Border Militarization

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“Lines of Life and Death”: A Podcast with Geographer Joseph Nevins on Global Apartheid and the Right to the World

Lauded border scholar Joseph Nevins dissects the global border apparatus, shows its parallels with South African apartheid, and calls for both freedom of movement and the right to stay home

“The American Homeland Is the Planet”: How the U.S. Exports Its Border to Ukraine

Since 9/11 the United States has expanded its southwestern border enforcement abroad. Yes, even to Ukraine.

Reporter’s Notebook: This Year’s Border Security Expo in San Antonio Was the Biggest Ever: “Why Would You Even Want a Solution?”

Robo-dogs, ghost drones, Palmer Luckey, and protestors outside, plus other observations from my week at the Border Security Expo in Texas

Cruelty as Border Policy: The Biden Administration Keeps in Place CBP’s “Consequence Delivery System”

Biden is maintaining long-standing deterrence policies that systematically create suffering for migrant families, according to new CBP documents obtained by the National Immigrant Justice Center

It’s Time to Retire the Term “Border Security”

Not only is it a lie, it also prevents us from imagining an alternative for a better world for all people

I Was a Performer In the “Spectacle” of Border Enforcement: A Podcast Interview with Police Expert Eric Gamino

The former South Texas police officer talks about working a “surge” on the Texas-Mexico border, and playing a role in “border theater.”

Robo Dogs and Refugees: The Future of the Global Border Industrial Complex

The future is here, and it’s a nightmare for migrants. Robo-dogs are joining the global arsenal of border enforcement technologies. The consequences will be deadly.

Blockading the Border Bulldozers: Amber Lee Ortega on Hia Ced O’odham Resistance

In this audio interview Ortega discusses why she chose to face a judge in order to protect a sacred spring on the Arizona-Mexico Border.

Borders Are Open for Profit, but Not for People

In a Q&A, prolific author and professor Justin Akers Chacón discusses his new book where he breaks down free trade agreements and argues why the U.S.-Mexico border should be opened for people.