Alisa Barba
Alisa Barba was a senior editor for the Fronteras Desk from From 2010 to 2014.
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Best stories from this week on the Fronteras: Changing America Desk.
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A series of photographs show how Southern California suburbs have transformed Tijuana.
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A human rights group has issued a new report on the situation along the Arizona border.
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House Speaker John Boehner has hired former Chief of Staff for Senator John McCain to lead House immigration reform efforts.
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A lawsuit filed by the family of slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry has been dismissed by a judge in Phoenix.
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A small, economically depressed county in northern New Mexico banned hydraulic fracturing back in April. Now they have been sued by three landowners and the state's petroleum association.
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Law enforcement is declaring victory in the drug tunnel war after shutting down yet another super-tunnel for drugs between Tijuana and San Diego.
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The new president of the University of California system has pledged $5 million to aid students who entered the country illegally.
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President Barack Obama will nominate a veteran Defense Department lawyer and a key ally to be the next Department of Homeland Security Secretary. Jeh Johnson has broad military and counter-terrorism experience, but little background in immigration policy.
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The federal government shutdown will exacerbate a huge backlog of asylum cases along the U.S.-Mexico border.