Fronteras Desk News
The Department of Homeland Security will grant temporary protected status, or TPS, to Afghans who were in the U.S. by March 15.
Mar. 17, 2022
A federal all-day school program in Mexico is ending, and neighboring Sonora is one of several states that is proposing a new plan to fill in the gap.
Mar. 17, 2022
Sonora’s governor is continuing to push for the moving of a binational train line that runs through both Nogales, Sonora, and Nogales, Arizona.
Mar. 17, 2022
The Interior Department is on the verge of releasing a report on its investigation into the federal government's past oversight of Native American boarding schools. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Wednesday the report will come out next month.
Mar. 17, 2022
Another journalist has been killed in Mexico this week — the eighth so far this year. Armando Linares was shot down outside his home Tuesday in the state of Michoacán.
Mar. 16, 2022
An important Colorado River reservoir has fallen below a level that federal water managers were trying to maintain for hydropower generation.
Mar. 16, 2022
In neighboring Sonora, searching groups are asking for help to locate a woman who went missing last week. She had gone to look for her son.
Mar. 16, 2022
A now former Border Patrol agent from Buckeye accused of drug smuggling in southern Arizona will go to trial in October more than two years after his arrest.
Mar. 16, 2022
A federal government program that collected data on money transfers between a handful of U.S. states and Mexico is coming under scrutiny after Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, raised questions about it.
Mar. 15, 2022
Title 42 began at the border two years ago this month. More than 20,000 Haitians have been removed, largely under the protocol, during President Biden's tenure alone, but a teacher in Phoenix is trying to help fellow Haitians thrive in the U.S.
Mar. 14, 2022
FEMA is spending $8.6 million to build a flood control basin near the border city of Nogales, Arizona, an area subject to intense flash flooding during monsoon season.
Mar. 13, 2022
The attorney general in neighboring Sonora is touting her office’s record on femicide prosecutions. She says that in the vast majority of femicide cases in recent years, someone was ultimately found guilty and sentenced.
Mar. 11, 2022
The U.S. government has released its environmental review for its plans to reduce wildfire risks in Arizona’s Rim Country. The Rim Country Project is part of the Four Forest Restoration Initiative, or 4FRI.
Mar. 11, 2022
The official response, which Mexico's president says he helped draft, accused member of the body of joining the reactionary, coup-promoting enemies of his government's agenda "like sheep."
Mar. 11, 2022
With 13 more confirmed Thursday, Sonora passed 10,000 official COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, an astonishing toll in a state with less than 3 million people. That means roughly one out of every 294 Sonorans have died of the disease.
Mar. 11, 2022
The 2020 U.S. census count missed Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans at a higher rate than their white counterparts, officials admit. Considering the overall count was off by less than a quarter of a percentage point, the difference in who was missed was stark.
Mar. 10, 2022
Another Mexican state moved to decriminalize abortion this week. But in neighboring Sonora, laws penalizing the procedure remain on the books.
Mar. 10, 2022
A new ranking of the 50 most violent cities in the world last year places eight Mexican cities at the top of the list, including one in neighboring Sonora.
Mar. 10, 2022
In neighboring Sonora, Mexico, officials celebrated the sinking of a ship last week. They hope it will soon be home to marine life — an attraction for tourists.
Mar. 10, 2022
An Oregon senator says the Department of Homeland Security obtained millions of financial records of people who sent and received money transfers in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico.
Mar. 9, 2022