Tohono O'odham Nation hosts hearing on border issues

MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2003

The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona is hosting a Congressional hearing today to focus on border issues.

The tribe is uniquely impacted because its reservation and traditional territory are divided by the U.S.-Mexico border. The tribe estimates 1,500 migrants cross the reservation daily. Drug smugglers also use the reservation to bring drugs into the U.S.

Get the Story:
O'odham ask federal help (The Arizona Daily Star 3/10)
Tribe to host hearing on border issues (The Arizona Daily Star 3/8)

Related Stories:
Ariz. congressman makes tribe a priority (02/20)
O'odham citizenship bill reintroduced (02/13)
Aid to border crossers criticized (09/26)
Tribe seizes 300 pounds of drugs daily (9/25)
Mexican migrants stress tribal hospitals (9/24)
Four bodies recovered on Ariz. reservation (8/30)
Tribe sees double standard on border (8/12)
Mexico's President invites tribal leaders (8/05)
Changes sought in U.S. border policy (6/18)
Ariz. tribe wrests with border issue (6/13)
Ariz. tribal pastor claims intimidation (6/11)
Border arrests increase on reservation (6/7)
Ariz. tribe pushes citizenship bill (6/4)
Bush announces Mexican border plan (3/22)
Tribal members fear border harassment (11/26)
Tough border policy rejects Mexicans (10/2)
Machines not ready for tough border policy (10/1)
Border policy could affect Tohono O'odham (9/27)
Tohono O'odham elder dies (8/29)
O'odham citizenship bill pushed (6/29)
O'odham delegation on way to D.C. (5/31)
Tribe protests border policies (5/29)
Citizenship for Mexican O'odham sought (1/12)