Border Chronicle: Weekly Roundup April 25
A video Q&A with border business expert, Jerry Pacheco, on Trump's tariffs, the high cost of border militarization in Eagle Pass, and Melissa and Todd discuss Trump's first 100 days in the podcast.
Watch Melissa’s video Q&A with Jerry Pacheco, president of the Border Industrial Association in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Pacheco speaks about the impacts of Trump’s tariffs on U.S.-Mexico trade, and how border militarization affects the border economy. Pacheco also answers our reader’s questions about cross border trade and Trump’s tariff regime. Thanks to everyone who sent in a question for Mr. Pacheco.
This Week in The Border Chronicle:
Texas Should Revitalize, not Militarize Border Communities: A Q&A with Amerika Garcia Grewal
Eagle Pass, Texas, is normally a quiet town of about 30,000 inhabitants that borders Piedras Negras, its sister city in Mexico. The town is home to Shelby Park, which lines the Rio Grande. In 2022 and 2023 the park received thousand…
State of the Border 100 Days after Trump: A Podcast with Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller
What is happening on the border three months into the Trump administration? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Here, Border Chronicle founders Melissa and Todd spend the hour discussing just that.
