AltWeeklies Wire
A 278-year-old error over the N.C.–S.C. border is riling residentsnew
Unceremoniously marked 278 years ago with a stone here or a notch on a tree there, King George's boundaries leave a portion of Fred Berlinger's Polk County home in South Carolina.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
05-09-2013 |
Environment
Tags: border
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
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
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
Homeland Security's Actions May Help in Stalling the Border Wallnew
How Michael Chertoff's "mega-waiver" could awaken the Supreme Court, revive humane legislation, and create a kinder, gentler border.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
04-16-2008 |
Immigration
Trouble Ahead on the Border?new
Push to beef up border security leaves agents poorly trained, critics say.
San Diego CityBeat |
Megan Burks |
04-02-2008 |
Immigration
Susie's Letter to Mexiconew
A family is tired of witnessing the suffering of immigrants abandoned by their own government.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
11-11-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: border
Operation Nowherenew
What if you threw a border patrol operation and no one came? An on-the-scene report from The Minutemen patrol in New Mexico.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nathan Dinsdale |
10-31-2005 |
Immigration
Cell Service as Salvation?new
Border-rescue groups say desert cell phone towers could save lives.
Tucson Weekly |
Alexis Blue |
10-06-2005 |
Immigration
Count Them In
Growing numbers of Mexican immigrants are in the US illegally -- but their money is legit.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dan Frosch |
08-24-2005 |
Immigration
Improper Proposalnew
The Real ID Act would gut border environmental laws.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
05-05-2005 |
Environment
Monitoring the Messagenew
The Minutemen pull media strings in Southern Arizona.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-06-2005 |
Immigration
No Easy Solution to Illegal Immigrationnew
On Nov. 2, Arizonans passed Proposition 200, designed to further limit public benefits to non-citizens. The consequences on both illegal immigration and the economy are hotly debated but still unknown.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
11-09-2004 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal immigrants, Immigration, crime, border, D.C., construction, nanny, coyotes, cheap labor, day laborers, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California-San Diego, emergency room, federal immigration laws, nannies, Pro-Prop 200 leader Russell Pearce, Prop 200 opposition leader Alfredo Gutierrez, Sonoran Desert, Steve Camarota, U.S. Border Patrol, Wayne Cornelius
Other Than Mexicansnew
Are terrorists entering the United States through Arizona's border with Mexico?
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
09-06-2004 |
Immigration
