By Meredith O’Neil, Claude Akins, Rocky Baier, Reed Battles, Makenzie Carolan, Sascha Fruehauf, Audry Herran, Aimee Rodríguez, and David Thalenberg/El Inde Last week a federal judge dropped the last remaining charges against border rights activist Scott Warren. This ended the final case against Warren, who last fall fought against two felony charges. The No More…
By By Briannon Wilfong, Ashley Fredde, Vianney Cárdenas, Rosa Garcia, Kathleen Giles, Jillian Hanlin, and Michelle Rascón-Canales/El Inde The vote to make Tucson an official Sanctuary City might have failed last November, but those who worked to get Proposition 205 on the ballot say they are going to continue to fight for the rights of…
In Sierra Vista, Ramon Rosario Jr. retrieves his mail from the offices of KWR Construction. Rosario no longer works for the company, but he still holds the management in high regard. “I’ve been with them for seven years; they are good people,” Rosario said. “All of them are good people.” Kind words like Rosario’s…
All the videos show the same scenario: A Border Patrol agent walks up to water jugs behind chollas and cacti, opens them up and dumps the water out. Is it inhumane to destroy water and food for migrants crossing the border even if they are here undocumented? In 2010, a video released showed a…
With almost no one in the U.S. willing to work harvest jobs, farms have imported workers via temporary visas, a program widely criticized for the extensive bureaucratic requirements including housing workers. This winter Yuma area farms are expected to produce around 90 percent of the nation’s lettuce and green crops, meaning these farms need to…
