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    Supreme Court Allows Enforcement Of New Green Card Rule

    Feb 05, 2020

    The U.S. Supreme Court has let the Trump administration’s so-called public-charge rule take effect while the legal fight over it continues.

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    Tucson Republicans Fight 'Sanctuary City' Ballot Initiative

    Jul 31, 2019

    Supporters of a ballot initiative to determine if Tucson officially becomes a “sanctuary city” turned in more than 12,000 valid signatures earlier this month — far surpassing the required

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    The Grand Canyon That Almost Wasn't: Protecting Protected Land

    Mar 22, 2019

    On a recent visit to the Grand Canyon, I did something I don’t normally do. I closed my eyes to hear what Southern Paiutes call the “songscape.”

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    Navajo Nation LGBTQ Youth Find Unlikely Champions In Their Elders

    Jan 15, 2019

    Michelle Sherman was 5 years old when she discovered she was different.

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    New Program Requires All Mexican Teaching Students To Learn English

    Sep 21, 2018

    “Remember, the main objective of this class is for you guys to develop speaking skills, so when you’re talking to each other, don’t forget to practice,” Maricela Contreras said to her first-year st

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    Morena Party’s Sweep In Mexican Election Raises Hope And Concerns

    Sep 17, 2018

    Mexico’s early July election brought an insurgent center-left party to power at every level, and dealt stinging defeats to some of its longest standing parties.

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    Modernizing Mexican Moonshine

    Aug 15, 2018

    Makers of a traditional agave distillate in northern Mexico are trying to take their product to the international market.

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    Border Patrol Union Rep: Trump's San Diego Visit Good For Morale

    Mar 19, 2018

    Chris Harris stopped an unmarked Border Patrol SUV at the existing fence between San Diego and Tijuana. He recalled finding a group of illegal entrants in the exact same spot years ago.

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    For American Children Of Mexican Immigrants, A Battle To Get Documented In Mexico

    Mar 12, 2018

    Daniel Silva Soto and his wife had recently moved from their home town of Puebla, Mexico, to Mesa, Arizona.

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    Mom Says She’s Fostered 10,000 Navajo Children

    Feb 08, 2018

    It’s 2 a.m. in Tuba City and a police officer rings Vallis Martinez’s doorbell. Martinez isn’t alarmed. It happens all the time.

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    Gallup, New Mexico — 'Drunk Town, USA' — Works To Change Its Image

    Dec 06, 2017

    Genevieve Jackson grew up on the edge of the Navajo Nation, not far from Gallup, New Mexico. Like many Navajos, Jackson’s mother came to Gallup to buy alcohol.

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    U.S. Investors Are Wanted In Mezcal Country

    Jun 20, 2017

    OAXACA DE JUÁREZ — Mezcal has become a booming business for an impoverished Mexican state, replacing cheap unauthorized labor to the U.S. as a chief export.

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    Navajo Metal Band Produces Album With Metallica Producer

    Jun 14, 2017

    A Navajo heavy metal band is releasing its first album May 27. They call themselves “I Dont Konform.” And unless you live on the reservation you probably haven’t heard of them.

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    Phoenix Man Waits For ICE

    May 16, 2017

    Misael Perez felt stifled by the walls of his own apartment on a recent Friday afternoon.

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    Politics Lurk In Dual Efforts To Defend Mexican Immigrants

    Mar 29, 2017

    A small lobby at the Mexican Consulate in Phoenix feels a lot like the Motor Vehicle Division. It's where undocumented immigrants wait for a chance to tell their story to a pro-bono lawyer.

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    Navajo Special-Education School To Get Clean Water

    Mar 24, 2017

    Saint Michael’s Association for Special Education started more than four decades ago when Marijane Ryan, a nun and nurse, was convinced she could help a Navajo boy with polio.

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    Minimum Wage Increase Divides Flagstaff

    Mar 03, 2017

    Jo Jaeger keeps coming back to Flagstaff.

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    Texas City Moves To Renewable Energy Spurred By Plan That New Administration May Spurn

    Nov 18, 2016

    GEORGETOWN, Texas — Donald Trump’s victory and the impending Republican majority in Congress means the Obama administration’s initiative to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the Clean Power Plan, is al

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    Kids Pick Up Adults' Election Opinions And Anxieties

    Nov 03, 2016

    Henry Jordan, 15, has been watching the presidential debates at home in Flagstaff with his parents. He’s also talking about the election at school with friends. And he’s formed some opinions.

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    How A Small Key Chain Button Can Protect Young Women From Assault

    Jul 28, 2016

    As parents prepare to send their children off to college this fall, many are concerned about their kids' safety. One in four female college seniors has experienced sexual assault on campus.

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    America's Auto Rejects Are Revived And Resold In Mexico

    Jul 11, 2016

    Mexico is making it harder to import used cars from the U.S., angering hundreds of importers along the border whose livelihoods depend the revival and resale of America's four-wheeled rejects.

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    Long Before Flint: After Animas River Spill, No Water For Navajo Farmers

    May 12, 2016

    The growing season started in Shiprock, New Mexico, three weeks ago and Irving Shaggy is restless.

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    Long Before Flint: No Running Water, No Transplant

    May 11, 2016

    LaTanya Dickson, her husband and four children live in a 24-by-24, one-room hogan on the Navajo Nation. The home is cozy for six. But there’s still someone missing.

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    Long Before Flint: Mining's Deadly Legacy Remains On Navajo Nation

    May 10, 2016

    The federal government is cleaning up a long legacy of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation. 

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    Old Route 66 Motel Provides Homeless An Avenue From Shelter To Home

    Jan 27, 2016

    Most of the time when we talk about homelessness, big cities come to mind.

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