“Anybody, Anyplace, Anytime Can Be Removed”: Terror and Border Extension under Trump
Just what did U.S. officials at the Border Security Expo earlier this month say about U.S. foreign policy, border extension, and a revival of the war on terror?
Immigration
Border Chronicle: Weekly Roundup March 21
Our invited immigration expert, Austin Kocher, has answers for our readers. Watch our video! And read on for more news from The Border Chronicle and the borderlands.
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Ask an Expert: Austin Kocher
As promised, immigration expert Austin Kocher has answers for some of your most confounding immigration questions. We sent Austin your questions and he chose three of them to answer. We also tried something fun by doing this via video. Thanks so much to our readers who sent in your questions. Every one of them was great! And thanks Austin for taking the time to share your knowledge with us.
This Week in The Border Chronicle:
Uncanny Rio Grande Valley
Broken satellites lie in junk heaps alongside refrigerators and mattresses. Libraries have been shuttered and books banned. A changing climate has pushed the electricity grid to the brink. Newspapers are dead; information comes only through specific controlled portals. Deportation flights sound overhead.
Caroline Tracey
Border Theater Goes Binational
Ramping up its plans to deport millions of people, President Trump’s federal government has rapidly expanded th…
Pablo De La Rosa
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Hundreds of troops could be headed to Presidio County, but officials lack firm details The Big Bend Sentinel
Trump team makes plans for military to hold migrants at border The Washington Post
A Deadly Passage Texas Monthly
Video: Bishop Michael Hunn Responds to Department of Homeland Security: Defending Our Border Ministry
“A mi país ya no regreso”: Juárez, de paso de migrantes a ciudad de refugio La Verdad Juarez
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