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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.

Roswell UFO Incident Documented by FBI!

What many always speculated to be true, was confirmed at the time.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The meaning of infinity is most apparent when looking at the night sky on a clear night.

Layer upon layer of stars pose a question that has tantalized humankind for millenia - is anyone out there?

The Columbus Indictment...

Federal Agency’s “Good Story” Spin Conceals Ugly Underbelly of the Drug War; ATF’s PR Gun Busts Perpetuate Drug-War Fairy Tale.

(COLUMBUS, N.M. The Narcosphere) - The ATF is in the hot seat now because of its alleged investigative practices that have allowed thousands of illegally purchased firearms to be smuggled into Mexico by warring narco-trafficking organizations.

An ATF whistleblower contends at least 1,800 firearms illegally purchased in the U.S. were allowed to “walk” across the border.

A Searing Indictment of American Government Officials in Mexico`s Drug Cartel Wars

95 years after Pancho Villa, the polarity of the threat against civilians reverses.

(SALEM, Ore.) - City and police officials in New Mexico are behind bars and facing federal charges for smuggling deadly weapons to Mexican drug cartel members.

It happened in Columbus; a small town associated with a historic border raid by Pancho Villa.

Re-envisioning Mexico Tourism

Part two in a special series on Mexican tourism.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Santos Santana takes in a breath and gives a long gaze at the man pounding away with his jackhammer on the pier, as a frogman dips in and out of the water splashing around the structure gradually being taken apart.

For the lanky, 30-year veteran of Puerto Vallarta's tourist trade, the project scheduled for completion sometime this year can't come soon enough.

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.

Immigration News: Debate Simmers Outside the Beltway

Many immigrant workers and their families in New Mexico are now under pressure from Border Patrol checkpoints and patrols, in collaboration with local police agencies.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - At the state and local levels, the debate over immigration continues to simmer in 2011. In Las Cruces, New Mexico, for instance, public forums on the immigration question are scheduled to be held at City Hall on Thursday.

A roster of speakers is lined up to address the legal, economic and human rights aspects of immigration.

Commerce News: Border Farmers Wanted

Cultivating new farmers and building up a locally-focused agricultural infrastructure are key goals...

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Well-established in north-central New Mexico, local growers' markets are now expanding in the southern New Mexico borderland.

Recently, representatives of four regional farmers' markets banded together to form the Southern New Mexico Farmers Marketing Group (SNFMG).

A Nation of Farm Workers

“I’m not sure we’ll ever return to the type of full employment we’ve had in the past” - Charles McMillon, Washington, DC-based MBG Information Services

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - In New Mexico and the United States, farm work keeps undergoing historic transformations.

Globalization, mechanization, technological innovation, and job outsourcing have eliminated or changed thousands of jobs in cotton, pecan, chile, pecan, onion and other crops.

Time to Reconsider Rio Grande Management?

The 2002 crisis may have come and gone, but the issues shaping the future of the Rio Grande...

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - If there is anything the US and Mexico have in common, it is the meandering boundary between two neighbors; the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo river.

From its Colorado headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico, the Rio Grande is habitat for a plethora of animal and plant species, including migratory birds arriving from far to the north for winter refuge.