Churches across the country are opening their doors to illegal immigrants facing deportation as the newly revived sanctuary movement gains more supporters. According to the Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform, nearly 700,000 illegal immigrants attempt to cross the United States border illegally in hopes of achieving a better life. The United States and Mexico share…
Driving along I-19, you might have to remember your grade school days of learning the metric system. The highway signs along I-19 show distances in kilometers not miles. Many people don’t give it much thought but a change to miles could affect businesses and the relationship with America’s third biggest trading partner. The signs were…
The sidewalks lining Calle Alvaro Obregón were packed with families – men, women and children craning their necks to watch red, white and green floats parade down the main street of Nogales, Sonora. A military procession followed vaqueros on horseback, children in school uniforms and girls in traditional Mexican dresses. The colors of Mexico hung…
For the first time, The Sky Island Alliance awarded its Land Stewardship Award to a school in Sonora, Mexico. What made this year’s April award ceremony unique, according to Sergio Avila, the Alliance’s program manager, was that the Land Stewardship Award wasn’t given to an individual who owns or manages land. It was instead given to a…
[UPDATED: This story has been updated to reflect more recent news about drug tunnels at the border.] NOGALES, Ariz. — Successful tunnel-building requires engineering, planning, equipment, money, and a lot of hard labor. But the Nogales Tunnel Task Force has found that with enough incentive, people on the Mexican side of the border in Nogales…
