Walking from a blasted mountain top--a planned site for new border wall construction--to a makeshift military camp along the border in a remote part of southern Arizona led to a tense yet revelatory moment.
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Dr. Melody Glenn on the false narrative about Fentanyl, and a bipartisan congress built the largest immigrant detention system in the world. Advocate Jesse Franzblau talks about how we dismantle it.
Private corporations and the Trump administration will make the world's largest immigrant detention system even deadlier. But it can be stopped, says Jesse Franzblau
What does security actually mean as billions are funneled into walls and armed agents? And a historian explains the complicated story behind the new binational Tijuana River agreement.
A podcast discussion about security as U.S. health care gets cut to fund the most gargantuan border enforcement bill ever passed. How do we create a counterforce to this?
A road trip through the American West leads to a haunting lesson about a past atrocity, plus a community-led solution in Mexicali to fight climate change. And, a new militarized zone in Yuma.
A road trip through the American West leads to a haunting lesson about a past atrocity—and inspiration from longtime border activists, who share what keeps them going as we enter a dark new chapter.
We're taking a short break, but in the meantime we have a great summer reading list for you. Also, send your comments to CBP about new border wall. And stay cool!
Immigrant communities under siege from the Trump administration, a fascinating podcast conversation about tech surveillance, Gaza, and U.S. borders with Todd Miller and Amali Tower, and more!
