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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: June 27

Immigrant communities under siege from the Trump administration, a fascinating podcast conversation about tech surveillance, Gaza, and U.S. borders with Todd Miller and Amali Tower, and more!
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Thank you to everyone who joined our live video talk last night with Alix Dick about her new memoir “The cost of being undocumented: one woman’s reckoning with America’s inhumane math.” Alix talked about what it’s like for people living without legal status in the United States as masked federal agents kidnap people off the streets in California. This week at The Border Chronicle, we also have an audio feature by Pablo de la Rosa in South Texas where immigrant communities say they are afraid to leave their homes for fear of being targeted by law enforcement and federal agents.

To learn more about Alix’s new memoir, listen to our May podcast with Alix and her co-author Antero Garcia. Also check out their excellent Substack “La Cuenta.”

Also, a big thanks to our readers and listeners for supporting our work by becoming a paid subscriber or donating to The Border Chronicle. We rely almost solely on our subscribers to fund this work. The Border Chronicle is the only border-wide publication in the country providing on-the-ground reporting, context and analysis from a border perspective. If you haven’t already, please consider becoming a paid subscriber today for just $6 a month or $60 a year. Everything goes directly to our reporting and research. Thank you!

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This Week in The Border Chronicle:

Audio Feature: "La Jaula de Oro", Trump's ICE Raids Cast a Shadow of Fear in the Rio Grande Valley

Audio Feature: "La Jaula de Oro", Trump's ICE Raids Cast a Shadow of Fear in the Rio Grande Valley

Since January 2025, the Trump administration has dramatically ramped up migrant workplace raids — mobilizing ICE and Homeland Security Investigations to detain thousands of undocumented people nationwide as part of a push to deport millions before Trump’s term ends.

Climate, Tech, Borders, and Gaza: A Podcast with Amali Tower

Climate, Tech, Borders, and Gaza: A Podcast with Amali Tower

In this episode the executive director of Climate Refugees, Amali Tower, crosses the globe from Israel/Palestine to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands to look at the technology that connects the seemingly disparate realities of warfare, surveillance, and immigration raids, putting them in the context of c…

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The border wall near Sasabe, Arizona in 2024. (Photo credit: Melissa del Bosque)

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More News from the Border:

The Rio Grande Valley as Heart of LGBTQ+ Resistance and Joy The Texas Observer

Property owners express concern, confusion over Starbase zoning ordinance MyRGV.com

Mexico’s president threatens to sue over SpaceX debris from rocket explosions The Guardian

Pentagon to set up 2 more military buffer zones near border in Arizona and Texas ABC News

National Defense Area established in South Texas Air Force press release

ICE Is Arresting 1,100 Percent More Noncriminals on the Streets Than in 2017 Cato.org

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