This Week in The Border Chronicle:
Under Trump, DACA Recipients Struggle with New Uncertainty
Mateo Hernández remembers the day his mother disappeared in 2016. She was captured by ICE in the front yard of his brother’s house in the Rio Grande Valley. At the time, his three-year-old s…
This Immigration Judge Loved His Job. But Then He Was Fired: A Podcast with Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson was an immigration judge in San Francisco. On November 21, he was fired by email without explanation. “I didn’t even have time to print out the letter before the system was shut down and I was locked out,” he said. The email arrived with the subject…
More News from the Border:
The Trump administration announced this week that it will further militarize the California-Mexico border by creating another national defense area, which will be under the control of the U.S. Navy.
Interior Transfers Public Land to Navy to Support Border Security and National Defense U.S. Dept. of the Interior press release.
Ft. Bliss in El Paso, Texas, is now holding nearly 3,000 people in detention under deplorable conditions. The ACLU and other civil and human rights organizations are raising the alarm and warn that the administration will likely open other military detention camps soon.
ICE Letter Regarding Ft. Bliss the ACLU & read local border coverage in El Paso Matters
After Trump pardon, Rep. Henry Cuellar restored to homeland security funding post The Texas Tribune
The Department of War is celebrating the fact that it has deployed 43,000 rolls of concertina wire to be installed across the entire southern border.
Historic Border Security Milestone: Largest C-wire Delivery, Emplacement in U.S. Territorial History in Partnership with CBP The Dept. of War
DPS investigating fatal shooting involving Border Patrol in Starr County MyRGV.com
California’s Attorney General is asking people to report ICE, CBP and other federal agent misconduct.
