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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Miroslava Breach and Justice for Journalists in Mexico
No country targets its journalists for execution quite like Mexico
Redefining Belonging: A Q&A with Sonny Singh
The Sikh musician and educator speaks about how children of immigrants respond with creativity, activism, and spiritual practice to an oppressive immigration regime.
Ducey’s Debacle: The Wall of Shipping Containers Is Gone, but Questions Remain
Former protestors celebrate the re-opening of the stretch of border, and evaluate the environmental damage.
Autonomous Surveillance Towers Are Creeping Up the California Coast
A "massive expansion" of surveillance, spurred by private industry, moves beyond the border in California.
Mapping Surveillance in Border Communities: A Conversation with Dave Maass
The U.S. government is doubling down on surveillance, but residents have little input or idea of how it impacts their privacy. Maass talks about EFF's new project to map the "virtual wall."
What does Oaxaca, Mexico, have to do with the U.S. Border? A Q&A with Miguel Ángel Vásquez de la Rosa
The connection between migration, poverty, violence, and corporate dispossession in Oaxaca. And the active resistance to them.
Residents Fight to Save the Binational Friendship Park: A Q&A with Pedro Rios
As 30-foot walls go up, U.S. residents lose another important symbol of binational solidarity between the two countries.
The Importance of Cross Border Journalism: A Podcast with Kendal Blust and Murphy Woodhouse
With media coverage shrinking, this two-person news bureau based in Hermosillo, Sonora, fills a vital role informing U.S. audiences about Mexico.
From Education to Everything Else
Felicia Rangel-Samponaro and Victor Cavazos founded The Sidewalk School, then a migrant shelter in Mexico. Now they also provide tech-support for a flawed U.S. immigration app.
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Left to Die: Deterrence, Death, and Rescue in the Borderlands
The story of a harrowing, multiday rescue of a stranded Guatemalan man in the frigid February Arizona desert that raises serious questions about the Border Patrol's search and rescue unit.
Laredo's Epic Battle Against Federal and State-Funded Border Walls: A Conversation with Tricia Cortez
"It's an obscene amount of money to destroy 16 river miles," says Cortez of Texas' new border wall plan.