{youtube width=”600″}7wd2-tXVbPI{/youtube} Seventy migrants captured by Customs and Border Patrol, or apprehended without papers inside the United States, are sentenced every day for jail and deportation in Tucson, Ariz through Operation Streamline. Within 48 hours, they are rushed past a judge and deported. Some defense lawyers and advocates say Streamline is in violation of the…
Sandra Rodríguez Nieto and Rocío Gallegos Rodríguez are two of many reporters in Ciudad Juárez that weren’t prepared to cover what was known as one of the most dangerous places in the world for a journalist.
There have been more than 70 media workers killed in Mexico since 1994, according to data from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Among those murdered were two of Rodriguez and Gallegos co-workers at El Diario de Juárez – reporter Armando Rodríguez Carreón and photographer Luis Carlos Santiago Orozco.
Border activists called for commemoration and continuation of community organizing in Tucson during a conference marking milestone anniversaries of several local humanitarian groups. The 2-day event, called “The Struggle Continues,” was hosted by Southside Presbyterian Church, BorderLinks and Samaritans on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. More than 100 people gathered at Most Holy Trinity Parish…
State Lawmakers have spent over four year’s worth of extra time in session in the last decade
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Creative Commons photo by Jimmy Emerson[/caption]Legislators wrote the rules that they have to get their work done within 100 days—so why can’t they get out in time?
As the legislature looks towards its 116 days in session, lawmakers are turning in their work a little late—though they’re doing much better than the recent past.
Within the past decade, from 2001-2011, legislators have spent an extra 455 days in office—over four extra year’s worth.
District leaders say the legislature is hurling Arizona toward another lawsuit
When an old school bus breaks down, Higley Unified School District sent a truck to push the bus out of the road. Then their truck broke down, too.
That’s the least of Arizona schools’ problems. Districts like Kyrene School District are facing the summer’s scorching heat with coolers that could break down at any moment, which could send kids home to their parents so emergency repairs can be made.
Higley’s situation mirrors the larger problem of funding for school facilities in Arizona: not only are schools breaking down, but there’s no way to fix the problem.
After budget talks about overhauling school building maintenance flopped, the legislature has continued to cut off funding to regular school repairs in violation of the state Constitution and a previous court order.
