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抖阴ap: Failure and success enforcing immigration laws on the southern border
鈥淚 know you!鈥� Border Patrol agent Hector Covarrubias exclaimed in his rapid-fire Spanish to two women from Torre贸n, Mexico who he had just detained. We were in a desert area...
抖阴ap: The crisis on the Southern border is an issue of humanity
I鈥檝e had extensive contact with hundreds of Venezuelan migrants often in very harsh circumstances as when they were living in terrible conditions on the riverbank in Ju谩rez across from El...
抖阴ap: On America’s southern border, the reality is a crisis of asylum
Within five minutes, we encounter four migrants who had come down the steep, treacherous slopes of Monte Cristo Rey and dashed across the highway in front of our vehicle. The...
抖阴ap: Ken Salazar, as ambassador, could do much to repair the U.S.-Mexico relationship
The Biden administration will soon be naming an ambassador to Mexico and I certainly hope that it will be Colorado's former U.S. Senator Ken Salazar.
Guest Commentary: Trump didn’t solve the migrant crisis — he just made it inhuman
Recently, I saw some 200 migrants from the very dangerous Mexican state of Michaoc谩n living on the sidewalk of a narrow street that leads to the international bridge. It抖阴ap inhuman,...
Guest Commentary: I scouted the U.S.-Mexico border looking for dignity and leadership
Yes, there has been a recent flood of asylum seekers, but asking for asylum is a right -- it is not illegal. Why, therefore, have we made it so confusing...
Is spring break safe? Public officials warn students of increased danger as vacations begin
Along with March Madness and St. Patrick's Day, March marks the start of spring break: a week when college students flock to warm destinations and drench themselves in liquor, tanning...
Guest Commentary: Looking north from Mexico on immigration
These immigration issues are not just a test of political will; they are also a question of humanity. Will Trump pass or fail?