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Medio millón de familias con estatus migratorio mixto en Arizona enfrentará realidades muy diferentes bajo políticas de inmigración de Trump o Harris

WASHINGTON — Las familias con estatus migratorio mixto en Arizona enfrentan el temor a la separación. Una presidencia de Donald Trump podría exacerbar esa situación. A nivel nacional, 22 millones de personas viven en hogares con estatus migratorio mixto, incluyendo más de medio millón en Arizona, según estimaciones de FWD.us, un grupo de defensa de la inmigración.

Un grupo de personas con bolsas de compras caminando hacia un gran edificio en un día soleado.

Half-million mixed-status families in Arizona will face vastly different realities under Trump or Harris immigration policies

WASHINGTON – Mixed-status families in Arizona face fears of separation. A Donald Trump presidency could exacerbate that. Nationwide, 22 million people live in mixed-status households, including over half a million in Arizona, according to estimates from FWD.us, an immigration advocacy group.


As pandemic rages, farmworkers say employers are ‘prioritizing production over … lives’

The spread of COVID-19 has forced scores of agricultural workers throughout the Southwest to make a choice between their health and their incomes.



Puerto Rico school turns adversity into strength after Hurricane Maria

The principal, teachers and parents at a Puerto Rico school rebuilt after Hurricane Maria left behind a field of fallen trees, mounds of mud, flooded classrooms and torn electrical wires.


Arizona State University professor’s ‘teach in the dark’ lessons connect communities after Hurricane Maria

Arizona State University professor from Puerto Rico launches #TeachingInTheDarkForPuertoRico effort to raise awareness in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.


Arizona study finds ZIP codes serves as indicator of community health

A health study by the Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities shows disparities among communities.


Puerto Rican retirees face uncertainty on pension cuts after Hurricane Maria

As Puerto Rico grapples with massive debts, a struggling economy and a growing exodus of residents to the mainland U.S., Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2016, is pushing to cut government retiree pension benefit payments by an average of 10 percent.


Mexicans work to reclaim corn as their own

QUERETARO, Mexico - NAFTA has battered small Mexican farmers, but plans to renegotiate the trade pact have prompted a grassroots and political push here to reclaim a trade that was once at the heart of Mexico.


Emma and Elvia: An undocumented mother’s dedication to her daughter with disabilities

Elvia Urias is an undocumented immigrant who cares for her daughter, Emma, who has severe mental disabilities. Emma, 22, is protected from deportation by DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) but now has aged out of school. She spends most of her time alone at home while her mother works evenings to provide for the two of them.


Edward Escobar: The man who transformed Transborder Studies at ASU is retiring

PHOENIX - When Edward Escobar put in his application to work for Arizona State University in 1993, he was charged with the task of creating a Chicano Studies course, the first of its kind on campus.


Boxing training may help people with Parkinson’s disease

PHOENIX – Valley Parkinson's patients are turning to non-contact boxing to help punch back at their disease.

Steve Shenkman trains with Nicole Greene at Edge Fitness in Scottsdale. Shenkman has been doing boxing for more than a year to help minimize the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. (Photo by Johanna Huckeba/Cronkite News)