The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 1
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.
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.
After a week of constant media buzz about the “border crisis” and an enforcement-heavy border bill, a freezing snowstorm reveals the true crisis.
It’s no accident that Texas is at the very center of the “invasion” campaign strategy.
Was 2023 a historic year for migrant arrivals? How and why has the flow of asylum seekers changed over the years?
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.
A vivid look at U.S. policy toward climate refugees through one family’s displacement after Hurricane Otis.
"We have people dying here, blood on the ground. And the state of Texas seems to feel like this is OK."
"The border has become the next war zone for the military industrial complex.”
Former Texas DPS captain, Jaeson Jones, is a savvy MAGA propagandist and border chaos entrepreneur.
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.
A reflection as 2023 comes to an end, and 2024 comes down the pike, and refugees continue to cross the border by the hundreds.
"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."
Independent news, culture and context from the U.S.-Mexico border.