Recent Articles from Cristina Rayas, Cronkite News Service
Report: Border is safer than ever, but Arizona will still see heavy traffic
The U.S.-Mexico border is safer than it ever has been, but Arizona will remain the most-active region for border crossing even as apprehensions continue to drop, according to a report released Thursday.
Illegal re-entry topped all other charges in country’s federal courts
Illegal re-entry became the most-frequent federal criminal charge in the United States during the first six months of fiscal 2011, a pattern that was mirrored in Arizona during that period.
Phoenix chamber leader says state immigration law jumble harms business
A Phoenix business leader warned Tuesday that businesses will continue to suffer from the jumbled approach to immigration issues by states, unless the federal government steps in.
Kirkpatrick leads Gosar in fundraising for potential 1st District rematch
WASHINGTON – Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick outpaced Republican Rep. Paul Gosar in fundraising through the first half of the year, according to new campaign finance reports, as the two face a potential 2012 rematch in Arizona’s 1st District.
Arizona utility joins pilot program to connect veterans to energy industry jobs
Arizona Public Service is one of five companies taking part in a national initiative to hire veterans for some of the 200,000 jobs that could come open in the energy industry over the next five years.
Arizona students carry message in support of DREAM Act to Washington
WASHINGTON _ A group of Arizona students went door-to-door asking friends and businesses for funds to help them take a message to Congress: They want to continue their education here in the country they have always known as home.
Homeland Security extends National Guard border deployment to Sept. 30
The Obama Administration is keeping the National Guard on the U.S.-Mexico border for at least another three months where the soldiers support the Border Patrol by watching for people sneaking across the border.
Chamber of Commerce outlines ‘Steps to a 21st Century U.S.-Mexico Border’
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce laid out a coordinated border plan Wednesday that calls for combined improvements in infrastructure, security, immigration policies and trade, instead of the current piecemeal approach.
Officials honor Glendale soldier killed in Afghanistan
A decade ago Martin R. Apolinar was voted “Prettiest Eyes” by his senior class at Trevor Browne High School in Phoenix. Smiling out of the pages of the high school yearbook, his eyes did not reveal the future that he would see a few years ahead of him.