The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: February 27
A protest against the buoy barrier in the RGV, a tense situation with military at the end of the wall in Arizona, and deported vets seek justice.
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The Border Narrative Machine: A Reflection on a Lost Debate at Yale
I lost the debate, I got hissed at, and I got a dose of humility. More importantly, I got a privileged view of how the national discourse works to shut down alternatives to militarizing the border.
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At the End of the Wall: A Reporter’s Notebook
Walking from a blasted mountain top--a planned site for new border wall construction--to a makeshift military camp along the border in a remote part of southern Arizona led to a tense yet revelatory moment.
The War Always Comes Home
While menacing Venezuela and Greenland, an “unbound” Trump has unleashed the empire on itself in Minneapolis.
Abolishing Just ICE Misses the Point: A Podcast with Melissa and Todd
In the spirit of broadening the analysis beyond ICE, Border Chronicle cofounders Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller discuss the
Breaking News: (Video) Department of Homeland Security installs first segment of floating border barrier on the Rio Grande
DHS has begun installing its massive floating buoy barrier which could include more than 500 miles.