The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 1

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.

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May 1, 2026

This Week in The Border Chronicle:

More News from Across the Border:

Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall The Intercept

Fear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders ProPublica

An unexpected visitor spotted in the Tohono O’odham Nation AZPM

Why is India turning to crocodiles and snakes to ‘fence’ Bangladesh border? Al Jazeera

Almost 8,000 died on migration routes in 2025 worldwide, estimates IOM InfoMigrants

Anduril’s Border Surveillance Tower Leads R&D Program Contracts Bloomberg

Happy May Day! Please stay tuned next week for The Border Chronicle‘s on-the-ground reporting at this year’s Border Security Expo, the annual gathering between high brass from the Department of Homeland Security and the border and immigration enforcement industry. This year’s expo takes place in Phoenix, Arizona on May 5 and 6, so make sure to pay attention to The Border Chronicle‘s social media feeds and expect an article on Thursday.

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Todd Miller

Todd Miller is Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of The Border Chronicle. He is the author of four books that examine border militarization and its externalization, surveillance technology and industry, climate change, and the search for alternatives. His books include Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders (City Lights, 2021) Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the U.S. Border Around the World (Verso, 2019),  Storming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security (City Lights, 2017), and Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security (City Lights, 2014).

Todd’s forthcoming book is a deep examination of water as a border issue in an age of climate-induced heat waves and drought. It will be published by Seven Stories Press in 2027.

Besides The Border Chronicle, articles by Todd have appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, San Francisco Chronicle, In These Times, Guernica, TomDispatch, and Al Jazeera English, among other places. He has also authored and co-authored reports on border surveillance, the border industrial complex, and climate change for the Amsterdam-based Transnational Institute, where he is a fellow.

Todd’s book Storming the Wall received the Izzy Award in 2018 for “path-breaking and in-depth reporting.” He also received first place in “Community immigration reporting” by the Arizona Press Club in 2013. Todd has a bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies and Journalism from Prescott College, where he is also an adjunct professor.

In his spare time, Todd likes to travel, read, philosophize, and hang out with his two kids—whether it be going to a dance recital or being a basketball coach.

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