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.”
“There may not be human rights in Siglo XXI,” the name of the Tapachula immigration detention center where the author and journalist was imprisoned, “but there’s lots of humanity.”
Join me on a reflective journey with photos and ponderings in this last post for The Border Chronicle in 2022. Until then, happy holidays and New Year!
Whether Title 42 ends or not, Sonoyta, Sonora, and the Centro de Esperanza are preparing for the long haul, said Aaron Flores, codirector of the center.
Since protests began in earnest on November 29, a multi-generational group of Arizonans have managed to halt construction on the governor’s border wall made of double-stacked shipping containers.
