How New Mexico Learned to Love Its Ephemeral Waters
Rollbacks to the Clean Water Act may have affected the borderlands more than any other region. States are stepping up—but there’s still more to do.
Weekly Roundup
The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: January 9
The perspective from Venezuela, Border Patrol and ICE impunity spreads from the border to the interior. Plus, we'll be debuting a new Border Chronicle later this month!
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This Week in The Border Chronicle:
The Border Chronicle Forecast for 2026
We hope you had a restful holiday, or at least as peaceful as it can be considering the dire shape our country is in. Five years ago, I remember watching on television as Trump’s violent attempted coup unfolded at the Capitol on Ja…
Melissa del Bosque
The Trump Corollary: A Q&A with Gabriel Aguirre about Venezuela
In November the Trump administration released its National Security Strategy in which it announced the “Trump Corollary,” according to which the “United States will reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American preeminen…
Todd Miller
More News from the Border:
River wall: Feds deploying 500-miles of water barriers near Brownsville MyRGV.com
San Diego sues federal government over concertina wire fence at border KPBS
Trump’s deportation drive is straining the US public coffers and labor market El Pais
The Rio Grande Valley among Texas regions most impacted by expiring health insurance subsidies The Texas Tribune
‘Renee Nicole Good, presente’: Tucsonans hold El Tiradito vigil after ICE shooting death The Tucson Sentinel
El secuestro de Venezuela La Verdad de Juarez
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