The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: April 3
A critical DNA database to identify missing migrants vanishes, the US military is closing off the border to Americans, and lots of border wall news.
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The Borderlands Are Not Flooded with Fentanyl: A Q&A with Dr. Melody Glenn, author of Mother of Methadone
“The fact that this is being used as justification to militarize the border has been shocking for me to watch."
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Thou Shall Not Pray for Peace: The Bombing of Iran and the U.S.-Mexico Border
A few days after the United States launched Operation Epic Fury in Iran, the Border Patrol changed its policy on visits to the border wall, denying a church group permission to pray there, “for their own safety.”
What’s Next?
An immigration judge fired by the Trump administration searches for meaning at the southern border.
“Whoever Saves a Life, Saves a World”: On the Death of Carlos Spector, El Paso Immigration Attorney
He saved numerous lives by winning Mexican asylum cases that many said would be impossible to win.
South Texas Fights Back
ICE raids and detentions, together with a high-profile killing, have led Rio Grand Valley residents to mobilize—including even some local Republicans.
