Alisa Reznick is a senior field correspondent at KJZZ's Fronteras Desk, where she covers stories across southern Arizona and the borderlands. Her reporting focuses on migration, refugees, and human rights, with a particular emphasis on border and immigration issues, which has earned her recognition including a regional Edward R. Murrow Award. Reznick's work has been featured in outlets such as For The World, Al Jazeera, and Nova PBS, among others.
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Alisa Reznick's reporting primarily focuses on government and politics, particularly border issues and immigration in Arizona. Her coverage includes a significant emphasis on government announcements, legal policy regulation, and evolving stories related to the topics covered.
Given her focus on these specific areas within Arizona, Alisa is likely seeking sources with direct knowledge of local governmental policies, community impact assessments or those involved in lobbying for changes. Experts with insight into immigration law or policy at the state level would be valuable contributors to her articles.
It’s important to note that while she has a strong geographic focus on Arizona border issues specifically, her coverage also extends to broader national implications of these topics.
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By: Alisa Reznick
A congressionally funded program established nearly two decades ago provides legal aid for unaccompanied immigrant children. Shaina Aber is the executive director with the Acacia Center for Justice, which provides those legal services through a network of subcontractors — like Arizona's Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project.
By: Alisa Reznick
PFAs are widely-used, human-made chemicals that don't break down naturally. Exposure has been linked to health issues, including some cancers.
By: Alisa Reznick
President Donald Trump's first administration built a 30-foot steel bollard wall across just over 450 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. Some 230 miles of it were in Arizona, but the roughly 60-mile long stretch of border inside the Tohono O'odham Nation was not included.
By: Alisa Reznick
This is the first time ICE has released data since April, and it shows both arrests by the agency are the and the number of people in detention are on the rise.
By: Alisa Reznick
Local officials and lawmakers are responding to an arrest this week in Tucson — where a 45-year-old Mexican woman was detained by masked ICE agents while leaving a Pima County courthouse.
By: Alisa Reznick
Protesters are trying to halt border wall construction along a remote stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona by staging a tree sit-in.
By: Alisa Reznick
Some 20,000 children alone in the U.S. receive legal aid through the contract — part of a federal program established by Congress almost two decades ago.
By: Alisa Reznick
The DACA program turned 14 this year. The Obama-era initiative is supposed to give some undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children a work permit and temporary protection from deportation. But community members say that's no longer the case under President Donald Trump.
By: Alisa Reznick
A notice posted on the Federal Register this week details a $150 million government contract with Burke Law Group to represent unaccompanied immigrant children.
By: Alisa Reznick
The ruling comes a day after news broke of the government's plan to offer legal aid to detained immigrant children through a $150 million contract Burke Law Group — a small Texas-based firm with a co-founder who is a former Trump appointee.
