Happy May Day! An audio deep dive into the National Defense Areas and a human rights archeologist speaks on the politics of haunting and border deaths.
With more than 40 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border now under military authority, we discuss our Border Chronicle/The War Horse investigation examining this unprecedented expansion of federal power and its impact on border communities.
“For a long time, a big proportion of the American public said that border security was their most important issue. People are starting to realize what that means in terms of the violence entailed.”
A report from the banks of the Rio Grande during the “Bridging Borders and Leveraging Water for Peace” World Water Week 24 conference in El Paso/Juárez.
In election years, U.S. politicians treat migrants as dangerous, flat, or faceless, and claim enforcement is the only solution to the “crisis.” A shelter in Nogales offers a different perspective.
Texas governor Greg Abbott has barred federal agents from Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, but not content creators who promote invasion rhetoric and conspiracy theories.
"I went through dozens of reports, scores of articles, on the discussion of this migration bill, and the reporters talked to zero migrants and zero migrant rights groups."
