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Border Patrol Rejects Limits To Use Of Deadly Force Policies

After a review of its use-of-force policies, the U.S. Border Patrol has concluded that agents will still be able to use deadly force against people throwing rocks. That is despite the fact an advisory board reportedly recommended the agency end the tactic.

Widow Of Murdered Rancher Rob Krentz Blocks Access To Case File

Susan Krentz, the widow of Arizona border rancher Rob Krentz, filed a request with a Superior Court judge to prohibit Cochise County officials from releasing any information about her husband's death.

The request for injunction was filed Monday, after the Fronteras Desk revealed that a U.S. resident is a person of interest in the murder. The Fronteras Desk identified the person of interest, Manuel Corona, after filing a public records request for the investigative file.

College Town Struggles To Keep Low Income Housing

In a growing college town such as Flagstaff it’s often a struggle to find both low income housing and student housing.

A new project for off campus housing at Northern Arizona University may result in the eviction of more than 50 families at a nearby trailer park. And they say they have no place to go.

“One of my boys was born there,” resident Susan Ontiveros said. “My other two boys were raised there. So it’s sad because they’re like we’re not going to go to our house anymore.”

Listen to the other two more stories in our three-part series on the Hidden Pockets of Poverty in our communities:  New Suburban Poor, and Poverty in our Schools.

Migrant Education Program Gives Farm workers' Children A Boost

The children of migrant farm workers sometimes face a life on the move that means their education is continually interrupted. The federal government helps them catch up and keep up through the Migrant Education Program. Jill Replogle looks at how the program works today in one of Southern California’s major agricultural areas.

“I’m the oldest of three, first in my family to graduate from high school, first in my family to get a BA degree, first in my family to get a masters’ degree, first in my family to have a career and not a job,” said college recruiter Jaime Carias while speaking to teenagers in the Imperial Valley.

Garden City: Tending To A Cultural Crossroads In Kansas

The growth of meatpacking plants in the rural Midwest has created an unforeseen challenge – immigrant children in need of food, housing and education.

As part of Harvest Public Media’s series “In the Shadows of the Slaughterhouse,” Peggy Lowe reports from Garden City, Kansas where city leaders have built a strong grassroots network that has embraced their town’s cultural change and its youngest citizens.