2013: A partial listing of articles, photos, videos, reports and infographics about border issues, forensics and reporting.
For more current material: News article highlights & updates
For earlier material: News article highlights & updates: 2012 and before
ARTICLES, PHOTOS, VIDEO, REPORTS AND INFOGRAPHICS: 2013
• Obama to talk housing in Phoenix, but immigration issues loom – Phoenix Business Journal on 6 August 2013
• Demonstration at Arizona Border Divides Supporters of Immigration Overhaul – The New York Times on 4 August 2013
• Study: Mexican Migrants Aren’t Deterred by Border Fences – WPRO on 4 August 2013
• About ‘Losing Ground: Tucson’s kids pay poverty’s high price’ – Arizona Daily Star on 4 August 2013
• Jan Brewer mocks Obama on border, immigration – Politico on 3 August 2013
• Immigration Reform: How Hard Is It To Become A US Citizen? Play The Game – International Business Times on 2 August 2013
• Group Rooted in the Desert Looks Out for Migrants and Photos – The New York Times on 2 August 2013
• Phoenix Sheriff’s Tent City Jail Turns 20 – Fronteras Desk via KPBSSanDiego on 2 August 2013 (also Sheriff Arpaio’s Tent City turns 20 on 2 August 2013 and Arpaio’s Tent City troubles – KPHO on 3 August 2013 and Why Two Decades of Tent City Is Enough – ABC News on 29 July 2013)
• Editor venezolano fue detenido y será presentado a tribunal (Editor Venezuelan was arrested and will be submitted to court) – El Neuvo Herald on 1 August 2013
• Navajo Slow To Rebuild After Development Freeze – Fronteras Desk on 1 August 2013
• Advocates for Immigrants Up the Ante in a Capitol Sit-In That Brings Arrests – The New York Times on 1 August 2013
AUGUST
• Opinion: Did Dream 9 go too far? – NBC Lation on 31 July 2013
• Judge Dismisses Suit to End Deportation Deferrals – The New York Times on 31 July 2013
• U.S. flying deportees deep into Mexico, over dangerous border – The Washington Post on 31 July 2013 (also INFOGRAPHIC: Mexico’s dangerous border states)
• Report: Deportations Can Be Dangerous – on 31 Fronteras Desk (also Multimedia Package: Four Deportation Practices that put Migrants in Danger and U.S. Deportation Practices Put Migrants in Unnecessary Danger – )
• Official: Granite Mountain Hotshot leader Eric Marsh violated safety protocols while acting as a “division supervisor” – Investigative Media on 30 July 2013 (also Granite Mountain Hotshots Leader Violated Safety Protocols Prior to Firefighters’ Deaths – Phoenix New Times )
• Weeks After Deadly Fire, Town Struggles to Pick Up Pieces – The New York Times on 27 July 2013
• ICE Immigration ‘Holds’ Decline – Fronteras Desk on 26 July 2013
• Welcome Rain Falls In Drought-Stricken Southwest – Fronteras Desk on 26 July 2013
• On Mexico’s western front, cartel violence escalates – The Washington Post on 25 July 2013
• Honduran gangs offer peace from prison – The Washington Post on 25 July 2013 (also PHOTOS: Latin American gangs sign, observe truces and INFOGRAPHIC: Anatomy of rival gangs)
• Anger at ‘go home’ message to illegal migrants – The Guardian on 25 July 2013
• 3 House Republicans Who Will Listen to Evangelicals on Immigration – ABC News on 24 July 2013
• Arizona voter registration numbers up by 2,300 – Associated Press via Arizona Capitol Times on 24 July 2013
• Arizona couple busted at border with meth bodywraps – Arizona Daily Star on 24 July 2013
• Mexico rescues migrants crammed into truck in ‘subhuman’ conditions – CNN on 24 July 2013
• Hopi Tribe Shining A Light On Domestic Violence – Fronteras Desk on 24 July 2013
• 9 in Deportation Protest Are Held in Bid to Re-enter U.S. (contributor) – The New York Times on 23 July 2013
• ‘Dreamers’ cross Nogales border in test of federal policy – The Arizona Daily Star on 22 July 2013 (also Dreamers’ seek US entry with humanitarian parole and Tucson group ask for release of ‘Dreamer’ protesters on 23 July 2013)
• Steve King: For Every Valedictorian DREAMer, There Are 100 Drug Smugglers – ABC News on 23 July 2013 (also Did Steve King Compare Immigrants to Dogs? You Decide,
Why Republicans Are Barking Back at Steve King,
