Results for keyword: illegal immigrants
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Shadow Wolves track down smugglers on the Arizona-Mexico border
An elite team of Native American customs agents, the Shadow Wolves use their tracking skills to find drug smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Jan 22, 2012 -
A frantic lion meets the border wall
The U.S.-Mexico border wall does nothing to stop either drugs or illegal immigrants, but it sure can frustrate roaming wildlife, including mountain lions.
by Janay Brun, Nov 28, 2011 -
Young, All-American, Illegal
Young undocumented immigrants thrive in the U.S. -- until they turn 18 and the law cracks down.
by Daniel Glick, Aug 16, 2010 -
Bloody Mystery Lingers in the Desert
The unsolved murder of rancher Robert Krentz adds to the already-high tension along the Arizona-Mexico border.
by Michel Marizco, Jun 15, 2010 -
Pulp friction
Philip Caputo's seventh novel, Crossers, amounts to little more than the literary equivalent of a popcorn flick.
by Brian Kevin, Mar 14, 2010 -
A hard-fought immigration victory
Lioudmila Krotova's family, Jewish refugees from the former Soviet Union, fought for years to stay in the U.S.
by Krista J. Kaprolos, Oct 25, 2009 -
Bordering on injustice
Jimmy Santiago Baca's novel A Glass of Water compassionately describes the lives of Mexican immigrants.
by Don Waters, Sep 13, 2009 -
The persistence of a golden time in the West
Seventy years after the publication of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, migrant workers still roam the West, eking out a tough living in its orchards and farm fields.
by David Frey , Apr 24, 2009 -
Whatever we do about illegal immigration, somebody suffers
Philip Cafaro takes a thoughtful look at the impacts of illegal immigration on Colorado’s construction trade.
by Philip Cafaro, Jan 28, 2008 -
Borders and saints
Latino writer Luis Alberto Urrea talks about the border and remembers the women in his family who inspired him.
by Jennie Lay, Oct 29, 2007
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