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Special Report The Great Immigration Stalemate

SB 1070's momentum could be dissipating, but immigration controversies are still stewing.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Five years ago, possibly millions of people marched across the US demanding justice for the nation’s estimated 12 million undocumented residents.

Hitting a high point with work stoppages on May Day 2006, the pro-immigrant protest was the largest social movement in the US since the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War years.

Immigration News: Nobody`s War, Everybody`s Struggle

Kidnapping, extortion, torture, even kidney and eye extraction; tough to fight with gangs, police and local residents working in collusion.

(LA CRUCES, N.M.) - Shrouded in burka-like attire, the anonymous woman was suddenly transformed into “nobody.”

Statement from Senate Majority Leader Diane Rosenbaum on passage of Tuition Equity Bill

This is important legislation, but nothing is dramatically altered by SB 742. Only about 100 students will be affected by this bill the next 7 years.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Below is a statement from Senate Majority Leader Diane Rosenbaum on the passage of SB 742, legislation that grants in-state tuition to students entering the Oregon University System that have attended and graduated from an Oregon high school, been admitted to an Oregon University, and who are actively working toward U.S. citizenship:

This bill gives students fair tuition rates, nothing more.

Democracy is a Verb

We still have a lot of work to do as we try to move closer to that "more perfect union" cited in our Constitution.

(PHOENIX, Az.) - Democracy is a verb, not a noun. It’s an active condition, not merely a state of existence. A journey, and not a destination.

Since February 11, I’ve kept these words clearly in my mind since I watched the protestors cheering in Cairo, from Tahrir Square, lately dubbed Independence Square, to the Nile River.

Special Report: High Noon in Ciudad Juarez?

How human rights figures into Lt. Col. Julian Leyzaola Perez’s management in Ciudad Juarez will be a critical question.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Mexico-US border police chiefs were at the top of the news in recent days.

In a bitter twist to an almost fairytale story that captured the imagination of the US and Mexican press, the 20-year-old police chief of a small town in the blood-soaked Juarez Valley, Marisol Valles, fled to the US seeking political asylum last week.

The Slaughter of Children

The homicide rate in Ciudad Juarez and the state of Chihuahua in 2009 was nearly seven times greater than the Mexican national average for minors.

(CIUDAD, JUAREZ, Mexico) - In Ciudad Juarez and other parts of Mexico, the killings of children and young people are now routine headlines.

In particular, the last week has been a rough time for many families in the border city.

Ciudad Juarez Mourns, Organizes

In Ciudad Juarez, people have two stark choices: they can either sit back passively and wait to be killed or extorted or do something in spite of the dangers.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Stunned by the murders of three people whose lives they tried to save, human rights activists in Ciudad Juarez vow nevertheless to press forward with their movement for justice.

On Saturday, February 26, Elias Reyes Salazar, his sister Magdalena Reyes and Luisa Ornelas, the wife of Elias Reyes, were laid to rest in the rural Juarez Valley south of the city.

New Mexico Immigration Battle Breaks Out

New state policy could lead to racial profiling and the arbitrary use of traffic stops..." - TIAS statement

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - After barely a month in office, New Mexico Republican Governor Susana Martinez is at logger-heads with immigrant advocates and organizations.

In every corner of the Land of Enchantment, immigrant organizations and their supporters are protesting an executive order signed by Martinez this week that orders New Mexico police to report all arrested undocumented persons to federal immigration authorities.

Mexican Political Transition Underway

The political mix is a volatile one, with politicians jumping from party-to-party and forging alliances that once seemed unthinkable.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - As recent comments by Hillary Clinton and Janet Napolitano reaffirm, the Obama administration is wagering that Mexican President Felipe Calderon can largely dismantle powerful organized crime groups in the 22 months the conservative leader has left in office.

But in Mexico, the calendar operates in different ways than up north, and the post-Calderon years are already in swing.

Defending Mexico Tourism in Tough Times

Part one in a special series on Mexican tourism.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Violeta Serrano takes a break from haggling with a couple from Seattle over the price of a beach towel.

Part of the wave of people that's gradually drifted from Acapulco to other vacation destinations in Mexico, Serrano runs a curio shop just off Puerto Vallarta's popular Los Muertos Beach. The small business owner has seen better days.