Fact Check: Steve King Says Valedictorians and Drug Smugglers Could Be Legalized on 25 July 2013 and GOP leaders denounce Rep. Steve King for calling most illegal immigrants ‘drug mules’ – The Washington Post on 24 July 2013)
• House hearing examines immigrants brought as kids – KSAZ on 23 July 2013
• The Faces of 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants – ABC News on 23 July 2013
• Latino Leaders Planning Push for Immigration Bill – The New York Times on 23 July 2013 (also Michelle Obama to address Latino group amid immigration debate – CBS News and Michelle Obama Address the National Council of La Raza – Politic365)
• The Mysterious History Of ‘Marijuana’ – National Public Radio on 22 July 2013
• Teen migrant dies in desert near Sells – Associated Press via Arizona Daily Star on 22 July 2013 (also 1 of 9 border crossers dies near Sells on 23 July 2013)
• Court stops Dallas suburb’s immigrant renters law – Associated Press via El Paso Times on 23 July 2013
• Immigrant bill could allow Canadians longer stays, boost Arizona economy – The Arizona Republic on 22 July 2013 (also Op-Ed: Bonjour, America! – The New York Times on 12 July 2013)
• Mexican artist Alejandro Santiago renowned for making clay migrants dead at 49 – Associated Press via The Washington Post on 22 July 2013 (also Mexican Artist Famous For ‘2,501 Migrants’ Dies – Fronteras Desk on 23 July 2013)
• Migrants’ trash in Southern Arizona offers glimpse of history – The Arizona Daily Star on 21 July 2013
• Arizona monsoon storms ease wildfire risk – The Arizona Republic on 21 July 2013
• Buscan a joven que no regresó a su casa tras salir del trabajo (Looking for youth who did not return home after leaving work) – El Debate on 19 July 2013 (also Rescatan a joven secuestrado (Kidnapped young man rescued) on 20 July 2013)
• Backpacks From the Border – The New York Times on 19 July 2013
• Saturday marks 8 years since AZ mom disappeared from Gilbert – KPHO on 19 July 2013
• Immigrants brought to US illegally will head to Mexico, then try to return to challenge law – Minneapolis StarTribune on 18 July 2013 (also Bring Them Home: A Border Crossing Protest Loaded with Risks – Fronteras Desk on 19 July 2013 and Press Release: Five Deported DREAMers Will Attempt to Cross Border Monday – Dream Activist on 21 July 2013)
• Along With Dolls and Stuffed Animals, Making Time for Immigration Activism – The New York Times on 17 July 2013 (also Arizona Couple Among Dozens To Get Deportation Relief – Fronteras Desk on 18 July 2013)
• Bodies of migrants found daily on US border – Al Jazeera on 15 July 2013
• Rails are risky for Central American migrants – The Washington Post on 15 July 2013 (also VIDEO: Dozens flee alleged human smuggling truck, PHOTOS: Braving Mexico’s rails for a ride to the United States and INFOGRAPHIC: A harrowing rail journey north)
• Drug Kingpin Is Captured in Mexico Near Border – The New York Times on 15 July 2013 (also Mexico captures major drug lord – CNN on 16 July 2013)
• Arizona mayor opposes razor wire on border fence – CNN Wire via ABC15 on 15 July 2013
• O’odham protest US Border Patrol disruption of sacred ceremonies July 16, 2013 – Nacrosphere on 15 July 2013
• Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano Is Stepping Down – National Public Radio on 12 July 2013
• Mexico delays launch of new police force – Agence France Presse via Global Post on 11 July 2013
• Mexico And Argentina Are The Most Corrupt Countries In Latin America, Survey Reveals – International Business Times on 10 July 2013 (also Global Corruption Barometer 2013 – Transparency International)
• Several people found unconscious in a U-Haul NW of Tucson – Arizona Daily Star on 8 July 2013
• Scarp: In wake of Yarnell fire, the painful process of moving forward from disaster – East Valley Tribune on 7 July 2013
• Yarnell Hill Fire: Lone Granite Mountain Hotshots survivor speaks publicly for the first time, Yarnell Hill Fire: Bodies of Prescott firefighters return home and photos – ABC15 on 7 July 2013
