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An award-winning public radio collaboration in the southwest focusing on the border, immigration and changing demographics.

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Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Anticipate Immigration Reform
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Fronteras: Immigration Reform
Caption: Rosenow has two barns this size. Each houses about 300 cows. Two decades ago dairymen in Wisconsin discovered they had to grow in order to survive shrinking profit margins. , Credit: Laurel Morales
The Senate’s immigration reform proposal offers a fast track to citizenship for agricultural workers so that they can “continue to do the vital wor...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:02
Gang Of Eight's New Pathways To Citizenship
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Fronteras: Immigration Reform
Caption: The hotly anticipated bill to overhaul our nation's immigration system is expected to be presented Tuesday by a bipartisan group of senators. We show with an interactive map what that might look like., Credit: Jill Replogle and John Rosman
The hotly anticipated bill to overhaul our nation's immigration system is expected to be presented Tuesday by a bipartisan group of senators. We sh...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:35
Labor Unions Have A Big Stake In Immigration Reform
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Fronteras: Immigration Reform
Caption: A San Diego union says these housekeepers without legal immigration status were fired because workers at their hotel were trying to organize. Labor unions hope legalization for 11 million immigrants will make organizing workers easier by removing that fea, Credit: Adrian Florido
Unions hope legalization for 11 million immigrants without authorization will make organizing those immigrants easier.

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:31
Guest Worker Programs Have A Long History In U.S.
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Fronteras: Immigration Reform
Caption: A former Bracero holds up his identification card from his days as a guest worker in the United States. , Credit: Monica Ortiz Uribe
One of the oldest and certainly the largest guest worker program in United States history was that of the Braceros. Nearly 5 million Mexican labore...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:48
After SB 1070, Some Migrants In Arizona Self-Deport
From: Fronteras Desk
Caption: Alison Gamez says she will leave Arizona because of the state's immigration laws. Her husband came to the country illegally, but he has since received permission to work in the US. , Credit: Peter O'Dowd
A federal judge stopped the most controversial parts of Arizona's 2010 immigration law from going into effect. But supporters say that hasn't preve...

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  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
American Children In Mexico Face Educational Challenges
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Removed: The Realities Of Deportation
Caption: Support group meeting for foreign students and their parents at the Biblioteca Benito Juárez in Tijuana., Credit: Joel Medina
In the last two years, more than 205,000 parents of American citizen children were deported from the United States. That means a new influx of Amer...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
A Revolving Door For Deported Children
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Removed: The Realities Of Deportation
Caption: A drawing by the American child of deported parents in Tijuana., Credit: Beth Caldwell
The majority of the 400,000 people deported from the U.S. in 2012 were adults, many with criminal records, but minors are sometimes caught up in th...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
Children Left Behind: Deported Parents, American Kids
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Removed: The Realities Of Deportation
Caption: An American boy walks down a street in Guanajuato, Mexico with his father, a deported Mexican national., Credit: Erin Siegal McIntyre
Hundreds, if not thousands, of deported parents are trying to reunite with children left behind in the United States.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:46
Back of the Line
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Broken Borders: Immigration Reform in the Southwest
Caption: Gustavo Valencia has been in line for 18 years. And on at least two separate occasions, his priority date has been called. But he still waits for a visa., Credit: John Rosman
Both President Obama's and the Senate's proposals for immigration reform support a "path to citizenship" for undocumented immigrants in this countr...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:01
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1986 Amnesty
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Broken Borders: Immigration Reform in the Southwest
Caption: A young man rallies for comprehensive immigration reform in 2010, Credit: Richard Morgan
Many critics and supporters of comprehensive immigration reform are looking back at the amnesty offered in 1986 for lessons for today.

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Broken Borders: Temporary Farm Workers
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Broken Borders: Immigration Reform in the Southwest
Caption: Noel Stehly, an organic citrus and avocado farmer in northern San Diego County, says he's never tried to bring in guest workers because the process is cumbersome and expensive., Credit: Adrian Florido
One part of the immigration system widely seen as being in need of reform: seasonal guest workers.

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
Broken Borders - Workplace Enforcement
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Broken Borders: Immigration Reform in the Southwest
Caption: Ross Tappan used to manage a dairy in Mesa, Ariz., that switched to using E-Verify., Credit: Jude Joffe Block
To avoid a future flow of illegal immigrant workers, employers must have a good way of certifying their workforce is legitimate. We look at Arizon...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
Broken Borders: What is border security?
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Broken Borders: Immigration Reform in the Southwest
Caption: Workers raised the gate on the border fence of the U.S.-Mexico boundary to clean away debris from a cross-border wash. Accumulated debris has knocked down fence segments in the past., Credit: Michel Marizco
We need a secure border before we can reform the immigration system. But it turns out, noone knows exactly what a secure border means.

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Broken Borders: A Path to Citizenship
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Broken Borders: Immigration Reform in the Southwest
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What to do with the 11 million undocumented immigrants already in this country will be a critical component of immigration reform.

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Broken Borders: The Gang of Eight
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Broken Borders: Immigration Reform in the Southwest
Caption: Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake of Arizona are two of the eight lawmakers brainstorming to lay the foundation for comprehensive immigration reform., Credit: flickr
The bi-partisan group of Senators who have drafted a proposal for comprehensive immigration reform are led by two from the state that's famous for ...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:53
Future of Free Trade
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: NAFTA - 20 YEARS LATER
Caption: Transportation of goods in Guaymas relies on freight trains and cargo ships., Credit: Peter O'Dowd
As the final installment on our series NAFTA 20 YEARS LATER, Peter O'Dowd looks at the challenges facing border states who want to benefit from the...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 04:07
NAFTA #8 - BORDER BOOMTOWNS
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: NAFTA - 20 YEARS LATER
Caption: Secure Origins worksite, Credit: Monica Ortiz Uribe
Booming cross-border trade has helped border towns grow. Manufacturing jobs have disappeared south of the border, but new service industries are m...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 04:05
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NAFTA #7 - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: NAFTA - 20 YEARS LATER
Caption: The government confined, sealed off and buried the contamination deep underground, then put basketball courts on top because more intense construction on the site would risk digging up toxic materials., Credit: Adrian Florido
One of the biggest concerns when NAFTA was signed 20 years ago, was the environmental fallout of the world's largest free trade zone. We look at w...

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 08:26
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NAFTA 5 - BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: NAFTA - 20 YEARS LATER
Caption: Trucks line up for for inspection at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas. About 5,000 trucks per day travel through this commercial crossing., Credit: Monica Ortiz Uribe
Part 5 in our series on the 20th anniversary of the signing of NAFTA, we look at the state of border infrastructure and how well it is supporting c...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:46
NAFTA 4 - The North American Development Bank
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: NAFTA - 20 YEARS LATER
Caption: Water treatment plant employees test a raw water sample as part of a two-day training workshop funded by NADBANK., Credit: HERNAN ROZEMBERG
Part of the mandate of the North American Free Trade Agreement was the establishment of the North American Development Bank or NADBANK, designed to...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 04:10

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