Newsletter
It's Not Trash, It's People's Belongings: A Q&A with Noah Schramm from the ACLU
A new report from ACLU and immigration rights organizations on what Congress and CBP can do to end Border Patrol's longstanding practice of trashing asylum seekers' belongings.
What Is the “Border Crisis”? A Snowstorm, Humanitarian Aid, and the Border Bill
After a week of constant media buzz about the “border crisis” and an enforcement-heavy border bill, a freezing snowstorm reveals the true crisis.
Oil Billionaires Bankroll the Border "Chaos"
It’s no accident that Texas is at the very center of the “invasion” campaign strategy.
Fight Corruption and Invest in Asylum: A Q&A with Adam Isacson
Was 2023 a historic year for migrant arrivals? How and why has the flow of asylum seekers changed over the years?
Extraction, Contamination, and Migration in Mexico: A Q&A with Patricia Rodríguez
A vivid description of how fracking in Mexico has harmed water, air, land, and agriculture, and how it is linked to accelerated climate warming, displacement, and migration.
Threat Multiplier: The U.S. Border and the Invisible Climate War
A vivid look at U.S. policy toward climate refugees through one family’s displacement after Hurricane Otis.
Texas is not a Trustworthy Partner: A Q&A with Eagle Pass Activist Amerika Garcia Grewal
"We have people dying here, blood on the ground. And the state of Texas seems to feel like this is OK."
Surveillance Occupation in the U.S. Borderlands: A Narrative Photo Essay by Colter Thomas and Dugan Meyer
"The border has become the next war zone for the military industrial complex.”
Meet the MAGA Media Militia
Former Texas DPS captain, Jaeson Jones, is a savvy MAGA propagandist and border chaos entrepreneur.
The Border Chronicle Forecast for 2024
Escalating political tensions, more MAGA border theater, and militia madness with border communities caught in the middle. It’s going to be a very bumpy ride.
The Modern-Day Nativity Scene: A Concertina Wire Christmas
A reflection as 2023 comes to an end, and 2024 comes down the pike, and refugees continue to cross the border by the hundreds.
The New Gospel of Violence: Surveillance Meets Border Violence in Palestine
"Israel’s brutal crackdown in Gaza is a bleak reminder of how authoritarianism and technology go hand in hand, as rockets and drones in the sky dim the stars of Bethlehem."