AltWeeklies Wire
The Border Patrol's Retention Bluesnew
The agency is struggling to maintain manpower levels, in the face of attrition rates among new hires that steadily top 30 percent.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-25-2008 |
Immigration
International Collectionsnew
A Tucson hospital turns Mexican creditors over to the feds.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-12-2008 |
Science
Attempted Deportation of an Infant by an Arizona Hospital Reveals Legal Murknew
The University Medical Center returns about 50 patients each year to their home countries. Yet there seems to be no record of written consent from these patients -- in what amounts to quiet, informal deportations.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-04-2008 |
Immigration
Hospitals Ship Immigrants Home ... and Often to Uncertain Futuresnew
Critics call it international patient-dumping that occurs beyond the oversight of federal agencies, such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But the government is beginning to take notice: a Florida state appeals court has ruled that only the federal government has the power to remove a person from this country.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
08-15-2008 |
Immigration
Border-Area Rapes Challenge a Stumbling Systemnew
According to immigrant-advocacy groups, nearly all women and female children smuggled north face some degree of sexual abuse, including rape. It is now considered "the price of admission." And since these horrid crimes occur in a murky milieu, law-enforcement officials consider them among the toughest to pursue.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-11-2008 |
Immigration
Rape: The Price of Admissionnew
Along the U.S.-Mexico border, sexual assault has become routine.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-11-2008 |
Immigration
Fighting Forest Service Visitors' Feesnew
A class-action lawsuit seeks to rein in what critics say are out-of-control charges.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
05-15-2008 |
Environment
Retired Rangers Target Land Abuse by ATV Usersnew
Federal rangers consider unlawful ATV use to be a top law-enforcement issue on public lands, and a prime contributor to habitat destruction.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
05-01-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment, ATVs
Are Immigrant-Rights Activists Back in the Crosshairs of Federal Agents?new
A volunteer with the Samaritans immigrant-aid group, Kathryn Ferguson, finds herself in federal court after being handcuffed and cited by a Bureau of Land Management agent in the tough hills along the border. That January encounter was followed by at least two more run-ins with BLM and Fish and Wildlife Service agents a few weeks later.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-24-2008 |
Immigration
Real ID Creates Dilemmas for Border Wildlife Refugesnew
The Real ID Act grants Homeland Security leeway to ignore the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act and other critical regulations when building roads and barriers along the Mexican border. Real ID also prohibits any judicial review, making lawsuits against habitat-destructive projects almost pointless.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-10-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Mining Misstepsnew
The Forest Service bungles its own review, leading to suspicions that the fix may be in.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-03-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Jobbed by the Systemnew
Prior felonies destroy the career dreams of hard-working students.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-27-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Brain Trustnew
Researchers tap clues about memory and aging.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
02-10-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Border Standoffnew
Public-land managers fight the feds over fences.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
02-01-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Growing Painsnew
In the face of growth and other challenges, national parks are set for expansion--but Congress refuses to pay up.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
02-01-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