• Phoenix lures conventions despite heat – The Arizona Republic on 7 July 2013
• Ex-immigration official helps Arizona in driver’s license fight – Arizona Daily Star on 7 July 2013
• An “ungodly stupid” get-rich scheme: The real border security story – on 7 July 2013
• A Painful Mix of Fire, Wind and Questions – The New York Times on 6 July 2013
• Private Prisons Expect To Profit From Immigration Reform – Think Progress on 6 July 2013
• US immigration system could be red tape nightmare – Agence France Presse via The Economic Times on 6 July 2013
• Yarnell fire photo of fallen firefighters stirs controversy and 19 Yarnell Hill Fire epitaphs: Never again – The Arizona Republic on 5 July 2013
• Arizona wildfire victim’s mom: ‘All 19 were together. Nobody ran.’ – The Los Angeles Times on 5 July 2013
• Yarnell fire 80% contained, not expected to grow – The Arizona Republic, Biden to attend Yarnell Hill firefighters’ memorial – KPHO, Dean Peak Fire containment now at 25 percent – KTVK and Phoenix-area temps return to ‘normal’; chance of storms – The Arizona Republic on 5 July 2013
• Understanding Migrants Through The Things They Carried – National Public Radio on 5 July 2013
• President of Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation dies – The Arizona Republic on 5 July 2013
• Mexican land donation to church draws fire – The Arizona Republic on 5 July 2013
• An unfortunate teachable moment on Race and Public Witness – The Houston Chronicle on 5 July 2013
• Tempe residents still dealing with little to no airconditioning problems after 8 days – ABC15 on 5 July 2013
• Joe Heck on immigration: ‘This is not a Mexican issue, this is not a Hispanic issue’ – The Washington Post on 5 July 2013 (and On immigration reform, nobody’s happy with Republican Joe Heck from 4 July)
• Getting a US green card after petitioner’s death – GMA News on 5 July 2013
• Does immigration reform handcuff law enforcement? – Fox News on 4 July 2013
• Officials Say They See Signs of a Slowdown in Deadly Arizona Wildfire – The New York Times on 3 July 2013
• Number Of Overdose Deaths Among Women Continue To Climb – Fronteras Desk on 3 July 2013
• With tears and cheers, new Americans take oath of citizenship – The Los Angeles Times on 3 July 2013
• In 17 Cities, Faith Leaders And Immigrants Are Fasting To Stop Deportations – Think Progress on 3 July 2013
• The 19 Fallen Arizona Firefighters,
As Arizona Fires Rage On, Inquiry Into Firefighters’ Death Focuses on Wind and Boys With Firefighting Dreams, and Goodbyes That Turned Final – The New York Times on 2 July 2013 (+ 2011 Video: The Forest for the Trees)
• Widow of fallen Arizona firefighter recalls his last day, Photos: Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona, Interactive: Yarnell Hill fire, Arizona wildfire evacuees hold breath as firefight hits ‘pivotal day’, Arizona wildfire: ‘We could lose everything’ is a shared fear – The Los Angeles Times on 2 July 2013
• Op-Ed: Immigration and American Society – The Huffington Post on 2 July 2013
• Immigration deal would boost defense manufacturers – The Washington Post on 2 July 2013
• 3 members of Arizona family sentenced in drug case – KSAZ and Members of family-run Patagonia pot ring sent to prison – Nogales International on 2 July 2013
• Lost in Arizona Fire, an Elite Crew That Rushed In, Experts See New Normal as a Hotter, Drier West Faces More Huge Fires and Map: Arizona Blaze Traps Firefighters – The New York Times on 1 July 2013
• 19 fallen firefighters plunge Prescott, Ariz., into grief, Arizona wildfire raises question: What have past fires taught us?, Interactive graphic: Emergency fire suit and shelter and Graphics: Who they were: Fallen Arizona firefighters – The Los Angeles Times on 1 July 2013
• Arizona Blaze Quadruples in Size After 19 Firefighters DieBloomberg, Remains of 19 firefighters killed in Yarnell Hill Fire brought to Phoenix – KTVK andBodies of 19 Firefighters Killed in Arizona Wildfire Recovered, Taken to Medical Examiner’s Office – ABC News on 1 July 2013
• Over 100 Mennonites cross border into Mexico during convention – The Mennonite on 1 July 2013
