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The Right to Seek Asylum in El Paso: A Q&A with Marisa Limón Garza, Executive Director of Las Americas
Many different countries are working with the United States to wall off access to asylum, says Limón Garza. "This means that vulnerable people have far fewer places to turn to."
Miroslava Breach and Justice for Journalists in Mexico
No country targets its journalists for execution quite like Mexico
Redefining Belonging: A Q&A with Sonny Singh
The Sikh musician and educator speaks about how children of immigrants respond with creativity, activism, and spiritual practice to an oppressive immigration regime.
Ducey’s Debacle: The Wall of Shipping Containers Is Gone, but Questions Remain
Former protestors celebrate the re-opening of the stretch of border, and evaluate the environmental damage.
Autonomous Surveillance Towers Are Creeping Up the California Coast
A "massive expansion" of surveillance, spurred by private industry, moves beyond the border in California.
What does Oaxaca, Mexico, have to do with the U.S. Border? A Q&A with Miguel Ángel Vásquez de la Rosa
The connection between migration, poverty, violence, and corporate dispossession in Oaxaca. And the active resistance to them.
Residents Fight to Save the Binational Friendship Park: A Q&A with Pedro Rios
As 30-foot walls go up, U.S. residents lose another important symbol of binational solidarity between the two countries.
From Education to Everything Else
Felicia Rangel-Samponaro and Victor Cavazos founded The Sidewalk School, then a migrant shelter in Mexico. Now they also provide tech-support for a flawed U.S. immigration app.
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Left to Die: Deterrence, Death, and Rescue in the Borderlands
The story of a harrowing, multiday rescue of a stranded Guatemalan man in the frigid February Arizona desert that raises serious questions about the Border Patrol's search and rescue unit.
The Border Narrative Machine: A Reflection on a Lost Debate at Yale
I lost the debate, I got hissed at, and I got a dose of humility. More importantly, I got a privileged view of how the national discourse works to shut down alternatives to militarizing the border.
How to Alleviate Suffering at the Border: A Q&A with Immigration Policy Expert Danilo Zak
"For many, there is no line to get into — no 'right way' to come to the U.S.,” Zak says.