SAN DIEGO — At a Wednesday press conference in San Diego, immigrant rights activists were looking a little tired from having just tried to digest the 844-page immigration reform bill released overnight.
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK — It’s bloom time for Joshua trees, the spikey sentinels of the Mojave Desert that stretches across the southwest.
They’re among the most bizarre-looking of desert flora. Though they’re technically trees, these spikey towers look more like a cross between a palm and a cactus.
Each spring, many Joshua trees send out large pineapple-shaped crowns of white-green flowers. This year, the blooms are especially large, and widespread.
The blockbuster Senate bill aimed at overhauling our nation's immigration system is finally here. We have mapped some of the new pathways immigrants face, and have explored in-depth many of the problems facing the current system.
TUCSON, Ariz. — One of the immigration reform measures being pushed by the Senate’s Gang of Eight would triple the number of immigrant prosecutions in Southern Arizona.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The federal government is five years into cleaning up abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation. The Environmental Protection Agency met with Navajo leaders Tuesday to discuss the plan for the next five years. They still have a long way to go.
Immigration reform supporters come to the cause for a variety of reasons, but one of the most commonly emphasized is the need to strengthen the country's borders.
The hotly anticipated bill to overhaul our nation's immigration system is expected to be presented Tuesday by a bipartisan group of senators. At stake are the lives of at least 11 million — that’s the number of people living here without proper immigration documents.
TIJUANA, Mexico — Hundreds, if not thousands, of deported parents are trying to reunite with children left behind in the United States. In 2011, some 1,500 children in Southern California were removed from detained or deported parents and placed in state care.
PHOENIX — Phoenix government and city leader were in Mexico City last week for a trade mission. What were they after?
The delegation to Mexico came down with a new promotional video that shows off the tourist sites in downtown Phoenix, narrated by a perky Spanish-speaker. It highlights the US Airways Arena, local sports, and nightlife spots like the Crescent Ballroom.
When Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto brought a new face to an old ruling party, he also brought a fresh perspective to the war plaguing his country.
PHOENIX — Three years after Arizona passed the immigration enforcement law SB 1070, the state is still viewed by many in Mexico as unwelcoming. Phoenix city officials learned as much while on a trade mission to Mexico City last week.
Recycling efforts are helping reduce health and safety risks posed by tire dumps located in Mexican border cities.
Nearly a decade ago the Environmental Protection Agency and its Mexican counterpart, the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales or SEMARNAT, partnered to reduce the number of tires dumped in cities like Tijuana and Nuevo Laredo.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — For the last several days I’ve been reporting on a Paris auction house that sold sacred Hopi items Friday. The tribe tried to stop the sale, saying they were stolen and belonged on its reservation in northern Arizona.
