The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: April 3
A critical DNA database to identify missing migrants vanishes, the US military is closing off the border to Americans, and lots of border wall news.
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Facing Trump 2.0: The Immigrant Rights Movement Needs to Step Up Its Game
Mutual aid isn’t enough, says Zachary Mueller, political director for the nonprofit America’s Voice. We need a new coalition that studies the Right’s strategy, and builds a viable counterstrategy.
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The DNA Archive Built to Identify the Border’s Missing Has Vanished
The Colibrí Center for Human Rights was a vital link between families and their missing loved ones. But now it's gone dark.
A War Zone, Minus the War: One Year Into the Military Buildup of the U.S.-Mexico Border
An investigation into how President Trump’s emergency declaration along the southern border expanded military power, blurred legal lines, and helped spread the use of military-grade technology.
Inside Trump’s Plan to Finish Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley
Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.
What’s Next?
An immigration judge fired by the Trump administration searches for meaning at the southern border.