The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: June 26
The efforts to preserve the desert's iconic plants, resist the destruction of ancient trees, and deal with the harassing border machine, even after deportation.
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The Greek Shipwreck Oracle: A Horrible Accident at Sea or the Inevitable Function of Militarized Borders?
In a thought-provoking, context-giving conversation with writer Lauren Markham, we learn why stories we tell about borders and mobility matter, and how stories are oracles that prophesize the future.
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“They Don’t Care About Any Law”: A Q&A with Elsa Hull on Her Arrest While Opposing Border Wall Construction
This month, Hull’s worst fears came true as contractors for Southwest Valley Constructors and Kiewit started bulldozing and scraping land near her home to construct a 30-foot border wall.
“Anybody, Anyplace, Anytime Can Be Removed”: Terror and Border Extension under Trump
Just what did U.S. officials at the Border Security Expo earlier this month say about U.S. foreign policy, border extension, and a revival of the war on terror?
Inside the Sentinel Surveillance Tower in Ciudad Juárez: A Podcast with Investigative Journalist José Olivares
Torre Centinela, a Mexican surveillance hub that will share intelligence with U.S. and Texas law enforcement is slated to open soon. Olivares discusses his investigation on Torre Centinela and the private corporation running it.
Across the Borderlands, Wall Construction Threatens Sacred Sites
Like environmental regulations, cultural-and historic-preservation laws are being systematically waived for wall construction—and border communities are paying the price.