Watch Supreme Court to Weigh Contentious Arizona immigration law, the first of a two-part report by PBS on the SB 1070 hearing at the Supreme Court today. The report was produced with a little fixer-help from the Chronicle. Be sure to check out an impromptu encounter between Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and an inmate that was included… [Read more…]
Read Deportee cares for migrants, homeless in Nogales, Sonora, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “Francisco “Panchito” Olachea starts his days by passing out first-aid supplies and legal advice to deported migrants outside a soup kitchen a few yards south of the Mariposa Port of Entry. He carries a… [Read more…]
Follow this link to see the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast interviewed by Ramon Galindo of the Los Angeles bureau of RT TV, a Russian television station. Galindo was doing a story on the Special Missions Unit, a state-funded militia that would be used to monitor the Arizona-Mexico border. Watch it here. ###
By Paul M. Ingram – Mesa, AZ - Among GOP supporters were two distinct groups, a young and vocal throng of Congressman Ron Paul supporters who pushed through the crowd chanting “revolution…Ron Paul” and an equally youthful alliance of DREAM act supporters, who carried signs saying “Veto Romney, not the Dream Act.” For a moment, these… [Read more…]
Below is a comparison of the Republican presidential candidates’ comments on immigration and border issues during last night’s debate in Mesa, Ariz. and the first debate of the primary on Sept. 7, 2011 in Texas. The comments from Feb. 22, 2012 were taken from a CNN transcript and the comments from Sept. 7, 2011 were… [Read more…]
Read U.S. tightens grip on remote Mexico border areas, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published by Reuters. “(Reuters) – U.S. authorities have upgraded six miles of border fencing in a remote Arizona ranching town with a taller barrier that will be tougher to breach, in the latest effort to tighten their grip on… [Read more…]
April 25, 2012 by cachocurt
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