What is your experience with immigration and immigrants?
With the presidential election in November, immigration has been one of the most talked-about issues. Cronkite News wants to know how immigration affects you.
Latino organization to hold 2017 national convention in Phoenix
Seven years after organizing a 16-month boycott of Arizona over anti-immigration legislation, the National Council of La Raza will hold its 2017 national convention in Phoenix, NCLR president and CEO Janet Murguia said Friday.
Report: Border Patrol overtime, pension plan could backfire long term
WASHINGTON - Border Patrol agents nearing retirement are being locked into a set number of overtime hours under a policy aimed at controlling pension costs that could end up driving scheduling decisions, a recent report said.
‘One big family’ of Mormon Latinos honored in Mesa
MESA - Two years ago, when she became a Mormon, Andrea Hunt faced opposition from her staunchly Catholic Guatemalan family.
Mexican sushi “rolls” into the Valley
PHOENIX - A new report by the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce shows Latinos spend more per capita than other groups eating out, and that has restaurants catering to these "super consumers."
Memory fragments: Giant puppets tell of loss of Tucson Latino neighborhood
TEMPE - Four giant puppets towered over the stage.
ASU Republicans cast a wide millennial net for 2016 elections
Cody Friedland self-identifies as a half-White, half-Filipino Republican millennial.
ASU Democrats race to register, lock in millennial voters for 2016 election
PHOENIX - Kaylan Fodor stood in the hot sun outside of the Arizona State University Memorial Union. Despite her efforts to stop them, students rushed past her.
Troubled visa investment program gets short-term extension, no fixes
WASHINGTON - Congress granted a short-term reprieve this week to a visa program that benefits immigrants who invest in U.S. businesses, but that extension came without any reforms critics say are necessary to prevent fraud, abuse and security risks.
Latino families in Arizona splurge on Quinceañeras
Phoenix - A growing number of Arizona businesses are benefitting from a Latino tradition as more families splurge on quinceañeras.
Study: Influx of immigrants is overall boost to U.S. workers, economy
WASHINGTON - Immigration has risen sharply over the past 20 years and immigrants have accounted for a larger portion of the workforce in that time, but that competition is actually helping Americans in the long run, a new report says.
Voter registration drive focuses on students
Actor and activist Edward James Olmos encouraged about 100 high school students to register to vote at Central High School Tuesday morning as part of National Voter Registration Day.