• US Immigration Service Ordered to Consider Same-Sex Visa Petitions – Voice of America on 1 July 2013
• Immigration and Entrepreneurship – The New York Times on 1 July 2013
JULY
• BREAKING NEWS: 19 die in Yarnell fire; 18 were Prescott firefighters – The Daily Courier and 19 Firefighters Are Killed Battling Arizona Wildfire – Reuters via The New York Times on 30 June 2013
• Heat Wave Fatalities Reported: Elderly Man In Las Vegas, Migrants Attempting To Cross The Border – Medical Daily on 30 June 2013
• Deadly Heat Wave in the West Brings Fires and Travel Delays – The New York Times on 30 June 2013
• Heat Wave Fatalities Reported: Elderly Man In Las Vegas, Migrants Attempting To Cross The Border – Medical Daily on 30 June 2013
• BREAKING NEWS: 19 die in Yarnell fire; 18 were Prescott firefighters – The Daily Courier and 19 Firefighters Are Killed Battling Arizona Wildfire – Reuters via The New York Times on 30 June 3013
• ATF leader who oversaw botched sting will run Phoenix office – Milwauke-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel on 29 June 2013
• Samaritans mark 11th year today – The Arizona Daily Star on 29 June 2013
• Mexican reporter: ‘They are killing journalists like flies’ – on 28 June 2013
• Putting a name to those who died crossing the border – CBS News on 28 June 2013
• How the Anti-Immigrant Minuteman Movement Attracted the Psychopaths that Led to its Downfall – AlterNet on 28 June 2013
• Arizona Is Fertile Ground for New York Matzo – The New York Times on 28 June 2013
• Arizona Heat Wave To Prove Dangerous For Migrants, Says Border Patrol – Latin Times on 28 June 2013
• It’s brutal out there’: Weekend heat wave to bake western US – Associated Press via NBC News on 27 June 2013
• Border Patrol bringing in more agents ahead of heat wave – KTAR on 27 June 2013
• Soaring Temperatures Threaten Migrants In The Desert – Fronteras Desk on 27 June 2013
• In Efforts to Secure US-Mexico Border, Ariz. Native Americans Feel Caught in the Middle – ABC News on 27 June 2013
• The Other Mexicans – National Geographic on 24 June 2013
• More from India cross AZ border, officers say – Arizona Daily Star on 22 June 2013
• Border rescues on the rise, along with heat – KVOA on 21 June 2013
• 4 bodies found in Arizona desert died days ago – The Arizona Daily Star on 21 June 2013
• Hot dog’ has to be rescued from mountain trail – AZFamily3 / KTVK on 17 June 2013
• Street Dealers Fuel Spike In Violence In Tijuana – Fronteras Desk on 12 June 2013
• Immigrants Reach Beyond a Legal Barrier for a Reunion – The New York Times on 11 June 2013
• New kiosks at port causing confusion for commuters – Nogales International on 11 June 2013
• Immigrants Reach Beyond a Legal Barrier for a Reunion – The New York Times on 11 June 2013
• Hydration stations to be set up during excessive heat – AZFamily3 / KTVK on 11 June 2013
• Brooks County Investigators to Receive Assistance from Top Universities – KIIITV on 11 June 2013
• 3 of 5 remains found near Sells were shot – Arizona Daily Star on 11 June 2013
• Shootings by Agents Increase Border Tensions – The New York Times on 10 June 2013
• Boy Scout leader dies while hiking at Lake Mead – KTNV on 10 June 2013
• Senate Digs In for Long Battle on Overhaul of Immigration – The New York Times on 9 June 2013
• Central Iowa residents ‘full of sadness’ after discovery of body believed to be missing girl – Associated Press via The Washington Post on 7 June 2013
• Authorities identify body found by hikers in Oak Creek Canyon – KTVK on 7 June 2013
• Border-crosser deaths haven’t dropped despite decline in illegal migration – Arizona Daily Star on 6 June 2013 (and New report: Death rate of illegal crossers remains high on June 5)
JUNE
• Looking Beyond the Wall: Encountering the Humanitarian Crisis of Border Politics and Why Build a Border Wall? – UTNE Reader on May/June 2013
• Looking Beyond the Wall: Encountering the Humanitarian Crisis of Border Politics and Why Build a Border Wall? – UTNE Reader on May/June 2013
MAY / JUNE
