Fronteras Desk News
On Tuesday night, both rural and urban Natives traveled from near and far to the site of a former boarding school at Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix to share the devastating impacts of a sober-living-home scandal that gained widespread notoriety after the shutdown of more than 300 facilities last year.
Mar. 27, 2024
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is pleased by the federal government’s infusion of border funds, which will prevent street releases for the time being, although the department would have preferred some border security legislation to go along with it.
Mar. 27, 2024
A new study from the nonpartisan National Foundation for American Policy says the U.S. GDP is growing more slowly than it has in the past because fewer working-age immigrants are coming here.
Mar. 27, 2024
In a letter to President Joe Biden, more than two dozen Democratic lawmakers say the administration should take all available actions to open up legalization pathways for undocumented immigrants like DACA recipients and spouses of US citizens.
Mar. 27, 2024
Coconino County has approved nearly $8 million for forest restoration projects on the west side of the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff and on a mountain overlooking the city of Williams.
Mar. 27, 2024
Southern Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva and other House Democrats are asking the Biden administration to make reforms to CBP One — the government-run app for asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mar. 26, 2024
Congress passed a long-anticipated spending package Friday that includes money for a number of agencies — including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
Mar. 26, 2024
The Third Annual Funky Latina Music Festival gets underway Saturday, March 30 at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix.
Mar. 26, 2024
The Coconino National Forest is doing away with its so-called ruins nomenclature for sites on the forest in northern Arizona to better reflect that these places are still significant to folks today.
Mar. 26, 2024
A lawsuit brought by the government of Mexico against five Arizona gun stores is allowed to move forward. It’s the latest movement on a pair of cases filed by Mexico over guns trafficked across the border.
Mar. 25, 2024
President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion spending bill into law over the weekend. It includes more than $490 million to fund 22,000 Border Patrol agents, and also directs some $650 million to FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program.
Mar. 25, 2024
Rodeo is a world-renowned sport and way of life on the Navajo Nation. Recently, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, or PRCA, announced that it will soon return to the Nation’s capital in Window Rock.
Mar. 24, 2024
Voters in the Arizona tourist town of Sedona are pushing back against a City Council vote earlier this month that would rezone part of a popular park to create a car camp for homeless workers.
Mar. 20, 2024
Several thousand additional visas will be made available to Afghan nationals who worked alongside the U.S. military in their country, according to a new agreement between Congressional leaders and President Joe Biden.
Mar. 20, 2024
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the projects as part of a new roadmap that outlines AI technology initiatives coming to DHS this year.
Mar. 20, 2024
A federal grand jury has indicted a former White Mountain Apache tribal police officer Joshua Ben Anderson in connection with the death of a woman on Thanksgiving Day last year.
Mar. 20, 2024
Congress is facing a deadline at the end of this week to decide on a budget for the Department of Homeland Security. The deadline comes as lawmaker negotiations continue to stalemate.
Mar. 19, 2024
The health department’s new multimedia campaign features healthcare providers and experts, and people impacted by opioid addictions talking about the benefits of naloxone, also known as Narcan.
Mar. 19, 2024
The return of the Grand Canyon National Park’s cultural demonstration program, which highlights artisans from the 11 culturally associated tribes, marks a decade since the program began.
Mar. 19, 2024
Michael Kotutwa Johnson is conducting new agricultural research at the University of Arizona to find solutions and combat cenvironmental trends, affecting even some of the most resilient Hopi dry farmers due to climate change.
Mar. 19, 2024
