Immigrant Families With Mixed Status Face Difficult Reality
Among the millions of immigrant families living in the United States, many have mixed legal status. One member may be here illegally, another might have a temporary permit and yet another may be a U.S. citizen. This creates uncomfortable disparities within these families.
With Congress out on recess and the future of immigration reform uncertain, it leaves their lives in limbo.
"I get all this stuff… and she can barely go to the doctor," U.S. Citizen Andrea Muñoz said of her sister, who is undocumented. "I find it unfair because she's human and she has a right to health."
Maria Ines Zamudio
A handicapped man begging for money in Matamoros, near the International Bridge.
Border Town Deportations Can Be Dangerous For Migrants
The Obama administration has deported more than 1.9 million people from the United States since 2009. That's a record number that surpasses deportations under President George W. Bush’s two terms in office.
A recent report by a human rights group says certain deportation practices place migrants in danger. Deportees are often released into some of Mexico’s most violent border cities, and often in the middle of the night, with no documentation, no money, and no resources to protect themselves.
Deported Migrants Cope After Tijuana Police Destroy Their Homes
The concrete channel that carries the slow trickle of the Tijuana River along the U.S.-Mexico border fence is known as "El Bordo."
Hundreds, possibly thousands of people — mostly migrants deported from the U.S. — live on the edge of the canal, in little lean-tos or in holes dug into piles of sand.
This week federal, state and municipal officers swarmed the canal. They arrested 90 people, evicted hundreds more, and destroyed their lean-tos and filled in their holes.
CDC Says Excessive Drinking Costs Taxpayers Billions
Excessive alcohol consumption cost United States taxpayers more than $220 billion in 2006, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control. The cost includes things like police responses to violence and the treatment of health problems related to alcohol.
Civil Rights Giant Becomes Comic Book Hero
John Lewis began life as the son of sharecroppers on a farm in rural Alabama. He went on to speak alongside Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington, and to become a U.S. Congressman. Now his incredible life story is the subject of a graphic autobiography.
“At another time, in another period, there was a comic book called the Montgomery story — "Martin Luther King Jr. and The Montgomery Story" — that inspired me,” Lewis said.