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The Machida family as they waited for transportation to an internment camp in Hayward, California in May 1942.

"Citizen / Enemy" at the Tucson Desert Art Museum looks at the legacy of Japanese incarcerations during World War II.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Yume Japanese Garden is a dream come true for founder Patricia Deridder; and director Natalia Almada on the connections between humanity, technology & nature in her film "Users."
The value of remittances to Mexico has been on the rise in recent years.

Arizona tracks money transfers to Mexico

ACLU calls it abuse, wants database shut down.
Since the year 2000, the Pima County Medical Examiner has received nearly 4,000 sets of human remains from people who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Here, a cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations the nonprofit Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

Missing Migrant Program Summit brings awareness to risk of migrant deaths

Officials from local, national and non-governmental agencies came together to exchange ideas.
A handgun and ammunition.

Mexico sues 5 AZ gun shops

Three of the shops named in the suit are in Tucson.
Mariachi Aztlán de Pueblo High School performing.

Mariachi builds bridges between generations.

Also on Arizona Spotlight; The history of Rukin Jelks and the Rillito Park Racetrack; memories of being a Tucson teen in the 1970s; and a teenager in Hermosillo who is an emerging film composer.
Fruit stacked at the Mariposa Port of Entry.

The Buzz: USMCA turns 2

How are Arizona's importers & exporters doing under the new trade deal?
Migrants staying at Jesús el Buen Pastor, a migrant shelter in Tapachula, Mexico, line up for a free meal of black beans and tortillas on March 8, 2022. Guests are not allowed to bring food or drinks into the shelter and can’t take meals to go. Although migrants here have a roof, free meals and a mat or bed to sleep on, they must follow certain rules to stay.

Housing options limited for migrants forced to wait in southern Mexico

Sleeping outside for some is seen as better than staying in a shelter.
A saguaro cactus in the Grand Canyon National Park is in full bloom, displaying beautiful pink flowers.

Arizona Spotlight for August 11th, 2022

Native plants return to Hermosillo's urban landscape; Tucsonan John Rhodes tells about his family's rodeo history; Meet the new CEO of The Western National Parks Association; and a short story by Aurelie Sheehan.
A young boy lines up with his family outside the refugee assistance office in Tapachula, Mexico, on March 9, 2022. Later in the day, a protest erupted outside the office, with dozens of migrants demanding their paperwork be expedited.

‘All I can do is wait’: Children make up a third of migrants in documentation limbo

Asylum seekers crowd into Tapachula, Mexico.
A sea turtle heads back to the ocean after the tortugueros have finished gathering data on it.

Providing a future for sea turtles in Kino Bay.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A roundtable with Young Muslims about maintaining their faith in a secular culture; and the difficult reality of living with aphasia.
Former Mexican Security Secretary Alfonso Durazo was elected governor of the state of Sonora in June 2021.

Sonora governor: Desalination will have to be part of state water supply

With at least a dozen neighborhoods in Hermosillo already experiencing water shortages this summer, the state is confronting a future without enough water for residents.
Former Mexican Security Secretary Alfonso Durazo was elected governor of the state of Sonora in June 2021.

Sonora governor continues to push to reroute Nogales rail line

Gov. Alfonso Durazo said even with only a few trains crossing daily, the location of the tracks is inconvenient and dangerous for residents of Ambos Nogales.
The vaquita is a critically endangered porpoise that lives in the northern part of the Sea of Cortez. It is considered the smallest and most endangered cetacean in the world.

Inbreeding won’t doom the endangered vaquita marina — but fishing nets might

Research now finds that, genetically speaking, there is still hope the vaquita population can recover.
Sonoran Governor Alfonso Durazo at an event in Guaymas announcing the project

$2.1 billion natural gas facility planned in Guaymas, Sonora

The $2.1 billion natural gas liquefaction plant will be built on roughly 250 acres of state-owned land.
A group walks through the desert from Punta Chueca toward Saaps, where the Comcaac Nation held a historic gathering to demand water on March 27, 2021.

Comcaac Nation in Sonora renews historic march to ancestral site

An Indigenous nation in Sonora held a historic gathering last year to demand water for their communities on the Sea of Cortez. Now, they’re meeting again. This time in honor of their ancestors.
The vaquita is a critically endangered porpoise that lives in the northern part of the Sea of Cortez. It is considered the smallest and most endangered cetacean in the world.

Conservation group says waters less risky for endangered vaquita porpoise

The group partnered with the Mexican Navy to bring down the number of fishing nets in Mexico's Vaquita Refuge

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