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  • No backup on the Northern border

    No backup on the Northern border

    Sheriff Donna Matoon and her 11 overworked deputies patrol Montana's Toole County and keep an eye on the Canadian border.

    by Gabriel Furshong, Feb 13, 2009

  • The invisible man

    Chilean guest-worker Ricardo Arriagada herds goats that eat weeds to help prevent brush fires in Hercules, Calif.

    by Emma Brown and Carlos Davalos, Oct 13, 2008

  • Population’s Paul Revere?

    Frosty Wooldridge sees himself as a kind of Paul Revere, tirelessly warning the West about overpopulation – especially in the form of illegal immigrants.

    by Marty Durlin, May 26, 2008

  • Bring on the immigrants

    Pete Letheby says the vanishing towns of the Great Plains and Midwest ought to open a welcoming door for immigrants.

    by Pete Letheby, May 28, 2007

  • One Nation, Under Fire

    The Sonoran Desert homeland of the Tohono O’odham Nation has become a nerve-wracking police state, caught in the crossfire between drug and immigrant smugglers and the U.S. Border Patrol.

    by John Dougherty, Feb 19, 2007

  • The myth trafficker

    Keoki Skinner deals lemonade and information from his yellow fruit-stand van in the border communities of Douglas, Ariz., and Agua Prieta, Mexico

    by Michael Marizco, Oct 02, 2006

  • Raul Grijalva relishes a good fight

    Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva loves fighting for old-fashioned liberal causes like immigration rights, the environment, unions and strong social programs

    by Renee Guillory, Jul 24, 2006

  • The Immigrant's Trail

    This special issue of High Country News takes an on-the-ground look at the human landscape of illegal immigration in the West

    by Jonathan Thompson, May 15, 2006

  • What I learned as a self-appointed immigration agent

    The writer once tricked a visitor from Colombia into obeying the immigration law, which leads to his suggestions for reform

    by John Walker, Apr 17, 2006
 

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