Alisa Reznick
Senior Field Correspondent - Tucson | [email protected]Alisa Reznick is a senior field correspondent covering stories across southern Arizona and the borderlands for the Tucson bureau of KJZZ's Fronteras Desk.
Prior to joining KJZZ, she covered border and immigration at Arizona Public Media, where she was awarded a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for her coverage of Indigenous-led protests against border wall construction.
Reznick started her career working in bilingual newsrooms and as a freelance journalist in Amman, Jordan. Her reporting on migration, refugees and human rights has appeared on PRX’s The World, Al Jazeera and Nova PBS, among others. As a recipient of the International Labour Organization's FAIRWAY Reporting Fellowship, she spent six months reporting on labor migration issues across Arab States.
Originally from Flagstaff, she likes climbing, being outdoors and Pluto.
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More than two decades ago, the 9/11 terror attacks touched every aspect of life in America — including for newcomers, who were in the midst of immigration processes, like seeking U.S. citizenship. -
The group says that’s in response to comments from Trump administration officials like Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin — who told reporters earlier this month that ICE isn’t planning operations targeting polling locations, but that agents could be sent to address a "specific threats." -
Temporary Protected Status provides protection from deportation and a work permit. It’s available to nationals from countries deemed unsafe because of things like conflict or natural disaster. The status expired this week for some 170,000 Salvadorans. -
One way groundwater is contaminated with PFAS is through a firefighting foam containing the chemicals that’s commonly used at airports and military installments — like the ones in Tucson’s southside. -
The program was established by Congress almost two decades ago alongside federal anti-trafficking laws. -
This is the latest in a long-running legal challenge mounted by the ACLU AZ to find out the extent in which Pima County sheriff's deputies work with ICE and Border Patrol. -
Community members huddled around a small stage set up on the grass at Tucson’s Catalina Park. A sea of thin white candles twinkled in the crowd as attendees hugged each other and cried. -
Court records obtained by the research group TRAC show the government filed 50 such cases in the month of July — including two in Arizona. -
Congress created the federal legal aid program almost two decades ago and has directed funds to it every year. But on July 31, the roughly $200 million annual contract to do that work came to an end. -
The lawsuit is the latest in a string of similar legal challenges the Trump administration has filed following a 2025 executive order directing the Justice Department to take action against state laws that allegedly favor undocumented people.
