This week on Fronteras:

This week on Fronteras: The rich history of tamales. Remembering a Pearl Harbor hero in Waco (12:56). Ballet dancer lives the American dream performing “The Nutcracker” (15:37).

This week on Fronteras:

This week on Fronteras: Rural West Texans scramble to try to find affordable health care. Border Patrol finds Guatemalans freezing at border (4:54). The Los Angeles Times uncovers corruption in Mexico’s housing developments (5:47). At a border reunion, a 14-year old boy gets an endearing birthday present (15:46).

This week on Fronteras:

This week on Fronteras: In California, Border Patrol agents are getting sick from sewage spills in the Tijuana River. A language barrier often exists between patients and their doctors (7.02). A high profile Hispanic throws her hat into the ring for Texas governor (12.57). Mariachi music makes its way out of the cantinas and into the classrooms (17.27).

This week on Fronteras:

This week on Fronteras: Human trafficking is an international crime, but Texas authorities are learning to understand it as a local atrocity. The fight to get Mexican-American studies in public schools (6:18). How a family divided by the U.S.-Mexico border struggles to keep a sense of normalcy in their lives (16:20)

This week on Fronteras:

This week on Fronteras: Border Patrol agents go through extremes on the job, ranging from extreme boredom to high-stress situations. 0:00 Some immigrant laborers who responded to Harvey don’t get paid. 4:05 Bi-partisan support in Texas for new DREAM Act legislation to protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program from deportation. 5:43 A study on discrimination shows many Latinos weren’t encouraged to pursue higher education. 8:20 A binational study of heart disease is