Newsletter
ACLU to CBP: Stop Trashing Asylum Seekers’ Possessions
“It strips people of their humanity,” says the ACLU.
The View on Global Warming and Migration From Guatemala: A Q&A with Juan Jose Hurtado Paz y Paz
"In the Mayan language the word migrant does not exist. What exists is el caminante, el viajero, ‘the walker’ or ‘the traveler.’"
DeSantis' Actions Towards Migrants More Than a Political Stunt. They're a Sign of the Danger to Come.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott are in a duel between the old Confederacy and modern authoritarianism.
Where Sports and Deportation Meet: ICE Is Removing People on the Same Planes Used to Transport Teams
What do the New England Patriots, Houston Rockets, private charter companies, and ICE Air Operations have in common? Find out here.
Meet the Corporate Donors Behind the GOP’s Extremists
“It’s essential that companies know and make public where their money ends up and what it enables."
It's The Border Chronicle's One-Year Anniversary!
Our funding from Substack has ended, but we're still feeling positive about the future with your help.
How the GOP’s “Invasion” Fever Stokes Violence and Undermines Democracy
It’s no accident that the same politicians who amplify the deadly invasion narrative also promote another lie: that the 2020 election was stolen.
After Years of Tribal Resistance, DHS Finishes its “Virtual Wall” on the Tohono O’odham Nation
An all-day quest led me to the final of the 10 towers built on native land. "You never know when you’re being watched,” said a resident.
Reporter’s Notebook: Arivaca’s Mundane Killing Field
A reportage about summer in the rural Arizona borderlands through the eyes of hawks, humanitarians, migrants, and migra.
Drought and Doubt on the Rio Grande: A Q&A with Watershed Scientist Martin Castro
As the Rio Grande dries up, Laredo, Texas, could run out of water by next spring. Communities downstream are already going dry.
A New Border Vision: A Q&A with Vicki Gaubeca of the Southern Border Communities Coalition
We discuss Border Patrol shadow units, the need to revitalize not militarize, and how borderlands communities could thrive if seen as the “vibrant, multilingual, and multicultural” places they are.
A New Campaign to Get the Border Patrol to Stop Trashing Asylum Seekers’ Possessions
“There’s really no reason for what they’re doing other than to strip people of their humanity.”