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
Drug Trafficking and Crime Plague the Bordernew
The siege of the Chiricahuas can best be described as a low-level guerilla war, intermittent but always simmering, the scenes of trouble shifting regularly.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
09-12-2008 |
Immigration
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
The Feds Want You to Think They're Controlling the Border. Think Againnew
Nothing on the border is what it seems, and the pedestrian fence is another illusion. If you ask most Americans about it, they'll say its intent is to stop people from crossing the border. It isn't. Even Border Patrol admits it only slows them down.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
06-19-2008 |
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
Environmentalists Want a New Wilderness Area on the Bordernew
But opponents say the plan has potentially profound implications for the country. They charge that it will create a ready-made pathway into the United States, a straight shot for drug smugglers and illegal aliens beginning at the Mexican border and running north about 30 miles,
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
05-01-2008 |
Immigration
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
Forced Outnew
A Border Patrol agent's departure highlights a troubled institution.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
12-13-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Paper Trailnew
Homeland Security officials contradict each other regarding an investigation that may have never occurred.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
11-28-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Mapping the Bordernew
Retired geosciences prof Ed McCullough scours the desert to document migrant trails -- and save lives.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
10-04-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Is a Border Patrol Abuse Investigation MIA?new
In March 2004 U.S. Border Patrol Agent Ephraim Cruz reported the grave mistreatment of immigrant detainees at an agency station, but despite Border Patrol claims to the contrary, an investigation of these allegations may never have occurred. Or if it did, perhaps the results were too embarrassing for public consumption.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-19-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Where's the Beefnew
Border-fence monitors pose the critical question, after government officials make false promises.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-13-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
ID's the Thingnew
Municipalities should look to New Haven, Conn., as an example on how to handle illegal immigrants.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
08-02-2007 |
Immigration
