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Trump Authorizes Military to Take Over Federal Land at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Trump issues executive order directing military to take over the Roosevelt Reservation. Tribal land is excluded from the order.
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Pablo De La Rosa
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Melissa del Bosque
14
Acclaimed Latino Author and Filmmaker Detained and Accused: Racial Profiling on the U.S.-Mexico Border
"We can’t do our job without taking ethnicity into account. We are very dependent on that." —DHS official
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Todd Miller
14
A Walk on the Border the Day after the National Emergency Declaration
A meditative walk along the border wall in Nogales seeks a new way forward the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump.
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Todd Miller
30
America's Gulag
In COMPLEX, artist David Taylor documents border surveillance and the “most significant architectural legacy we have created in the last 20 years.”
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Caroline Tracey
6
Historic Levels of Rain Leave the Texas-Mexico Border in Ruins, with Officials Slow to Respond
"It feels like we're on our own," said a Texas border resident.
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Pablo De La Rosa
10
A New Era of Border Theater
It only took 30 years and the help of the Democratic Party to get here.
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Melissa del Bosque
20
“In Beauty May I Walk”: A Reflection on Walking from the Border to Tucson for 22 Years
On Monday, 43 people embarked on the Migrant Trail, a 75-mile walk through the desert in solidarity with people who have died crossing the border.
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Todd Miller
12
The Mass Deportation Handoff
The transition from Biden to Trump through the lens of a booming border industrial complex, bipartisan consensus, and changing climate.
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Todd Miller
40
Walking along the Border on Election Day: An On-the-Ground Report and Reflection
On Election Day, I take a meditative and ultimately inspiring walk along the border wall on the Mexican side. And discover why it is more important than…
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Todd Miller
23
Trump’s “Invasion” Theatrics: Act 1
In Trump’s executive orders it’s possible to see how he could build an authoritarian infrastructure under the guise of protecting Americans from an…
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Melissa del Bosque
12
Under Trump Military Expansion, Soldiers May Soon Police Civilians at the Border
The Trump administration is turning vast stretches of federal land into militarized “National Defense Areas.” Soldiers in these areas might soon begin…
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Melissa del Bosque
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Pablo De La Rosa
, and 
Todd Miller
4
What Is Plan Sonora?
How the border state became the center of Mexico’s ambitious renewable-energy plan.
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Caroline Tracey
8
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