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A Boost for Mexican Farming

"The focus and purpose of this market is to encourage small business start-up" - Exotic chocolate maker Charlotte Semple

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - They were the beauty and the brawn of the border. A professional dancer who also dabbled in Tijuana horse competitions, Yael Sanchez was crowned Miss Fitness Baja California 2003.

Manuel Murillo was a leading body-builder, engaging in numerous championship bouts while training other claimants to the Superman title.

Braking the Train of Death

Researchers say upwards of 60 percent of female migrants traveling through Mexico suffer some sort of sexual abuse.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Lucia Elizabeth Contreras watched as her brother Salomon set out for Mexico en route to the United States.

The Battle for World Public Opinion

(PUERTA VALLARTA) - Internationally, migration stands out as one of the most heated issues of the times.

Representatives of 146 governments met in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to discuss how public perceptions of migrants figure in the contemporary global political landscape.

Will Migrants Gain Respect?

"Civil society decries rising xenophobia that scapegoats migrants for broader societal and economic problems that are not of their making" - GFMD delegates

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Countering racism. Ratifying the Migrant Workers Convention. Doing away with exploitative guestworker systems. Assuring the rights of migrant domestic workers...

All the above were on the list of the proposals that emerged from the Civil Society Days of the Fourth Global Forum on Migration and Development this week in Mexico.

Violence and Hope in Ciudad Juárez, México

Another writer specializing in the subject will now be featured on Salem-News.com.

(CIUDAD JUAREZ) - Salem-News.com welcomes the Professor Guillermo Cervantes Ph.D. of El Paso, Texas to our team of writers.

He is the author of Ciudad Juárez 2008 - 2010 A photographic testimony of our pain, and a tireless advocate for peace in the border region dividing the U.S. and Mexico.

Help Keep Frontera NorteSur Publishing

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Editor's note: A substantial amount of U.S./Mexico border region news is published for our readers, thanks to the efforts of Frontera NorteSur, which is associated with the New Mexico State University Foundation Inc.

Children`s March & Rally for Immigration Reform today in Salem

Today at noon the rally will gather for a Children's March & Rally for Immigration Reform at the Oregon State Capitol.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Over the last several months, immigration restrictionists and right-wing politicians in Congress have been calling for a change in the 14th Amendment eliminating citizenship to babies born on United States soil.

Instead of promoting immigration reform that would overhaul a severely flawed and broken system, they see it politically opportune to deny citizenship and promote deportation of infants and children.

Commerce/Immigration: Migrant Dollars Lag

Individually, the states of Jalisco, Mexico, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Puebla, and Guerrero all received more remittances than any of their northern border counterparts.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Migrant remittances to the six northern Mexican border states showed a mixed record during the first half of 2010, according to figures from the official Bank of Mexico (Banxico) quoted in an El Paso newspaper.

Nineteen Aliens Apprehended in the U.S. Virgin Islands

(St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.) - Early this morning U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents and officers apprehended 19 aliens, 16 Cuban nationals and three Brazilian nationals, after making an illegal entry into this United States territory.

Ramey Sector Border Patrol agents arrested 16 Cuban aliens in the Cruz Bay area in St. John, after receiving information of an alleged disembarkation.

Border Activists Organize for the Long Haul

“We’re looking to build long-term capacity. The issues won’t go away.” - Emily Carey, ACLU

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Comprehensive immigration reform might be off the legislative agenda this year. And it remains to be seen how the immigration issue will play out once the November elections are over.

But in different parts of the United States, pro-immigrant rights activists are quietly building networks and digging in for the long haul.