The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 8
Todd witnesses a border security spending frenzy at the annual Border Security Expo in Phoenix, a Q&A with the author of a new book on El Paso's importance to U.S. history and immigration, and much more!
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It’s Not Aiding and Abetting, It’s Humanitarian Aid: A Q&A with Eddie Canales, founder of the South Texas Human Rights Center
For nearly a decade, Eddie Canales has worked to save lives and identify missing migrants along the Texas-Mexico border. In 2013, Canales opened the South Texas Human Rights Center in the small ranching town of Falfurrias in rural Brooks County.
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The Southwest's Ellis Island: A Q&A with Jazmine Ulloa, author of El Paso
"The history of migration through El Paso is one that’s been forgotten and overlooked, even though these workers—and not just workers but intellectuals, activists, and poets—helped shape the American Southwest as we know it today."
A Q&A with Human Rights Archaeologist Gabriella Soto
“For a long time, a big proportion of the American public said that border security was their most important issue. People are starting to realize what that means in terms of the violence entailed.”
Exclusive Documentary Short Premier: What Do Argentina's Disappeared Have to Do With Unidentified Migrants on the U.S.-Mexico Border?
A Q&A and exclusive screening of a documentary short by award-winning filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz.
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