The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: November 14

Those recently deported say overcrowding in detention, lack of oversight and misinformation are creating deadly conditions. Plus, stories from the frontline of climate displacement in Guatemala.

By Melissa del Bosque & The Border Chronicle

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November 14, 2025

This Week in The Border Chronicle:

“A lot of families are suffering”: A Q&A with Sister Tracey Horan from the Kino Border Initiative in Ambos Nogales

We Just Want the Chance to Stay: Stories from Guatemala and the Borderlands on Climate and Belonging

More News on the Border:

Event this Saturday, Nov. 15, in southern Arizona: Rally for the Valley from Noon- 4 p.m.

Join congressional leaders, local elected officials, environmentalists, wildlife advocates and other folks who care about the beautiful San Rafael Valley, one of the most important wildlife corridors left in southeastern Arizona. Border wall construction through the valley has already begun. Click on the link above for more info.

Trump trade, immigration policies weigh on Texas economy Source Media

Greg Bovino’s Border Patrol Agents Use Disproportionate Force, Data Shows Pogo

Tracking Domestic Deployments of the U.S. Military Lawfare

U.S. Military in Latin America and the Caribbean Airwars

Authors

Melissa del Bosque

Melissa del Bosque is Co-founder and Executive Director of The Border Chronicle. Melissa has written about the U.S.-Mexico border since 1998 for various media outlets, including ProPublica, The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Texas Observer, and The Intercept.

Her work has been recognized with numerous U.S. and international journalism awards, including a Gabo Award and the Internacional Rey de España de Periodismo award, as the U.S.-Mexico investigations editor for Lighthouse Reports. In 2020, del Bosque received the RFK Human Rights Journalism Award as part of a ProPublica group reporting project “Inside the Border Patrol.” In 2016, she received the Hillman Prize for her investigative feature “Death on Sevenmile Road” about the militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border. In 2015, del Bosque’s four-part series with The Guardian on migrant deaths in South Texas won an Emmy and a National Magazine Award.

Del Bosque is also the author of Bloodlines: The True Story of a Drug Cartel, the FBI and the Battle for a Horse-Racing Dynasty. She has a Master’s in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, a Master’s in Public Health from the Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health, and a Bachelor’s in poetry and Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.

In her spare time, Melissa loves to travel, spend time with her family, and explore the Sonoran Desert.

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