For the second time this month, Native American government leaders across the state have condemned a decision by the Trump administration they say disrespects the legacy of tribal contributions and sacrifice to this country.

Tribal leaders in Arizona: the Trump Administration disrespected the legacy of Native veterans who served and fought for the United States by removing the 22 tribal nation flags from the Phoenix VA facility. White Mountain Apache chair Velasquez: "unacceptable message that diminishes" sacrifices

News: Apparently the Pentagon’s AI bots balked at the word “Navajo” and that is what led to the DoD’s scrubbing of any mention of the Code Talkers from its websites. Navajo Nation president Buu Nygren says the White House has contacted his office to explain what it deems an error.

The Trump Administration removed mention of the Navajo Code Talkers from its website in a matter of minutes. It's sought to reassure Navajo tribal officials that it's putting the legacy information back. But days later, I'm still seeing a 404 Error Page www.defense.gov/News/Feature...

“That’s not the problem of an orange farmer ... or a trucking company that delivers to the United States,” this Mexican citrus broker tells the Fronteras Desk's Nina Kravisnky re: Trump's tariffs. “They want to throw a problem at us that we don’t have the solution to.”
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Legislative leaders are hoping new U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi will support their efforts to prevent people from voting if they don’t give proof of citizenship.

ICYMI: @kjzz.org's The Show's Amy Silverman and Athena Ankrah spent months piecing together a special four part series on the lack of care autistic patients receive at the Arizona State Hospital. Our production is a partnership with the @cartercenter.bsky.social www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

The Fronteras Desk's @alisazairareznick.bsky.social and Nina Kravinsky unpack the complex ramifications of the Trump Administration's new terror designation for Mexico's drug cartels and how they can be used to target asylum seekers in the US. Chécalo: www.kjzz.org/fronteras-de...

President Donald Trump has officially signed the Laken Riley Act into law. Under it, Homeland Security is required to detain and deport any undocumented immigrant arrested for low-level crimes like shoplifting, along with violent crimes like assault on a federal officer.

Colorado-based Energy Fuels will enhance some of its safety standards for shipping uranium from its mine through the Navajo Nation to its processing plant in southern Utah. It will also aid the tribe in cleanup of 10,000 tons of leftover material from abandoned mines.

BREAKING: Under deal struck between Navajo govt and uranium mining company Energy Fuels, uranium will be shipped across Navajo Nation from Pinyon Plain Mine to Utah. Company will enhance safety and absorb up to 10K tons of abandoned uranium mine cleanup. investors.energyfuels.com/2025-01-29-E...

In northern Arizona, tribal leaders are informing residents that the country’s immigration agencies are not targeting indigenous residents amid unsubstantiated claims. At the same time, they want constituents to be prepared if they do.

Public media’s Current drops an article about @kjzz.org’s Fronteras Desk’s return to Mexico with the Hermosillo Bureau. current.org/2025/01/phoe...

The Rev. Jennifer Reddall, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, joined The Show to talk about her fears of what could happen under the new administration to immigration enforcement policy.

Republicans, Democrats and cross-border business leaders alike are hoping the incoming Trump administration cools down the high tariff threats against Mexico, @kjzz.org’s Nina Kravinsky and Wayne Schutsky find. www.kjzz.org/fronteras-de...

Today, @kjzz.org's @alisazairareznick.bsky.social and Camryn Sanchez take a deep dive into how president-elect Donald Trump's deportation plans will play out in Arizona: www.kjzz.org/fronteras-de...

The accomplished Nina Kravinsky has joined @kjzz.org's Fronteras Desk at our Hermosillo, Mexico Bureau and arrived just as negotiations began between President Claudia Sheinbaum and President-elect Donald Trump on across-the-board tariffs and the threatened rise in prices for U.S. consumers.

There's always an initial awkwardness with the first post on a new social media channel. So I'm going to skip right past that and get to the news we've been working on at @kjzz.org's Fronteras Desk.

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