
Michel Marizco
Senior Field CorrespondentSenior Field Correspondent Michel Marizco (Tucson) has reported along the Southwest border for the past decade, most of that in Arizona and Sonora. Before joining the Fronteras Desk, he produced stories in the field for CNN Madrid, the BBC, 60 Minutes Australia, and the CBC. His work now focuses on transnational trafficking syndicates, immigration, federal law enforcement and those weird, wild stories that make the U.S.-Mexico border such an inherently fascinating region. He is a contributing author on Shared Responsibility: U.S.-Mexico Policy Options for Confronting Organized Crime and an occasional writer at High Country News. In his spare time, he works with Investigative Reporters and Editors and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, assisting in the ongoing investigations of journalist killings in Mexico.
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The agency plans to return land scarred from smuggling to natural desert. "It's a tough job in a very large area that is remote and difficult to access," said a botanist on the project.
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Federal auditor: "We just don’t want to get ourselves into a situation where dangerous individuals and cargoes can make into a port of entry without being detected.”
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies will not be able to question inmates about their immigration status and will have restricted access to Secure Communities, which allows police to share fingerprints with immigration authorities.
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DHS reacts by removing the sheriff's office from the Secure Communities program.
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A man is accused of using a Lebanese Bank to launder Mexican drug cartel cash. The bank has also been accused of laundering money for Middle East terrorists.
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The low numbers seem to indicate that immigration is way down or enforcement is way up. Or both.
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