisis of disappearances in Mexico continues, and many of them go unsolved. Relatives of people who’ve disappeared often join together to look for their loved ones – sometimes they find their family members’ remains and sometimes they don’t.
Jan. 6, 2023
Most of the conversation around the border in the news is about walls and policies, asylum seekers coming from distant lands, and cartels sneaking drugs north. But there's another group of border crossers: the ones who do it everyday.
Jan. 6, 2023
The son of a notorious drug lord has been captured in the northwestern city of Culiacán, leading to an eruption of violence throughout the city.
Jan. 5, 2023
A cartel leader who escaped prison in northern Mexico on Sunday was killed by Mexican security forces Thursday.
Jan. 5, 2023
Former Tucson police chief turned Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus will join an organization focused on police reform.
Jan. 5, 2023
President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on border security and enforcement, an issue that has come to the forefront as large numbers of migrants come to the southern U.S. border. Video is expected to go live around 9:15 a.m. Arizona time.
Jan. 5, 2023
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A program to collect plastic waste that began last August in Tucson has completed its first phase, and city officials say the results exceeded the program’s initial goals.
Jan. 4, 2023
