Fronteras Desk

Border & Immigration

Push For Immigration Reform Continues On The Border

Mónica Ortiz Uribe / Fronteras Desk

The debate over immigration reform may have slowed down in Washington, but across the country advocates are pushing to keep the momentum alive.
Border & Immigration

Language Barriers Cause Challenge For Health Care Outreach

Jude Joffe-Block / Fronteras Desk

PHOENIX - The California telephone hotline for the state's insurance marketplace includes options to press one for English, and two for Spanish.
Border & Immigration

Asylum Application Surge And The Shutdown

Alisa Barba / Fronteras Desk

Asylum requests at the border are on track to more than double this year, with many of those requests coming from Central American immigrants crossing in South Texas.
Border & Immigration

Construction On Border Crossing Continues Despite Government Shutdown

Adrian Florido

SAN DIEGO - Construction will continue on the ongoing expansion of the San Ysidro border crossing between Tijuana and San Diego despite the temporary United States government shutdown.
Border & Immigration

Construction On Border Crossing Continues Despite Government Shutdown

Adrian Florido

The expansion of the port of entry between San Diego and Tijuana is the busiest land border crossing in the world.
Border & Immigration

Government Shutdown Impacts Grand Canyon River Outfitters

Laurel Morales

If the government shutdown lasts a month, as some suspect it will, Grand Canyon river outfitters estimate a million dollars in total lost revenue.
Border & Immigration

Members Of Congress Begin To Forfeit Pay In Response To Shutdown

Joey Palacios / Fronteras Desk

The federal government has shut down, causing thousands of government workers to go without pay for its duration.
Border & Immigration

Pieces Of Immigration System Affected By Government Shutdown

Michel Marizco / Fronteras Desk

Most of the country's immigration courts are either closed or working limited schedules because of the United States government's shutdown. That means some immigration court decisions could be delayed for months.
Border & Immigration

The Frito Pie Flap

Al Macias / Fronteras Desk

With all the chaos in the capitol, another less-noticed issue has arisen in the Land of Enchantment.
Border & Immigration

Judge: Maricopa County Can't Prosecute Migrants For Smuggling Themselves

Jude Joffe-Block / Fronteras Desk

PHOENIX -- A federal district judge has ruled that one of Maricopa County's most controversial enforcement policies impacting undocumented immigrants must end.