Breaking News: (Video) Department of Homeland Security installs first segment of floating border barrier on the Rio Grande
DHS has begun installing its massive floating buoy barrier which could include more than 500 miles.
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The Bipartisan Border Machine: Biden Never Really Stopped Building the Wall
By waiving 26 environmental and cultural laws, Biden continues the federal government’s decades-long practice of running roughshod over the borderlands and its people. This op-ed reckons with that.
A Live Podcast with David Taylor, Artist and Border Researcher
Recorded at the Tin Shed Theater with the wonderful people of Patagonia, Arizona, we talk about Taylor's fascinating career as an educator and artist who challenges our perceptions of borders.
At the Palestine-Mexico Border: Confronting the Climate Fortress in Southern Arizona
Renowned Palestinian scientist and environmentalist Mazin Qumsiyeh visits a surveillance tower first tested in the West Bank and speaks of the need for a “joint struggle.”
The Elon Musk Circus Comes to Eagle Pass, Texas
Billionaire’s visit was pure border theater, and a cynical move to promote his struggling social media platform
Blockading the Border: A Q&A with Timothy Dunn on the 30th Anniversary of Operation Hold the Line
The sociologist explains how the 1993 border operation remade immigration enforcement. And how now “it’s basically just political posturing, often framed by a good deal of racism.”
On Civil Rights and Operation Lone Star in South Texas: A Podcast with Roberto Lopez
"It feels like you're always being watched."
Reporter’s Notebook: A Glimpse into the Water Battles on the Border
“They can cut down all the flowers, but they can’t stop the spring.”
It’s The Border Chronicle’s second anniversary!
We've got a good thing going, but we need your help to continue.
“People Need Representation”: A Podcast with Immigration Lawyer Margo Cowan
The lawyer and longtime community organizer talks about her two-year ban from practicing immigration law, how she is responding to it, and her history of border organizing and advocacy in Arizona.
“An Occupying Force”: Florida Troopers Descend on Texas Border Communities
“There’s already a massive police presence in border communities under Operation Lone Star,” says Lopez. “People do see it as an occupying force.”
A Return on Our Investment: Border Externalization in “America’s Backyard” under the Biden Administration
Washington has intervened in Latin America several times since the Monroe Doctrine 200 years ago. U.S. border militarization across the Western Hemisphere is this intervention's newest evolution.
On Their Own: Border Humanitarians Respond to a Crisis Created by Governments
“I kept thinking, Who is going to come step up to the plate and help us here?" says Dora Rodriguez, co-founder of a migrant resource center in Sásabe, Sonora.