
Alisa Reznick
Senior Field Correspondent at KJZZ-FM (Phoenix, AZ)
Journalist. Border, migration & southern AZ @kjzzphoenix's @fronterasdesk. Scheming always w/ @OnSpecStories Hi/ tips/cat pix? a dot reznick at kjzz dot org
Articles
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1 month ago |
news.azpm.org | Alisa Reznick
Raymond Mattia was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents outside his doorstep on the night of May 18, 2023. The day Annette Mattia’s brother died, about two years ago, she’d planned to celebrate his birthday. He’d turned 58 the day beforehand. “I was going to go see him, but I got busy working on a fence, I didn't get to go and then it got late,” she said about her brother, Raymond Mattia.
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1 month ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Alisa Reznick
Share A report from human rights organizations that work along the border details what has changed for asylum seekers since President Donald Trump took office. The report comes from eight aid groups working in Mexican cities along the U.S.-Mexico border — including two stationed along the Arizona-Sonora border. It includes open-source data from the U.S. and Mexico, along with testimony from aid groups and asylum seekers.
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Mar 13, 2025 |
clasp.org | Alisa Reznick
By Alisa Reznick(EXCERPT)Juan Gomez, senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy, says DACA recipients and other undocumented immigrants had been fully barred from any coverage through the ACA since its inception in 2010, and through its implementation in 2014. Then, last November, a Biden administration rule went into effect that finally changed that, allowing DACA recipients to access the health care marketplace for the first time. Read the full article here
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Jan 30, 2025 |
ourcommunitynow.com | Alisa Reznick
Share Officials in Douglas — along the border between Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora — have declared a state of emergency. The designation could free up additional financial aid from the state and make it easier to impose curfews. The city’s mayor, Jose Grijalva, says it’s necessary because of policy shifts enacted under President Donald Trump — including his national emergency declaration along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Jan 19, 2025 |
kjzz.org | Alisa Reznick
President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Monday, and legal and community groups are bracing for changes for immigrants in the U.S. and along the border.
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