Jude Joffe-Block
Senior Field CorrespondentSenior Field Correspondent Jude Joffe-Block (Phoenix) caught the radio bug while assisting a radio reporter in Mexico, and has been happiest wearing headphones and pointing microphones ever since. She initiated Fronteras Desk coverage in Las Vegas as the project's first Senior Field Correspondent there. She then joined the Phoenix newsroom in July 2012. Previously, she contributed stories on immigration and criminal justice to KALW in San Francisco and multimedia content in both Spanish and English to the Associated Press in Mexico. She is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and Yale University, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico.
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A growing number of undocumented immigrants are turning to civil disobedience to protest immigration enforcement. Two Phoenix protesters arrested last March refused to plead guilty, but a judge ruled against them.
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A federal civil rights investigation found tens of thousands of English Language Learners in Arizona were misclassified as proficient in English by a state test. A new settlement requires school districts to identify those students and offer additional reading and writing help.
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A key part of Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB 1070, will soon take effect. A coalition of civil rights groups wanted the provision blocked, but a federal judge denied their request Wednesday. -
At the Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney and others left immigration policy out of their speeches. But a few leaders there criticized their party's rhetoric on the issue. -
A roundup of what states have been saying on whether immigrants who qualify for deferred action can get driver's licenses. -
Republicans will vote next week at their party's convention in Tampa on a platform that includes both a foreign guest worker program, and state efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.
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