• Remains of 5 found near Sells prompts police probe – Arizona Daily Star on 31 May 2013
• Family claims mother wrongly imprisoned on drug charges in Mexico and Jailed in Mexico: Arizona mother of 7 fights drug smuggling allegation – KSAZ on 29 May 2013
• FOX 10 Exclusive: Man drowns after fleeing from DPS; body recovered – KSAZ on 29 May 2013
• Editorial: Border Injustice – The New York Times on 27 May 2013
• Day 1: From the Emerald Triangle to the Sunflower State: The inside story of Lawrence’s cross-country drug pipeline (with Criminal Complaint and Drug Conspiracy Indictment) – Lawrence Journal World on 26 May 2013 (also: Day 2: The California Connection with Dahda Timeline and Drug Case Locations, and Day 3: Couple plead guilty, plan to marry amid biggest drug bust )
• Victory’: Court Rules Notorious Sheriff Violated Constitution – Common Dreams on 25 May 2013
• Judge Finds Violations of Rights by Sheriff – The New York Times on 25 May 2013
• As border tightens, some U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence – Reuters on 25 May 2013
• Florence busiest initial stop for ICE detainees – Arizona Daily Star on 25 May 2013
• Pilot accused of ferrying illegal immigrants to Chandler and PDF: Criminal complaint against James Bissell – Arizona Daily Star on 25 May 2013
• Puppies join Border Patrol effort to sniff out smugglers – Tucson Sentinel on 24 May 2013
• Arizona’s Brewer Labeled ’Traitor’ as She Pushes Medicaid – Bloomberg News on 23 May 2013
• Decade brings 2,000+ sets of remains in Tucson Sector – Arizona Daily Star on 22 May 2013
• Border officials: Guatemalan sisters held captive in Douglas trailer – Arizona Daily Star on 22 May 2013
• Immigration cases make up 40% of federal prosecutions, study says – The Los Angeles Times on 21 May 2013
• Report of Investigation Concerning the Improper Disclosure of U.S. Department of Justice Information to a Member of the Media – U.S. Department of Justice and Ex-U.S. Attorney in Arizona Is Criticized for Leak to Fox – The New York Times on 20 May 2013
• Hiker wants Ariz. park ranger fired over search – Arizona Daily Star on 20 May 2013
• Ministering in brutal Altar, Mexico and Photos: Altar, Sonora – Arizona Daily Star on 19 May 2013
• Arizona Desert Swallows Migrants on Riskier Paths with photos: Relics of a Deadly Journey and interactive map: Migrant Deaths in Southern Arizona – The New York Times on 20 May 2013
• Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction – Associated Press on 20 May 2013
• Jason De León named one of this year’s National Geographic Emerging Explorers – Michigan Daily on 19 May 2013
• Officials: US Addicts Fuel Mexico’s Lucrative Drug Trade – Fronteras Desk on 16 May 2013
• Murillo atiende demandas de familiares de despararecidos (Murillo listens to demands of families of disappeared) – El Universal on 16 May 2013
• In Mexico, restrictions on U.S. agents signal drug war shift – The Washington Post on 14 May 2013
• Migrant-return strategy faulted – Associated Press via Philadelphia Inquirer on 14 May 2013
• The noise on immigration is drowning out real problems – The Guardian on 13 May 2013
• Mexico’s consul general leaving after 9 eventful years in Tucson – Arizona Daily Star on 11 May 2013
• Former Leader of Guatemala Is Guilty of Genocide Against Mayan Group – The New York Times on 10 May 2013
• Video Released In Alleged Border Patrol Abuse – Fronteras Desk on 10 May 2013
• AZ border agents: Man hides heroin in belly button – KPHO on 9 May 2013
• South Texas county faces wave of migrant deaths and photos – The Washington Post on 8 May 2013
• Disney Wants To Trademark ‘Dia De Los Muertos’ – Fronteras Desk on 8 May 2013
• PCSO: Smuggler guide leaves man to die in AZ desert – KPHO on 7 May 2013
• On the Border – The Atlantic on 6 May 2013
• Piestewa body recovery: 54-year-old man collapses, dies while hiking with co-workers – ABC15 on 5 May 2013
MAY
• Immigrants increasingly abandoned at sea by Baja California smugglers – San Diego Reader on 29 April 2013
• A Rusted Gate In The Border Fence Opens For The First Time – Fronteras Desk on 29 April 2013
