Arizona
Fast-Moving Fire Buring In Northern Arizona
A wildfire that broke out near Prescott, Ariz. on Tuesday morning has forced officials to evacuate people in the area.
- By Anne Hoffman
- June 18, 2013
ACLU Launches App To Report Racial Profiling in Arizona
The new app is part of the group's latest effort to challenge what's left of Arizona's controversial immigration law.
- By Jude Joffe-Block
- June 18, 2013
Supreme Court Rules Arizona Citizenship Proof Law Illegal
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot on their own require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier.
DOJ Expected To Join Negotiations With Arpaio Attorneys
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicated interest in joining negotiations with attorneys on both sides of a racial profiling suit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office.
- By Jude Joffe-Block
- June 14, 2013
Debate Over Arpaio Policing Kicks Off In Phoenix
Lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the plaintiffs who successfully sued his office for discriminating against Latinos will meet with the Judge on Friday.
- By Jude Joffe-Block
- June 13, 2013
Billboard Attacks Arizona Senator For Immigration Bill Support
The effort behind the new sign represents the most public pushback Republican Sen. Jeff Flake has received on the immigration bill he helped to draft.
- By Jude Joffe-Block
- June 11, 2013
Migrants Now Facing Greater Risk Of Death
Immigrants are facing a greater risk of dying as they try to cross into the United States illegally, researchers said Wednesday.
- By Michel Marizco
- June 5, 2013
Fate Of Controversial Program Part Of DHS Budget Debate
The House appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security allocates $39 billion and maintains an immigration enforcement program the Obama administration wants to phase out.
- By Jude Joffe-Block
- June 5, 2013
Major Drug Raid Dismantles Indian Gang
The FBI and several other agencies arrested 29 people for trafficking meth and marijuana on the Yavapai-Apache Nation. It was the biggest drug sweep on the reservation in nearly two decades.
- By Laurel Morales
- June 5, 2013
Tribes, Enviros Fight Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
Mineral experts say the land surrounding the Grand Canyon contains some of the richest uranium ore deposits in the country. Countries like India and China are clamoring for the ore, as they expand their nuclear energy industries. Back in March Fronteras brought you a story about uranium mining from the industry’s perspective. But environmentalists and Indian tribes oppose mining near the canyon.
- By Laurel Morales
- June 3, 2013
Sonora Governor Reassures Arizona Visitors
Though an Arizona woman passing through Sonora wound up spending more than a week in a Mexican jail after the military accused her of transporting drugs she says weren't hers, the governor of the Mexican border state says visitors should feel safe visiting his state.
- By Jude Joffe-Block
- May 31, 2013
Judge Finds Legal Errors In ICE Training
The judge who ruled against Sheriff Joe Arpaio in a racial profiling suit last week also found flaws in a federal immigration enforcement training given to Maricopa County deputies.
- By Jude Joffe-Block
- May 31, 2013
Homicide Possible For Five Bodies In Arizona Desert
The bodies of five people were found Tuesday morning in the southern Arizona desert and are now being investigated as possible homicides.
- By Michel Marizco
- May 30, 2013
Civil Rights Groups Claim Arizona Abortion Law Discriminatory
An Arizona law that criminalizes abortions based on sex or gender preference is the target of a new lawsuit. Civil rights groups say it discriminates against black and Asian women.
- By Jude Joffe-Block
- May 29, 2013
Arizona Mom Held On Narco Charges In Mexico
A hearing opened Tuesday in a Mexican court in Nogales in the case of an Arizona woman accused of smuggling 13 pounds of marijuana through a Mexican Army checkpoint.
- By Michel Marizco
- May 29, 2013
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