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Feds Ignored Warnings of Border Wall Construction Impacts, Emails Show

By Josh Kelety
Aug 13, 2020

"This correlates with why some ponds at the Refuge are void of water."
Phoenix is Suing U.S. Customs in a Strategy to Win an Airport-Arrest Lawsuit

By Sean Holstege
May 28, 2020

The lawsuit claims that authorities hurled "racial epithets that should not be repeated here — except to note that 'sand n**ger' was the mildest..."
Deployed, Then Deported: How a US Navy Vet from Phoenix Was Exiled to Mexico

By Ali Swenson
Nov 7, 2019

Alex Murillo served his country. Then he was kicked out.
Mike Pence Courts Support From Arizona’s Latino Community Amid Impeachment Probe

By Ali Swenson
Oct 3, 2019

The vice president boasted of economic gains among the Latino community in Arizona as an impeachment inquiry charged on in Washington.
Existing Border Barrier Already Destroying Environment as Activists Fight Trump Wall

By Elizabeth Whitman
Aug 7, 2019

Existing barriers already damage the surrounding desert. A bigger, taller wall, environmentalists fear, would be even worse.
Death Toll Rises as Two More Migrants' Bodies Found Outside Tucson

By Hannah Critchfield
Jul 25, 2019

The 22-year-old woman died just a few feet from a new housing development.
Port Closure Makes Life Difficult for Average Border Residents

By Hannah Critchfield
Jul 16, 2019

It took Juana and Mario Feliz three hours to get home after crossing the border to buy milk.
Activist: New Times Photos Likely Show Mexican Military Planting Drugs Near Border

By Ray Stern
May 31, 2018

"Mexican military, just like our own customs and border patrol agents, often get paid off to help ferry loads through."
Mexican Consulate in Phoenix Provides Help After Killer Quake: You Can, Too

By Ray Stern
Sep 20, 2017

Mexican Consul General Claudia Franco Hijuelos thanked Arizonans for their sympathy and support following Tuesday's destructive earthquake in Mexico City, and offered methods to help victims.
Arizona's Gallego on Facebook Live: Republicans Are Making Us Pay $1.6B for the Border Wall

By Lindsay Moore
Jul 25, 2017

House Republicans have slipped in a $1.6 billion budget for the border wall in the Defense Act bill.
Prepare to Be Searched if You're Driving to Mexico: U.S. Agents Finding Cash, Ammo

By Ray Stern
Mar 15, 2017

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have ramped up outbound searches of vehicles entering Mexico recently in a mission to find smuggled cash, ammunition, firearms, and other contraband.
Watch as Arizona's Tohono O'odham Nation Opposes Donald Trump's Border Wall in New Video

By Ray Stern
Feb 21, 2017

The Tohono O'odham Nation officials expressed their opposition to the plan for wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in a new video released on Tuesday. And they have a message for President Trump.
Mayor Greg Stanton Tries to Reassure Mexican Leaders That Trump Presidency Won't Harm Relations Between Phoenix and Mexico

By Griselda Nevarez
Dec 5, 2016

In an interview with New Times, Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton talked about his recent visit to Mexico, emphasizing that a Trump presidency will not change Phoenix’s commitment to strengthen ties with the United States' southern neighbor.
Ducey Appointee David Farca Sued for Fraud

By Ray Stern
Oct 24, 2016

When Governor Doug Ducey announced his appointment of David Farca to lead the Arizona-Mexico Commission last year, he attributed his choice to Farca's "exceptional entrepreneurial experience." But records in an ongoing lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against Farca and ToH Design Studio, his Scottsdale interior-design and furnishings company, put a negative...
Columnist and Author Linda Valdez Understands That Love Knows No Borders

By Robrt L. Pela
Oct 5, 2016

The 2016 edition of New Times' Best of Phoenix is out now, featuring a series of "as told to" profiles that explore how our city's proximity to Mexico makes it better. In 1988, I was in my mid-30s, and had just broken off a relationship and was feeling sorry for...
Jose Cardenas of KAET’s Horizonte Has a Front-Row Seat to Latino Culture in Phoenix

By Robrt L. Pela
Oct 4, 2016

The 2016 edition of New Times' Best of Phoenix is out now, featuring a series of "as told to" profiles that explore how our city's proximity to Mexico makes it better. I’ve been in the Valley since 1978, most recently from law school. I went to Stanford, and then moved...
Una historia de dos sitios: ¿Que es una ciudad fronteriza?

By Alberto Rios
Oct 4, 2016

La edición de 2016 Lo Mejor de Phoenix del New Times ya está disponible, con una serie de ensayos que exploran cómo nuestra proximidad a México hace que este sea un lugar mejor para vivir. Muy a menudo hablamos de ciudades fronterizas como si la geografía fuera todo lo que...
A Tale of Two Places: What Is a Border Town?

By Alberto Rios
Oct 4, 2016

The 2016 edition of New Times' Best of Phoenix is out now, featuring a series of essays that explore how our city's proximity to Mexico makes it better. So often we talk about border towns as if geography were all that defines them. While that is initially true, geography is...
¿Es cierto que Arizona esta dispuesto a hacer negocios cuando se trata de las relaciones con Mexico?

By James Ahlers
Oct 3, 2016

Un ferviente canto viajo a través de las gradas del estadio hacia el campo, las ondas de sonido caendo sobre mí en la línea de medio campo. Una multitud de más de 40.000 aficionados al fútbol, ??incluyendo miles de ciudadanos mexicanos, llenó el estadio Bank One Ballpark para ver México...
Is Arizona Actually Now "Open For Business" When It Comes to Relations with Mexico?

By James Ahlers
Oct 3, 2016

The fervent chant rolled through the stands and down onto the field, waves of sound crashing over me on the midfield line. A crowd of more than 40,000 soccer fans, including thousands of Mexican nationals, filled Bank One Ballpark to see Mexico take on Yugoslavia in a friendly match. The...

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