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DACA could end in federal court. Most of today’s high school graduates can’t get protection from the program anyway. 

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — or DACA — provides protection from deportation and work athorization to some undocumented people brought to the US as kids. It’s a lifeline that’s fading away. 

DACA could end in federal court. Most of today’s high school graduates can’t get protection from the program anyway. 
Rodney Montreuil grew up in Cap-Haitien, Haiti and has lived in Phoenix for the last two decades.

This Haitian schoolteacher helps new arrivals from Haiti resettle in Arizona

This Haitian schoolteacher helps new arrivals from Haiti resettle in Arizona
A girl wearing a pink shirt drinks a beverage with her mother, wearing a grey shirt, outdoors at a table.

Immigrant communities connect with Indigenous products to nurture, heal during pandemic

Immigrant communities connect with Indigenous products to nurture, heal during pandemic
Reyna Montoya is an Arizona resident and the founder of Aliento, an immigrant aid organization.

Why is Arizona trending blue? Ask Latinos and immigrants who live there.

Why is Arizona trending blue? Ask Latinos and immigrants who live there.
Eight square-size pictures of young men and women appear over a white background.

2020 Election: The voting power of Latino youth

2020 Election: The voting power of Latino youth
Adela Diaz, who will be a first-time voter in 2020, at home in Phoenix, Arizona.

Health disparities are top of mind for Latina student voter

Long before the pandemic, Adela Diaz, an Arizona college freshman, was aware of disparities in health care access and outcomes for minorities in the US. The pandemic has widened the gap, she says.

Health disparities are top of mind for Latina student voter
Lauren Holden and Gary Cripps made some quick changes to their wedding in light of the coronavirus. 

Many people aren’t putting love on hold during COVID-19

Dating while in isolation is probably not the ideal way to hook up with a new partner, but dating apps are all reporting increases in usage. Boredom and a little loneliness are likely playing a part. 

Many people aren’t putting love on hold during COVID-19
A family wearing protective face masks walks toward the US at the Paso del Norte International Border bridge.

US-Mexico border closure brings local economy to a halt

The mostly rural, US border region depends on commerce from northern Mexico. But new travel restrictions block cross-border travel for commerce or sightseeing — cutting off US businesses from most of their Mexican customers.

US-Mexico border closure brings local economy to a halt
A woman holds a visibly distraught woman with her face in her hand.

Arizona volunteers form ‘underground’ network to house migrants released by ICE

In last three months, ICE has released some 107,000 migrant parents and children in Texas, Arizona and California, many without next steps in place. Shelters, churches and volunteers have stepped in to help these families get to their next destinations. Most are trying to join relatives and friends elsewhere.

Arizona volunteers form ‘underground’ network to house migrants released by ICE
sinks where migrant children allegedly bathed in Phoenix

Immigrant kids held in second Phoenix office seen bathing in sinks

A defense contractor that held immigrant children overnight in a Phoenix office building operates a second office nearby where a neighbor has seen immigrant children bathing themselves in bathroom sinks.

Immigrant kids held in second Phoenix office seen bathing in sinks
Hundreds of indigenous men and women marched in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday in honor of missing and murdered indigenous women.

Indigenous rights activists come out for the Women’s March in Phoenix

"Seeing all these people from different tribes, and different nations, it personally made me feel very empowered."

Indigenous rights activists come out for the Women’s March in Phoenix
Through water-conservation strategies, PepsiCo is now saving $1.5 million annually at its Gatorade processing facility in Tolleson, AZ, and using 24 percent less water in the water-scarce Southwest.

As environmentalists warn about water scarcity, these two companies are saving water and money

Most companies and manufacturing facilities still don't measure water usage. But increasingly, many corporations are. It's paying off for the environment and companies' bottom-lines.

As environmentalists warn about water scarcity, these two companies are saving water and money
A welder at Caid Industries. Business has slowed this year at the Tucson, AZ company with uncertainty surrounding the future of NAFTA.

Trump’s threats to pull out of NAFTA concern many in Arizona

Arizona needs Mexico. Unlike the United States as a whole, Arizona actually has a trade surplus with its southern neighbor and tens of thousands of Arizona jobs rely on cross-border trade.

Trump’s threats to pull out of NAFTA concern many in Arizona
Two Motel 6 locations in Phoenix were the sites of at least 20 ICE arrests between February and August.

Two Phoenix Motel 6 locations agree to stop reporting guests to ICE

Motel 6 has responded to a news report that staff at two of its Phoenix locations have been sharing guest information with ICE, leading to the arrests of at least 20 undocumented immigrants.

Two Phoenix Motel 6 locations agree to stop reporting guests to ICE
Shannon Rivers protested President Donald Trump at a campaign-style rally in Phoenix on Tuesday.

'This is our land': Indigenous rights activists respond to white supremacist rhetoric

At President Donald Trump's campaign-style rally in Phoenix on Tuesday, indigenous and Latino rights advocates stood together to protest racial inequality in Arizona’s justice system. For these groups, facing militarized police is nothing new.

'This is our land': Indigenous rights activists respond to white supremacist rhetoric