Ask an Expert: Timothy Dunn

Over the last month, as reported here at The Border Chronicle, we’ve seen an amping up and expansion of the militarization of the border. Needless to say, questions about this abound. What is happening exactly? Are we onto a new phase of border militarization? How is it different from the past? And what should we be concerned about moving forward?

Sociologist Timothy Dunn is one of the top experts on border militarization in the United States. His two books are The Militarization of the U.S. Mexico Border 1978-1992: Low Intensity Doctrine Comes Home and Blockading the Border and Human Rights: The El Paso Operation that Remade Immigration Enforcement. Dunn’s work has been crucial in its investigations of the whys and hows of border militarization over many decades, and he can provide in depth and contextual analysis to everything happening right now.

Email us your questions about border militarization for Timothy Dunn. He’ll answer your questions via video in our weekly roundup on May 30. Don’t forget to put “ask an expert” in the subject line of your email. Send your questions to theborderchronicle@protonmail.com

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Photos from May Day March in Tucson

On May 1, thousands gathered in Tucson as part of a National Day of Action to protest the Donald Trump administration. This action corresponded with May Day marches for workers and workers rights around the world. Here, in the borderlands, there was a clear and loud focus on border rights issues. Some chants included “Donald Trump, let’s be clear, immigrants are welcome here” and “From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go.” And elder border and rights activist Isabel Garcia said from the stage that “We need to invest in human needs at the border, not more surveillance and militarization.” The Border Chronicle was able to capture some of this spirit in the following photos from the march and rally.