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McCain: Will U.S. betray its fundamental ideals?
"Are we going to continue our rich tradition of hundreds of years of welcoming new blood and new vitality to our nation? Or are we going to adopt a protectionist, isolationist attitude and policies that are in betrayal of the very fundamentals of this great nation of ours, a beacon of hope and liberty and freedom throughout the world?"
Fox on Mexican migration for employment.
"I want to show off how valuable they (migrants) are. How valuable they are to the United States as a country, how valuable they are to the American economy, how valuable they are to Mexico. They are good people, people with personal ambition, courageous people who seek progress. That is something that is respected everywhere in the world, particularly in the United States." Vicente Fox. president of Mexico on his visit to Arizona 11/03. AZ Republic 11/2/03


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The Border Wall
 

Border fences grow, as does debate that rages over them
Critics: They're useless; supporters: They're absolutely essential

Brady McCombsARIZONA DAILY STAR
NOGALES — Three men prop a ladder on top of a tree branch and lean it against a 15-foot border fence made of steel tubes so close together a man can't fit his head through.One by one, they climb over and shimmy down the other side, landing in the United States at the bottom of the Mariposa Wash...

Guaymas' first cruise ship
Historic occasion draws thousands to see cruise ship come in
Mexican laborers, or braceros, are due about $3,500 each Nogales, Son.: Tourists needn't fear
Push is on to legalize 12 million, let more in Is NAFTA road through here about trade - or treachery?
Hispanics' growth rate tops other groups Mexican Indian beggars are a daily in, out at border
Border-fence projects — and costs — accelerate
Contractors recently got $279M as part of effort to complete 670 miles in '08
Mexico bans imports of most used cars, panicking South Texas dealers
Study: Entrants cost AZ workers $1.4B a year Fence builder hired entrants, made millions
Feds sought prison time, but judge approved home-confinement deal
A big year for border security
As issues gain attention, U.S. uses myriad ways to stem entrant tide

Voters like the idea of tougher borders, but the cost is high and the benefits are limited

Illegal immigrants packing up and leaving Arizona Border schools use photographs to try to stem illegal attendance
Going to Mexico?
You'll soon need ID to get back

Minutemen founder besieged from within
Critics call him soft on illegal migration; Simcox acknowledges changed approach

Download the paper Chris Simcox published in 2002.


The image of the Virgin of Guadalupe hangs in many settings – from living rooms to restaurants.
R ECO R D A Z POT SEIZ U R E S
Nearly half of confiscations along the Mexican line take place in Border Patrol's Tucson Sector
End of era at Golden Arches in Southern Arizona
Teamsters Seek to Halt Trucking from Mexico
Morning Edition, August 30, 2007 · The Teamsters Union asks a federal appeals court to put the brakes on a pilot program that would allow Mexican trucks to travel deep into the U.S. Trucks from the United States and Mexico were supposed to be able to travel at will between the two countries under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Minuteman leaders say their organization wrongly portrayed Police union calls for change in Phoenix's immigration policy
Policy prevents cops from calling immigration officers when illegal immigrants commit civil traffic violations.
Border concerns are focus Mexico launching U.S. offensive for illegal immigrants
Calderón defends migration to U.S.
Calls it 'socially, economically unavoidable'
Arizonans, Border Patrol Clash over Checkpoint
Anti-immigration forces warn of Mexican conspiracy to retake Southwest Study: Immigrants add $222M to Arizona
Clay migrants 'come home' to Mexican town
To artist, they represent those gone to U.S.

With the clay figures, Alejandro Santiago will repopulate his Oaxaca village of Teococuilco, which has lost so many of its young to illegal emigration to the U.S.


