The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: April 3
A critical DNA database to identify missing migrants vanishes, the US military is closing off the border to Americans, and lots of border wall news.
The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: April 3
A critical DNA database to identify missing migrants vanishes, the US military is closing off the border to Americans, and lots of border wall news.
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This Week in The Border Chronicle:
The DNA Archive Built to Identify the Border’s Missing Has Vanished
The Colibrí Center for Human Rights was a vital link between families and their missing loved ones. But now it’s gone dark.
Caroline Tracey
Thou Shall Not Pray for Peace: The Bombing of Iran and the U.S.-Mexico Border
A few days after the United States launched Operation Epic Fury in Iran, the Border Patrol changed its policy on visits to the border wall, denying a church group permission to pray there, “for their own safety.”
Todd Miller
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More News from Across the Border:
Lots of border wall news:
Sign a petition to stop construction of the border wall in Big Bend.
Rally at the Texas Capitol in Austin on April 4th against wall construction in Big Bend.
The City of Laredo will hold a public meeting on April 7 to decide whether to give CBP public access for wall building. Sign up to speak and find out more here.