Mónica Ortiz Uribe
Senior Field CorrespondentSenior Field Correspondent Mónica Ortiz Uribe (Las Cruces) is a native of El Paso, Texas, where she recently worked as a freelance reporter. Her work has aired on NPR, Public Radio International and Radio Bilingue. Most of her stories examined the effects of drug-related violence across the border in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Previously, she worked as a reporter for the Waco Tribune Herald in Waco, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a degree in history.
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A new poll released Jan. 18 shows a majority of voters favor a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States.
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Border artists are reclaiming spaces once lost to violence. In a way they are also historians -- telling the stories of their communities as they've lived them. One photographer is helping those stories reach an audience far beyond the border. -
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The state of Texas wants the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a major water dispute with neighboring New Mexico.
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Everyone needs a sense of place in life. Now imagine living without an identity. No country, no name, not even fingerprints. Officially you don't exist. -
These days the majority of babies in Mexico are born in hospitals, but that hasn't helped reduce the number of maternal deaths. So health officials are now betting a new kind of midwife, one trained in a clinical setting, may be a solution.
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