Fronteras: A Changing America

We reported last week on a little town in New Mexico where the taps had run dry. Stories like this are going to become more frequent, as an increasing population battles over a decreasing critical resource.

Immigration Reform: Counting Votes

Delays At The Border, Delays For Business

While politicians in Washington debate immigration reform and the need for enhanced border security, many who live and work along the border are concerned with something else: inefficient and costly wait times at ports of entry.

The Department of Homeland Security approved New Mexico's request to extend its border commercial zone Friday.

The new rule means Mexican visitors will soon be able to travel further into the state without having to fill out more paperwork.

Currently Mexicans with border crossing cards, or tourist visas, are only allowed to travel 25 miles into the state. DHS will now extend that travel zone to 55 miles.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Obama Administration proposed lifting protections for gray wolves Friday.

Earlier this spring it was the high school baseball umpire who threatened to eject players who spoke Spanish. There was a similar incident at the state high school tennis championships.

Now New Mexico is back in the news for another Spanish-language dust up.

The United States government has granted asylum to a Mexican photojournalist who fled his home state of Veracruz a year ago.

Miguel Angel Lopez Saldana worked as a photographer for the newspaper Notiver in the state's capital, Veracruz. He also shot photos for the Mexico City-based daily, La Jornada.

Friday morning the U.S. Senate as a whole begins to debate a proposal to reform the nation's immigration laws. Senate leadership hope the bipartisan bill will pass by the end of the month.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has set a deadline: he wants the Senate to pass immigration reform before the July 4 recess. That leaves about three weeks for debate.

Federal investigators are reopening the case of a day care fire that killed 49 children four years ago in the Mexican state of Sonora.

On the anniversary of the fire, Wednesday, an official from the Mexican attorney general’s office spoke on national television. He said the fire now is being investigated as a potential criminal case.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — About 650 Americans die each year of heat exposure, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC said that number has remained steady over the last decade.

A small town in central New Mexico has run out of water.

If you turn on a faucet in the town of Magdalena in central New Mexico, nothing will come out.

On Wednesday the water level in the town's only drinking well dropped below the well's pump. The water level in the well has dropped consistently as a result of an unrelenting three-year drought.

Lorie Scholes lives in a ranch just west of town.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill is set to hit the floor next week with an anticipated lengthy debate and amendment process. One Texas senator is calling for a complete border security before many of the provisions in the bill can take effect.

Republican Texas Senator John Cornyn calls it the Results Amendment. It’s a long list of provisions that must be met before green cards and citizenship can be offered to undocumented immigrants. He says the key is 100 percent situational awareness of the southern border

TUCSON, Ariz. — Immigrants are facing a greater risk of dying as they try to cross into the United States illegally, researchers said Wednesday. Their data shows deaths in the desert have remained at a constant even as arrests have dropped significantly