• In Mexico, Talk Of Immigration Reform Raises Hopes For Visits Home – Fronteras Desk on 29 April 2013
• Reform tied to immigrant taxes – The Arizona Republic on 28 April 2013
• U.S. role at a crossroads in Mexico’s intelligence war on the cartels and Mexico’s competing drug cartels – The Washington Post on 27 April 2013
• Citizenship or Something Less?: Economic Implications for Arizona – Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center on April 2013
• Forensic Legend in Our Own Backyard – Arizona Magazine in spring 2013
• Border Security: 90 Percent ‘Doable’ – Bloomberg on 26 April 2013
• For hotshot firefighting crews, preparing for the worst becomes a way of life – on 25 April 2013
• Immigration Law Hangs on Securing Rugged Nogales Frontier – Bloomberg on 25 April 2013
• American 7-year-old stuck in Mexico; Valley dad fights to bring him home – ABC15 on
• U.S. Hospitals Quietly Deport Hundreds Of Undocumented Immigrants – The Huffington Post on 23 April 2013
• Court Rules for Immigrant on Deportation in Drug Case – on 23 April 2013
• Crash kills 5, injures 15 after Border Patrol chases SUV – Tucson Sentinel on 22 April 2013
• The Strange Moral Calculus Of Low-Skill Immigration Restrictions – Slate on 18 April 2013
• Border roundup: U.S. seeks answers on border security; reporting in Mexico – Tucson Sentinel on 15 April 2013
• Focus on Dairy Farmers in Immigration Debate – The New York Times on 12 April 2013
• Conservatives lash out at immigration reform – Politico on 11 April 2013
• Immigration reform becomes personal for evangelicals – Washington Post on 11 April 2013
• Why Mark Zuckerberg cares about immigration reform – Washington Post on 11 April 2013
• Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg: Immigration and the knowledge economy – Washington Post on 10 April 2013
• Border Agent Tried On Excessive Force Charges – Fronteras Desk on 9 April 2013
• Border Patrol agent accused of excessive force – UT San Diegoon 8 April 2013
• During polygraphs, border agency applicants admit to rape, kidnapping – Center for Investigative Reporting on 8 April 2013
• Addressing Why Migrants Leave Their Home Countries – Fronteras Desk on 9 April 2013
• Border news roundup: Study sheds light on gun running; AP drops ‘illegal immigrant’ – Tucson Sentinel on 7 April 2013
• Securing the Southwest Border – The Arizona Republic on 7 April 2013
• Exhuman el cuerpo del poeta Pablo Neruda – ABC News on 7 April 2013
• Will Unauthorized Immigrants Get Federal Health Benefits After Reform? – Fronteras Desk on 6 April 2013
• Mexican labour: cheaper than China – Financial Times on 5 April 2013
• Hiker rescues reach record number in Pinal County – KPHO on 3 April 2013
• The Mexican Connection, part iv: The Women – The Weeklings on 2 April 2013
• Enforcement Without Focus: Non-Violent Offenders Caught in the US Immigration Enforcement System – Immigration Policy Center on 2 April 2013
• Appeals Court To Hear Arizona SB 1070 Harboring-And-Transporting Provision and infographic – Fronteras Desk on 2 April 2013
• Border roundup: Politicians tour Nogales, mayors travel south – Tucson Sentinel on 1 April 2013
• AP Impact: Cartels dispatch agents deep inside US – Associated Press on 1 April 2013
APRIL
• Tight border discourages immigrants from going home – The Arizona Republic on 29 March 2013
• Growing Population Of Muslims Calling Tijuana Home – Fronteras Desk on 28 March 2013
• Why Arizona’s Bathroom Bill Is Unconstitutional – The Huffington Post on 28 March 2013
• Border Roundup: Feds debate border security, voter rights while border deaths rise – Tucson Sentinel on 26 March 2013
• The Mexican Connection, Part III: The Huddled Masses – The Weeklings on 26 March 2013
• Supreme Court limits use of drug sniffing dogs in private homes – Global Post on 26 March 2013
• Attempt to ID migrants who died on trek – San Antonio Express-News on 24 March 2013
• Undocumented Kids Crossing the U.S. Border Alone in Increasing Numbers – The Daily Beast on 23 March 2013
