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.”
Spector, who specializes in Mexican asylum cases, said he expects more human rights defenders will request asylum after border opens this month to people with travel visas.
Kate Scott and other border residents are documenting the environmental damage. But Scott says they're left in the dark when it comes to the government's plan for remediation.
Rey Anzaldua and his family spent four years fighting off the Trump administration only to have their land in South Texas seized by the Biden administration to build a border wall.