 

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Drugs/Scandal Immigration Culture/Travel

 

Language is used to sway voters in illegal-immigration debate Sniffing out drugs just a game for border dogs
Customs' canine unit uses special training method
Nation of immigrants has a short memory Voices from the 2,000 mile border
The Battle Over Immigration
From the Washington Post
The Washington Post's coverage of the immigration issue, from the politics of revising the nation's immigration laws to the impact of illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border and the Washington region.
Border home page from the AZ Star Topics and Links from the AZ Star
Billboard towering over South Side intensifies debate over immigration The time is ripe to take back those swell-paying jobs in exotic places
The mixed blessing of NAFTA He says working with donkey beats maquiladora job
Mexicans buy in Tucson
Pima County takes in 31% of the money spent in Arizona by visitors from the south: $302 million in 2001. But competition from Phoenix, and from U.S. companies locating in Mexico, is growing.
Boosted rail traffic will mean delays
Border, Tucson to get more trains
Border agent pleads guilty to harboring illegal entrant Mexicans bulldoze border buildings
All sides gear up for showdown on immigration Poll overestimates illegal population
General public has inaccurate view, survey finds
For Arizona, Mexican port promises new opportunity Extreme western stretch of border to be fortified
Border plan will combat child abductions In Altar, teeming with transients, small
town shares Arizona's conflicts over
impact of illegal immigration
J-Lo to film in Nogales, Son.
Napolitano OKs border role for DPS Ranchers confront surge in entrants
Break-ins, litter, bodies are daily realities in Altar Valley
Drug stories dangerous for reporters in Mexico Hispanics face college pitfalls
Study: Money, family challenges hurt graduation rate
Mexico's middle class Mexico's economic boom fails workers
Wal-Mart expanding throughout Mexico NAFTA Aids Success of Latin Beer
Decade-long NAFTA debate continues China hurting Mexico
Manufacturing, jobs shifting to new continent
Checkpoint ban questioned
Report: Impact of Border Patrol's roving sites at issue
Checkpoint apprehensions down
Tucson Sector off by 77%, GAO reports
Border-town killing sends message DRUG VIOLENCE THEATENS TUBAC
Armed smugglers fighting it out
Traffickers using corridor to avert law enforcement
Mexico's drug war threatens Americans Drug lyrics in Mexican schools
stir uproar
'Mexico' T-shirt stirs rebuke Phony Rx drugs resurface as a problem along border
Checkpoint ban questioned
Report: Impact of Border Patrol's roving sites at issue
Checkpoint apprehensions down
Tucson Sector off by 77%, GAO reports
Border agent charged with entrant-smuggling, forgery Border Camera System Is Assailed
Gov. looks at larger border role for police Bush vows to ease rigid border checks for certain Mexicans
   
New border agencies, same woes Official-English bills gain in Legislature
Study: Undocumented population tops 10 million Final miles of U.S.-Mexico line likely to be fortified despite foes
Border documentary gives retiree Oscar hopes
Filmmaker wants residents' story told
Bleeding the West out of the West
With lifting of building moratorium, mining town fears losing its flavor in rush of new construction
In Altar, teeming with transients, small town shares Arizona's conflicts over impact of illegal immigration 2 border governors take aim at security
Napolitano, Sonoran chief announce anti-crime moves
SMUGGLING CHILDREN, Part I:
Young immigrants become human cargo
Business is up as border security separates parents from their kids
SMUGGLING CHILDREN, Part II:
Three tries, $2,300 later, mom, son reunited
Extortion, demand for money complicate plans
Minutemen find few migrants
Police in Mexico discouraging illegal crossings
Mexico slow to confront racial issues,
experts say
Hispanic legislators to monitor monitors
Lawmakers will keep tabs on border project
Hispanic leaders urging prayer as Minutemen begin
'Minutemen' plan to patrol Arizona border
Volunteers want to stop illegal immigrants entering U.S.
500 more agents on the way to border
Initiative is announced as season of death nears
Border-watch group: All talk?
Plan for action against entrants may be just hype
On StarNet: Keep track of events along Arizona's southern border with recent Star articles, photo presentations, community discussion forums, and more. www.azstarnet.com/border

The Border Wall

Border Wall Music
NPR Audio - The Wall as an instrument


The AZ Star presents a series looking at border security, whether it can be done and what it will take. For more go to http://www.azstarnet.com/secureborder


Our Hero

Illegal entrant who saved boy in desert thought of his own children


The man who saved a kid over his own interests.
Entrant who aided boy gets Grijalva's help
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