Institute for Justice and Journalism

Border Justice Fellows, 2003-2004

Jerry Joseph Kammer
Correspondent
Copley News Service

Jerry Kammer covers U.S. and Mexico issues for Copley News Service. After graduating from Notre Dame in the 1970s, he volunteered as a teacher and coach at a mission school on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona. That led to work on the Navajo Times, and ultimately to a book about the federal government's program to resolve a land dispute between the Navajos and the neighboring Hopi Tribe by relocating thousands of Navajos. After earning a Masters in American Studies at the University of New Mexico, Kammer taught at a branch college of the university in Gallup. In 1986, he became the Northern Mexico correspondent for the Arizona Republic. In 1998, he transferred to Phoenix, where he joined the newspaper’s investigative team. For the next four years he researched the story of a Phoenix financier and con man named Charles Keating, who was to become a symbol of the nationwide savings and loan scandal. Kammer became the Republic's correspondent in Washington in 2000, where he remained until he accepted Copley News Service’s offer in 2002 to cover border issues.

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	Border Justice Fellows, 2003-2004 Jerry Joseph Kammer Correspondent Copley News Service Jerry Kammer covers U.S. and Mexico issues for Copley News Service. After graduating from Notre Dame in the 1970s, he volunteered as a teacher and coach at a mission school on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona. That led to work on the Navajo Times, and ultimately to a book about the federal government's program to resolve a land dispute between the Navajos and the neighboring Hopi Tribe by relocating thousands of Navajos. After earning a Masters in American Studies at the University of New Mexico, Kammer taught at a branch college of the university in Gallup. In 1986, he became the Northern Mexico correspondent for the Arizona Republic. In 1998, he transferred to Phoenix, where he joined the newspaper’s investigative team. For the next four years he researched the story of a Phoenix financier and con man named Charles Keating, who was to become a symbol of the nationwide savings and loan scandal. Kammer became the Republic's correspondent in Washington in 2000, where he remained until he accepted Copley News Service’s offer in 2002 to cover border issues. Fellowship Project: Bush seeks middle way in immigration debate Fox's support for U.S. immigration plan wanes Bush immigration plan poses promise and peril Bush immigration plan's hidden cost by including children, proposal may increase strain on schools, health care Bush immigration plan is main focus of Senate hearing Thorny issues await new Bush-Fox talks Bush, Fox reaffirm political, personal relations at meeting U.S. chief reiterates worker plan support Ridge calls for legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants Ridge urges 'legal status' for illegals Back