AltWeeklies Wire
Marta's Storynew
On a scorching day in the border desert, humanity and teamwork save an injured woman's life.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
10-27-2005 |
Immigration
Postcards from the U.S.-Mexican Bordernew
Three friends passed out a few hundred disposable cameras and persuaded migrants to take pictures of their adventure crossing the desert. They hope to exhibit the results in art galleries.
Phoenix New Times |
Jimmy Magahern |
10-25-2005 |
Immigration
CEO Disappears After Apparent Visa Scamnew
Dozens of Indians paid thousands of dollars to Suman Varanasi, CEO of Zenstra Solutions Inc., in exchange for work visas and software design jobs that never materialized.
Dallas Observer |
Rick Kennedy |
10-24-2005 |
Immigration
Paradise Lostnew
Strangely, it wasn’t the hurricane itself that tore down the life and family of Daniel Dotta. It was the clean-up crew that came along behind it. With hard work and sacrifice, Dotta and his family had been creeping their way up the economic ladder. But then along came Cesar Flores Nunez.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
10-20-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: 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
Down by Lawnew
Angry border-area residents claim the feds -- particularly the Border Patrol -- aren't listening.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-22-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Documents for the Undocumentednew
Immigrants could buy a driver's license at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Oakland, Calif. The tale of how they did suggests the problem may be widespread.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-12-2005 |
Immigration
Security Shell Gamenew
A whistle-blower targets what he believes are misspent border funds.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-01-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
The Patriot Axnew
Markus Young moved to this country from Germany when he was three years old. Now, courtesy of tougher immigration laws, he could be deported under the Patriot Act.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
08-29-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal, Immigration, reform, immigrant, and, of, security, Act, Homeland, abuse, Department, customs, enforcement, Anti-Drug, IRAIRA, Responsibility
Sound and Furynew
A vivid documentary traces border vigilantism in Southern Arizona.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
08-25-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: 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
At the Readynew
When the president of a Texas Minuteman group resigned because he couldn't stand the racist tendencies of other members in his chapter, it left many Houston residents debating the purpose of the volunteer border patrollers, and what good they might be doing.
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
08-22-2005 |
Immigration
WWII Loneliness Lives Onnew
One writer recounts the story of loneliness that filled the life of a grandmother who spent her young life in a Japanese internment camp during WWII while her friends were killed in Hiroshima.
Illinois Times |
Yoshimi Yoshimura Golden |
08-22-2005 |
Immigration
Nanny 911: Massapequa Mom Arrested For Assaultnew
Caribbean caretaker Cindy Carter fights off Fontaine Sheridan, the mother of her charges, in Long Island showdown.
Long Island Press |
Lauren Wolfe |
08-19-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Border Bedfellows
Minutemen applaud New Mexico governor Bill Richardson's declaration that the border between his state and Mexico is in an "extreme state of disrepair."
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nathan Dinsdale |
08-17-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
