The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: June 5
The Border Chronicle hangs out with legendary journalist Amy Goodman, plus big tech and the "everywhere border" and a podcast about Latin American art and the borderlands and more!
Former IBWC Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner, a border native who led significant water infrastructure projects, was ousted last week by President Donald Trump amid ongoing U.S.-Mexico water disputes.
Arizona's San Rafael Valley and other critical wildlife corridors in the borderlands are targeted by the Trump Administration for new wall construction.
In a lively conversation, The Border Chronicle founders grapple with the last three months of militarization and surveillance, and ponder what’s to come.
The Trump administration is turning vast stretches of federal land into militarized “National Defense Areas.” Soldiers in these areas might soon begin undertaking civilian law enforcement duties.
In Tuesday briefing, White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, says at least 90 miles of Texas border to be included under last Friday's executive order.
Trump issues executive order directing military to take over the Roosevelt Reservation. Tribal land is excluded from the order.
"It feels like we're on our own," said a Texas border resident.
"I really do not see this changing the world by any means, but it does expand surveillance of border residents," says Anthony of treasury policy that takes effect on April 14.
The Trump administration is exporting its draconian approach to border enforcement to Mexico through aggressive political pressure and drastic reductions in NGO funding.
As border crossings reach a historic low, Trump and Abbott double down on military expansion and increasing the capacity for mass deportation.
How the border state became the center of Mexico’s ambitious renewable-energy plan.
In Trump’s executive orders it’s possible to see how he could build an authoritarian infrastructure under the guise of protecting Americans from an invasion.
Independent news, culture and context from the U.S.-Mexico border.