• State Defends Immigrant License Limits – The New York Times on 23 March 2013
• Yuma border agents fight fires, smugglers in busy week – Tucson Sentinel on 21 March 2013
• The Mexican Connection, Part II: Inhuman Trafficking – The Weeklings on 19 March 2013
• Border Roundup: Supreme Court looks at Az as injured men, explosives found in desert – Tucson Sentinel on 17 March 2013
• Acusan policía de operar escuadrones de la muerte (Police accused of operating death squads) – Telemundo on 17 March 2013
• In Arizona, border security in spotlight amid immigration-reform efforts, sequester cuts and photos – Washington Post on 17 March 2013
• Researchers: Kids’ mental health affected by deportation surge – Center for Public Integrity on 14 March 2013
• Man with throat slashed found at border; 2 dead in Mexico – Tucson Sentinel on 13 March 2013
• The Mexican Connection, Part I: Cannabis Wrecks – The Weeklings on 12 March 2013
• Border Roundup: Chavez dies, Mexican journalist killed, Brewer loses in court – Tucson Sentinel on 9 March 2013
• Avoiding rattlesnakes while hiking valley trails – KSAZ on 7 March 2013
• Police confirm identities of bodies found in backyard coffin – KSAZ on 7 March 2013
• What Happens If You Don’t Cooperate At Border Check Points? – Fronteras Desk on 7 March 2013
• Is US-Mexico border secure enough? Immigration reform could hinge on answer. – Christian Science Monitor on 6 March 2013
• Mexico: Hope grows for the missing – Global Post on 5 March 2013
• La Santa Muerte’ spreading across US after years linked to Mexico drug cartels, love, magic – Associated Press via Newer on 4 March 2013
• No to Racial Profiling, No to Family Separation: Why I Crawled Underneath a Border Patrol Vehicle to Prevent an Immigrant Father’s Detention – AlterNet on 4 March 2013
• Border Roundup: Border crossings up in Texas – Tucson Sentinel on 3 March 2013
• Many immigrants in the U.S. stop midway along the path of citizenship – Washington Post on 3 March 2013
MARCH
• Immigration detainee release under fire – CNN on 28 February 2013
• One Family’s View of Social Changes in Uruguay – PRI’s The World on 28 February 2013
• Sen. John Cornyn fails to provide details on border-security tweet – Dallas Morning News on 27 February 2013
• DHS official retires after immigrants are freed – Associated Press on 27 February 2013
• Mass Release of Immigrants Is Tied to Impending Cuts – The New York Times on 26 February 2013
• Border agents intercept 11 lbs of heroin, find $900k of pot – Tucson Sentinel on 26 February 2013
• South Texas overtaking Arizona in border deaths – Caller-Times on 23 February 2013
• Border Roundup: Immigration bill published amidst protests, drug seizures – Tucson Sentinel on 23 February 2013
• Indigenous Women In Mexico Call For An End To Domestic Violence – The Huffington Post on 22 February 2013
• DPS changes helicopter policy after immigrants shot near La Joya – The Monitor on 22 February 2013
• SCOTUS Narrows Protections For Noncitizens Who Received Poor Legal Advice – Immigration Impact on 22 February 2013
• Man arrested while digging Nogales drug tunnel – Tucson Sentinel on 22 February 2013
• Fast food? Border agents find meth hidden in chicken buckets – Tucson Sentinel on 22 February 2013
• SCOTUS Narrows Protections For Noncitizens Who Received Poor Legal Advice – Immigration Impact on 22 February 2013
• Discoveries of crossers’ bodies now at lowest level in 10 years – Arizona Daily Star on 21 February 2013
• Activists urge DNA testing of dead migrants in Brooks County – Caller-Times on 20 February 2013
• At U.S. border, an emergency pass that’s not easy to get – The Los Angeles Times on 20 February 2013 (also In The Southwest, Who Gets Humanitarian Parole Is Decided By Border Agents – Fronteras Desk on 21 February 2013)
• Immigration Bill Raises Questions Among Immigrants’ Families – The Huffington Post on 19 February 2013
• Border Roundup: BP abuse allegations; agency email denies interviews – Tucson Sentinel on 16 February 2013
• Tucson Wants Mexico’s Business – Fronteras Desk on 12 February 2013
