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March 6, 2016 By Kino Border Initiative Leave a Comment

Immigration in the News

In addition to the coverage of Pope Francis’s widely heralded trip to Mexico listed in our earlier article, here is the latest news about border issues, immigration policy, and immigrant rights from various sources.

Posters and graffiti in Nogales, Sonora call for justice after the fatal shooting of José Antonio Elena Rodríguez by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on October 10, 2012. Photo by Larry Hanelin.
Posters and graffiti in Nogales, Sonora call for justice after the fatal shooting of José Antonio Elena Rodríguez by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on October 10, 2012.
Photo by Larry Hanelin.
  • From The New York Times Magazine (3/3/16, in English and Spanish), a detailed description of the tragic 2012 murder of 16-year-old José Antonio Elena Rodríguez by a U.S. Border Patrol agent from across the border fence, its implications and its aftermath, including statements by immigration attorney and former KBI board chair Luis Fernando Parra: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/magazine/10-shots-across-the-border.html?_r=0.
  • From the Ignatian Solidarity Network (2/24/16), a podcast about the border and social justice, featuring KBI Director of Education and Advocacy Joanna Williams: http://ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2016/02/24/podcast-the-first-crossing-borders-for-justice-delegation/.
  • From Tucson News Now (2/10/16), University of Arizona plans for a border studies program: http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/31192589/ua-hoping-to-build-border-studies-center-in-nogales.
  • From Arizona Public Media/PBS/NPR (2/10/16), the latest on funding for proposed body cameras for U.S. Border Patrol agents: https://www.azpm.org/p/top-news/2016/2/10/81755-human-rights-group-calls-for-border-patrol-to-wear-body-cameras/.
  • From The New York Times (2/10/16), the situation in Arizona as Governor Ducey shelves immigration issues: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/us/gov-doug-ducey-of-arizona-shifts-focus-from-immigration-debate.html?emc=edit_th_20160210&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=68564230&_r=0.
  • From The Guardian, a migrant story about the risks and hopes of crossing: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/15/deported-migrants-search-for-right-spot-on-mexican-border-to-return-to-life-in-us.
  • From Democracy Now! (2/8/16), a Salvadoran woman’s experience with multiple detentions: http://www.democracynow.org/2016/1/29/headlines/salvadoran_woman_speaks_from_detention_after_multiple_seizures_in_ice_custody.
  • From the Arizona Daily Star (2/10/16), a report on the horrifying vandalism of water stations near the Arizona–Sonora border: http://tucson.com/news/border-volunteers-find-water-stations-vandalized/article_66600352-b0d0-5df4-8727-49533f4ec55b.html.
  • From Immigration Impact (2/11/16), a Senate bill is introduced to provide lawyers to immigrant children: http://immigrationimpact.com/2016/02/11/immigration-court-unaccompanied-children/.
  • From Fox News Latino (2/12/16), an article about confidentiality concerns for immigrants recently released from detention as cell phones replace ankle monitors: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2016/02/12/immigrants-released-from-detention-with-free-phones-as-alternative-to-ankle/.
  • From ABC News (2/26/16), an article focusing on inadequate medical attention and deaths of migrants while in U.S. custody: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/report-subpar-care-immigration-detention-leads-deaths-37214169.
  • From NPR’s Planet Money (1/8/16) a breakdown of the costs migrants pay to cross the border: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/01/08/462438973/episode-675-the-cost-of-crossing.
  • From Feature Shoot (1/19/16), moving photographs by Thomas Kiefer of possessions seized from immigrants by U.S. Border Patrol, part of The Story Institute’s El Sueño Americano project (www.thestoryinstitute.com/el-sueno-americano/): http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/01/a-former-janitor-collects-and-photographs-the-items-seized-from-immigrants-and-thrown-away-by-u-s-customs-and-border-patrol/.
  • From The Atlantic (1/25/16), accounts of daily border life in El Paso– Ciudad Juárez: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/01/crossing-the-mexican-american-border-every-day/426678/

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