Tag: Mexico
Deportation leaves family split apart, no one truly home
Felipe Montes accumulated traffic tickets -- so many that he was hauled into court in the small North Carolina town where he lived. Waiting for him there, though, were U.S. immigration officers. Montes was eventually deported, his U.S. citizen children placed in foster care and his long nightmare was just beginning....
Mexican families left disappointed after government starts new investigations unit
Mexico has a problem with people disappearing. Tens of thousands of people went missing during the term of President Felipe Calderone. Now, the new president has pledged to help families get resolution -- but his new unit designed to do just that is off to a slow start, if it's a start at all....
Mexican families separated by border look to immigration reform to reunite them
The reality of unlawful immigration over the past decade or more has been families separated between the United States and the home country. For many Mexican families, the prospect of immigration reform in the U.S. brings to possibility of a much delayed family reunion....
Fence along U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego represents a barrier and a bridge
For families separated between Mexico and the United States, the border fence can seem insurmountable. And it often is. But in a park near San Diego, the fence has become a place where those divided families meet and catch glimpses of one another -- through the fence....
Communities seek to forge small business ties between Mexico, U.S.
Mexican entrepreneurs are looking to north to build on successes their businesses are already having in their home country. But this can be difficult. So now, both Mexican and American officials are seeking ways to augment these ties -- for the benefit of both countries....
Tattoo culture prominent in Texas along Mexico-U.S. border
Along the border in Texas, tattoos are common. Some of them are religious in nature, others are cultural. But either way, there are tattoo artists who are staying busy fullfilling a local desire by people to express themselves, and their struggles....
For Mexico's Maya people, baseball, or bax’abola, a way of life
Mexico's Maya people have a culture that is distinct, and all their own. So while the rest of Mexico goes nuts about soccer, the Mayans are more baseball people. And that love for baseball continues, even when those people move to new places, like the U.S....
Monarch butterflies threatened by loss of habitat
Every year, monarch butterflies migrate 2,000-miles from the north to a few mountaintops in central Mexico. But a new study shows that monarch numbers are declining significantly. One ecologist says the monarch's decline could indicate other habitation problems....
Some immigrant women, victims of domestic violence, afraid to seek help
Along the Texas border, some services are hard to find. A doctor or a hospital may be 150 miles away. And often those highway miles include impromptu checkpoints by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. For some victims of domestic violence, documented or otherwise, those checkpoints stand in the way of getting help....
Along Texas border, residents aren't eager for more intense security
Texans who live in the border area say security in the region is tight enough. They don't want a bigger fence, or a wall, and they say they've got enough drones and helicopters. And local police point to statistics that show their crime rate is far below big Texas cities. But is the border safe enough?...
