How New Mexico Learned to Love Its Ephemeral Waters
Rollbacks to the Clean Water Act may have affected the borderlands more than any other region. States are stepping up—but there’s still more to do.
Immigration
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I Was an Asylum Seeker. Now I Help Others: A Podcast with Dora Rodriguez
"My story was tragic and painful. It took me years to open up. But I have a story that I hope can make some change, and let people know who we migrants really are."
Join Us Thursday to Discuss Climate Change, Migration and Borders
The UN Climate Change Conference starts next month. What should global leaders make a priority? Join our panel of international experts tomorrow, Thursday, in our discussion thread.
ACLU to CBP: Stop Trashing Asylum Seekers’ Possessions
“It strips people of their humanity,” says the ACLU.
The View on Global Warming and Migration From Guatemala: A Q&A with Juan Jose Hurtado Paz y Paz
"In the Mayan language the word migrant does not exist. What exists is el caminante, el viajero, ‘the walker’ or ‘the traveler.’"
How to Counter the GOP's White Supremacy Campaign Messaging: A Podcast Interview with Zachary Mueller
The political director for the nonprofit America's Voice traces the history of the GOP's embrace of white supremacy messaging from the 2017 Unite the Right rally to the upcoming midterm elections.
Where Sports and Deportation Meet: ICE Is Removing People on the Same Planes Used to Transport Teams
What do the New England Patriots, Houston Rockets, private charter companies, and ICE Air Operations have in common? Find out here.
Challenging Smuggling Myths on the U.S. Mexico Border: A Podcast with Anthropologist Gabriella Sanchez
“The focus on organized crime prevents us from seeing how enforcement and inequality disproportionately targets the poor.”
A Memoir from the Front Lines of Family Separation: A Podcast with Human Rights Lawyer Efrén Olivares
“Putting these feelings, these experiences on the page was cathartic," he says about his new book on Trump's Zero Tolerance and its aftermath.
Reporter’s Notebook: Arivaca’s Mundane Killing Field
A reportage about summer in the rural Arizona borderlands through the eyes of hawks, humanitarians, migrants, and migra.
A New Campaign to Get the Border Patrol to Stop Trashing Asylum Seekers’ Possessions
“There’s really no reason for what they’re doing other than to strip people of their humanity.”
With Migrant Deaths Mounting, Border Residents Organize to Save Lives
“No matter who’s in charge or what party it is, the deaths continue.”
Uncertainty and Desperation in Nogales: Asylum-Seeking Families Wait for Title 42 to End
Border policy is fragmented. Asylum, despite being the law of the land, is all but a dream for most. Every border town up and down the line tells a different story. But as the August summer sun sears the desert, the desperation is palpable as people wait, hope and pray.