The Border Chronicle Forecast for 2025

A booming border chaos economy. Billionaires and algorithms support autocracy. The criminalization of immigration, and worsening water woes. But also good news: Meet our new reporter!

A SpaceX test rocket explodes near Brownsville, Texas, in November 2023. The wall was privately built in Mission, Texas, by Steve Bannon and Trump allies who were charged with conspiracy and money laundering for defrauding Americans who donated to the poorly constructed wall. (Photo credit: Melissa del Bosque)

Welp, it’s 2025. Here we go!