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Trump’s Troops and the Border “Learning Lab”
How the Republican-led Operation Lone Star in Texas became Trump’s model for sending troops into Democratic-led cities.
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Melissa del Bosque
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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 26
Our 4th anniversary party was a blast, Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his border sci-fi cult classic 'Sleep Dealer.' And humanitarian Scott Warren talks about…
Sep 26 • 
Melissa del Bosque
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Todd Miller
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Humanitarian Aid Is Never a Crime: A Podcast with Scott Warren
Listen now (70 mins) | How did the first Trump administration crack down on providing water and aid for migrants? And what insights we can gain from…
Sep 25 • 
Todd Miller
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Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic "Sleep Dealer", and Creating a New Cinema for the Border
See Sleep Dealer at the Fox Theater in Tucson on October 15 with a panel, featuring Alex Rivera, and an audience Q&A afterward.
Sep 23 • 
Melissa del Bosque
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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 19
Photographer Eunice Adorno captures Mexico’s aging dams as “monuments to an idea of progress that never arrived." And Mexico and the US fund "water…
Sep 19 • 
Melissa del Bosque
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Caroline Tracey
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Trump Authorizes Military to Take Over Federal Land at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Apr 12 • Pablo De La Rosa and Melissa del Bosque
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Acclaimed Latino Author and Filmmaker Detained and Accused: Racial Profiling on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Aug 29, 2024 • Todd Miller
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A Walk on the Border the Day after the National Emergency Declaration
Jan 23 • Todd Miller
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Historic Levels of Rain Leave the Texas-Mexico Border in Ruins, with Officials Slow to Respond
Mar 29 • Pablo De La Rosa
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Can the Water Resiliency Fund Help Revive the Endangered Rio Grande?
“It’s billions of dollars to focus on this, and this is all hands on deck," says Jesse Hereford, a NADBank official.
Sep 18 • 
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Wild Waters and Unfulfilled Promises
Photographer Eunice Adorno captures Mexico’s aging dams as “monuments to an idea of progress that never arrived."
Sep 16 • 
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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 12
Todd Miller on the development of a border war machine, its imposition, and its fragility, and Pablo De La Rosa on Mexican communities pushing back…
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