• VAWA Vote: Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Violence Against Women Act – The Huffington Post on 12 February 2013
• Bill Montgomery Is No Immigration Moderate – Phoenix New Times on 7 February 2013 (also Bill Montgomery’s Smoking Gun: ICE PowerPoint Shows Monty’s Minions How to Deport More Immigrants on 15 February 2013)
• Border roundup: Obama’s immigration policy goals, Peña Nieto takes on cartels – Tucson Sentinel on 9 February 2013
• Second-Generation Americans: A Portrait of the Adult Children of Immigrants – Pew Research Center on 7 February 2013
• Girl, 9, Gives Birth in Mexico – ABC News and Nine-year-old Mexican girl gives birth to healthy baby daughter – Agence France Presse via The Australian on 7 February 2013
• New theory on Border Patrol killing of boy and Shooting of teen near border – The Arizona Republic on 6 February 2013
• Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king’s – British Broadcasting Corporation and – Reuters on 4 February 2013
• Civil rights group: Texas authorities fail to do part identifying remains of undocumented immigrants – Caller-Times on 3 February 2013
• Casinos turned them in to Border Patrol, 3 local patrons say – The Arizona Daily Star on 3 February 2013
• Labor of love keeps immigrant shelter open 31 years – The Arizona Daily Star on 2 February 2013
• Border Patrol activity: Woman caught with 1.9 lbs of meth at checkpoint – Tucson Sentinel on 1 February 2013
FEBRUARY
• The great escape: European migrants fleeing the recession – The Guardian on 30 January 2013
• Obama: ‘Now is the time’ for immigration reform – Tucson Sentinel and President Obama makes immigration reform push – British Broadcasting Corporation on 29 January 2013
• Border Roundup: Border life examined, presidential plan to be unveiled – Tucson Sentinel on 26 January 2013
• E-Verify Lessons From Arizona – Fronteras Desk on 25 January 2013
• In Desert Outposts, Border Agents Keep Watch – The New York Times on 24 January 2013
• The Quest For A Secure Border – Fronteras Desk on 24 January 2013
• Arizona’s Role In The Gang Of Eight – Fronteras Desk on 22 January 2013
• Mexico police held over organised-crime ties – Al Jazeera on 19 January 2013
• Mexico police arrested in ‘organised crime raid’ – British Broadcasting Corporation on 18 January 2013
• Border Roundup: Winter weather dangers, border implications for gun-control debate – Tucson Sentinel on 19 January 2013
• Agent took blankets provided for crossers, border group says – The Arizona Daily Star on 18 January 2013
• Menor desaparecida en Juárez pudiera estar en EU; PGR confirma pista 2 años después – Somos Frontera on 18 January 2013
• Border Apprehensions Reach Record Lows In San Diego – Fronteras Desk on 17 January 2013
• Over the line: Fighting corruption on our border – CBS News on 13 January 2013
• Border roundup: The cost of immigration, changes in 2013 – Tucson Sentinel on 12 January 2013
• Arizona vs. Massachusetts – The Arizona Republic on 12 January 2013
• Obama Will Seek Citizenship Path in One Fast Push – The New York Times on 12 January 2013
• Proponents Plan To Reintroduce VAWA – Fronteras Desk on 11 January 2013
• Arizona Sheriff Sends Armed Posse Volunteers to Schools – Bloomberg News and Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Send Armed Posses to Protect Schools – The Daily Beast on 9 January 2013
• In Mexico Fake Guns Used For Real Robberies – Fronteras Desk on 8 January 2013
• Immigration Enforcement Cost Higher Than FBI, Policing Drugs, Guns Combined: Report – The Huffington Post on 7 January 2013
• Winter cold holds own peril for border crossers – Arizona Daily Star on 7 January 2013
• Mexico cracks down on toy guns – KVUE on 7 January 2013
• Phoenix: Convention slump tied to SB 1070 – The Arizona Republic on 2 January 2013
• Who had the longest wait for an immigrant visa this month? – Southern California Public Radio on 1 January 2013
• Feds chime in on Ariz.’s immigrant harboring ban – Associated Press via AZFamily3 / KTVK on 1 January 2013
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