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The hunters and the hunted

October 9, 2000

As illegal immigration from Mexico increases, more people risk their lives crossing the desert into Arizona, while government agencies, anti-immigration vigilantes and human rights activists argue over how to handle the influx.

Feature

The hunters and the hunted
As illegal immigration from Mexico increases, more people risk their lives crossing the desert into Arizona, while government agencies, anti-immigration vigilantes and human rights activists argue over how to handle the influx.
Susan Zakin Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition

Sidebar

Border lures the young
In Agua Prieta, Mexico, a group of young men discuss their experiences crossing the border.
Susan Zakin Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
A sympathetic landowner
In Douglas, Ariz., rancher and consultant Jerry Bohmfalk is considering a lawsuit against the Border Patrol, which he believes makes matters worse by pursuing "economic refugees."
Susan Zakin Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
Sanctuary movement revives
Alexis Claire, who owns a travel agency in Bisbee, Ariz., is part of a revival of the "Sanctuary Movement,' trying to help today's economic refugees as she helped refugees from Central America 10 years ago.
Susan Zakin Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
Migrants leave trail of trash
Migrants crossing the Sonoran Desert leave litter and cause ever-increasing damage, as seen in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
Gail Binkly Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition

Essays

Illegal immigrants take jobs from Americans
A native-born New Mexico Hispanic points out that opposition to immigration is not necessarily racist, and says that immigration problems must be dealt with.
Corine Flores Essay Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard around the West
Electric bicycles and Lee Iacocca; Iowa CornCam has lots of fans; man accidentally shoots self on first date; Helen Chenoweth dodges dead salmon in Montana.
Betsy Marston Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear Friends
Thirty-year anniversary party in Boulder; High Country history; news, visitors and Suckling's first name.
Paul Larmer And Greg Hanscom Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition

News

Killing salmon to save the species
Northwestern hatcheries now kill excess hatchery salmon to prevent captive-bred fish from weakening wild species, but critics, including some Indian tribes, say this is wasteful and unnecessary.
Mike Stark Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
The latest bounce
Clinton's fire-recovery plan approved with caveats; Interior Appropriations bill riders dropped; public can now appeal USFS projects; Colorado gas wells in some areas must use directional drilling; cyanide from Los Alamos runoff traced to fire retardant.
Rebecca Clarren Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
Wilder Grand Canyon proves too contentious
Grand Canyon's backcountry and river planning effort ends abruptly when Park Superintendent Robert Arnberger decides the process, which includes outfitters, private boaters and wilderness advocates, is "too contentious."
Alan S. Kesselheim Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
Another legacy of drought
Wyoming veterinarians are blaming the drought for the summer's unusually high number of cattle with deadly sulfate-induced polio.
Oakley Brooks Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
The Black Hills won't log everything
A green lawsuit forces Black Hills National Forest to refrain from logging one of its last roadless areas, and to protect old-growth stands and designate wildlife study areas.
Oakley Brooks Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
Will Western skies be clear enough?
The Western Regional Air Partnership has a plan to clear the air over the Colorado Plateau, but critics say the plan is much too soft and likely to prove ineffective.
Oakley Brooks Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
Homeless tribe wants its land back
The Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw are asking for 95,000 acres of the Siuslaw National Forest as compensation for land stolen 150 years ago.
Rebecca Clarren Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
Western Shoshone to cash in?
Some Western Shoshone are saying that a congressionally approved land-claims settlement should not be accepted by the tribe, because a tribal vote two years ago was not legitimate.
Tim Sullivan Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
On the Trail
Bush and Gore fight for New Mexico; Sierra Club goes after Bush in Spanish in N.M.; in Utah, Jim Matheson, D, leads Derek Smith, R; in Montana, Dems rally Indians; Friends of the Earth rebut Washington Republicans.
Michelle Nijhuis Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition

Opinion

New Mexico's secret sport
A reporter ventures into the tightly knit, secretive world of cockfighting in New Mexico, one of the few places where it is still legal to put specially bred roosters into a pit and watch them fight each other to the death.
Robyn Morrison Opinion Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition

Letters

Be honest, environmentalists
Steve Hinchman Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
Stop that fawning
David Orr Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
Collaborators must stand on equal ground
Ric Bailey Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
Collaboration makes democracy work
Dan Macon Oct. 9, 2000 From the print edition
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