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State Sen. Russell Pearce – Photo: Valeria Fernández.

Conservative Lawmakers Push Anti-Immigrant Legislation in Arizona

Republican lawmakers are pushing for laws that would allow police to arrest...
Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks to the press in Phoenix – File photo: Valeria Fernández

Federal Grand Jury Investigating Arizona Sheriff at the Forefront of Immigration Enforcement

A federal grand jury is investigating the office of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe...
Children of deported parents get Christmas gifts from an Arizona church – Photo: Valeria Fernández
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Their Parents Deported, Arizona Children Get Christmas Gifts from Churches

On the face of an increase in the number of parents deported from Maricopa County, a...
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Released from Immigration Jail, a Mother Dances to Fulfill her Promise to the Virgin of Guadalupe

Sandra Figueroa, an undocumented immigrant, first heard about the dance of the...

New Law Forcing State Employees to Report Undocumented Immigrants Causes Fear in Arizona

Arizona starts enforcing a new law aimed at denying public benefits to undocumented...

With No Official Help, Program Offers Another Chance to Latino Addicts, Many of them Immigrants

Phoenix’s Centro de Rehabilitación “Volviendo a Vivir”...
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For Battered Latina Immigrants: Dwindling Resources, But Also Hope

De Colores, a domestic violence shelter in Phoenix, specializes in helping...

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FI2W in Public Radio Feet in 2 Worlds is first and foremost an initiative to bring...
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Reporter's Notebook: Behind the Headlines About Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Immigration Sweeps

This week the public radio program Making Contact features a story by Feet in Two...

Some Immigrants Going Back to Their Home Countries To Get Affordable Health Care

Patricia Presa will seek treatment for her uterine cancer in Mexico. (Photos:...