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The Many Scandals of the Border Industrial Complex
As election campaigns heat up, the true state of the border is revealed in record budgets, record contracts, increased border deaths, and the barring of press from the Border Security Expo in El Paso.
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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.
The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 8
Todd witnesses a border security spending frenzy at the annual Border Security Expo in Phoenix, a Q&A with the author of a new book on El Paso's importance to U.S. history and immigration, and much more!
Spectacle Becomes Reality: Observations from This Year’s Border Security Expo
Come get a glimpse of the inner workings of the border industrial complex with these photos, text, and a video tour of the exhibition hall at the end. You will also learn about the national border security awards and who won person of the year.
The Southwest's Ellis Island: A Q&A with Jazmine Ulloa, author of El Paso
"The history of migration through El Paso is one that’s been forgotten and overlooked, even though these workers—and not just workers but intellectuals, activists, and poets—helped shape the American Southwest as we know it today."