Border Justice Fellows, 2003-2004

Michael Anthony Riley
Immigration Reporter
Denver Post

Michael Riley works at The Denver Post as Immigration Reporter, where he went after spending five years as a journalist in Central America and Mexico, three of which were working in the Mexico City bureau of the Houston Chronicle. Winner of an Inter America Press Association Fellowship for nine months of writing and investigation in Mexico, Riley's dispatches from Latin America have appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, The Baltimore Sun, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, and The Economist. His education includes a BA in philosophy from Williams College and an MA in political science from the University of Minnesota. He began his career in journalism as a bureau chief for the Casper Star Tribune.

Fellowship Project:

• Immigration overhaul Bush says 3-year legal status would help immigrants and those who employ them Some say the plan does too little for illegals; others say it goes much too far
• Deportation efforts: 1 step ahead, 3 back
• Tancredo plan vague, critics say Proof of citizenship would be required for most state services
• Fierce demand drives illegal-license market
• DMV flawed, ex-clerk alleges; Accused worker: Fraud rampant
• Bush backlash along the border; Immigration plan irks conservatives
• DMV inquiry to expand; More state workers may be involved; elaborate network uncovered
• States forced to deal with migrant issue; Sides entrenched as debate reverberates across country
• Ex-envoy: Owens' ire led to recall; Governor 'played hardball,' says former Mexican consul
• Asylum seekers detained, frustrated Lawyers say program undercuts due process
• Visa cap jams employers; Seasonal jobs may go unfilled
• Tancredo: Lawmaker favored proposal to restrict state services
• Porous border stokes a crucible of pain and smuggling on tribal land
• Robbery victims vent frustration; Immigrant-owned businesses targeted
• Hispanic candidate just a dream
• Heckling, fistfight mar forum on immigration; The session was intended to foster dialogue. Some said the disruptions appeared choreographed.
• Immigration chief targets terrorism; The new agency under the Department of Homeland Security aims to disrupt cells by detaining members on immigration charges.
• A stop by police ends an all-American life for two brothers who grew up in the U.S. illegally. Amid outrage from family and their hometown, the brothers now struggle to build new lives in Mexico. Deportation kills dream
• Soccer helps arrivals adjust to new lives; Colo. leagues offer culture, bonds from home
• Family's deportation delayed Hope remains for leukemia victim's kin
• Ridge's remark shakes up nation's immigration debate Factions assess idea of new 'legal status'

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