“Whoever Saves a Life, Saves a World”: On the Death of Carlos Spector, El Paso Immigration Attorney
He saved numerous lives by winning Mexican asylum cases that many said would be impossible to win.
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“Re-envision No More Division”: A Reflective Photo Essay of 2025
Take a photographic stroll in 2025--from Inauguration Day in January to unauthorized cows crossing the Rio Grande in the fall--as we seek a “different way forward.”
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Dynamite Blasts and Paradise Lost
One of North America’s Last Pristine Prairies in the San Rafael Valley Will Be Scarred Forever as the Border Wall Advances in Southern Arizona.
The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: December 12
A DACA recipient in South Texas says life under the Trump mass deportation dragnet is "pure trauma." And a former immigration judge, fired in November, talks about the future of immigration courts.
This Immigration Judge Loved His Job. But Then He Was Fired: A Podcast with Jeremiah Johnson
Morale is low among judges, says Johnson, as the Trump administration ignores due process and the immigration case backlog grows.
Under Trump, DACA Recipients Struggle with New Uncertainty
Living in Trump's Deportation America right now feels like "pure trauma" says a DACA recipient in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: December 5
A photographer documents extreme drought in Chihuahua and a Tucson poet talks apocalypse, and finding inspiration from Interstate 10 for her new book. Plus, more news from across the border region.
A River without Water: A Photo Essay by Eduardo Talamantes
A ferocious drought has struck Chihuahua, leaving its most important river, the Río Conchos, almost dry, and its people in dire straits.
“A border / was placed upon / land and dermis”
A Q&A with author Raquel Gutiérrez on art, the apocalypse, Interstate 10, and their new poetry book, Southwest Reconstruction.
Giving Thanks at The Border Chronicle
We are thankful to you for supporting the only independent border-wide publication owned by journalists. Plus, read a new CJR article about us, and listen to our podcast interview with Laura St. John
Kafka’s Merry-Go-Round of Hell: A Podcast with Laura St. John
Dive into the delusions of detention and deportation under the Trump administration. The Florence Project’s legal director offers a new way to understand and challenge them.
The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: November 21
Illegal boat strikes are part of Trump's plan to militarize domestic policy, and a new exhibition in Tucson commemorates community resistance to the borderlands’ military-industrial complex