The Border Chronicle Weekly Update: August 21
Countering negative narratives with an event that honors interconnectedness and subverts the border in Agua Prieta/Douglas, and a contested hotel–in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley–that is of great importance for Mexican American civil rights.
A reminder that last week The Border Chronicle launched Wall Watch, a new community mapping tool for border wall construction and other border infrastructure.
Border residents can submit reports on construction, staging sites, surveying etc. to the Wall Watch border-wide interactive map. We’ve already added more than 20 community reports from Texas and Arizona since the launch. It’s easy to submit a report, and it helps build an accurate picture of wall construction and buoy barrier installation as it is happening across the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Wall Watch’s interactive map will be continuously updated over the next year and for many years to come. Before Wall Watch, there was no reliable border-wide map or database for current border wall construction. We’ve also added other data to the map, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s border surveillance data. And we plan to add other useful data in the coming months. So please spread the word about Wall Watch and submit a community report! And if you’re using Wall Watch, send us feedback at wallwatch@theborderchronicle.com.
This Week in The Border Chronicle:
More News from Across the Border Region:
Judges ruled deporting at-risk migrants home could lead to persecution or torture. ICE is detaining them anyway. AZCIR
Border wall update: Lochiel tree sit becomes binational Patagonia Regional Times
Protected Desert Bulldozed for Second Border Wall in Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Center for Biological Diversity
Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe’s reservation The Washington Post
Minnesota sues to force Greg Abbott to extradite ICE agent accused in Minneapolis shooting Houston Chronicle
After killing hundreds in boat strikes, US military expands campaign on land in Latin America Associated Press
Deportation Dollars: Find Out If Your Local Businesses Are Working for ICE The Appeal
Elon Musk’s Starbase wants to expand in south Texas NPR
Justice Department expands military’s power to detain migrants accused of trespassing CBS News
Heads up, Tucson! Border Chronicle‘s environment and arts reporter, Caroline Tracey, will be in conversation with writer Kimon de Greef about his new book The Ego Trip, about the Sonoran Desert Toad and the complicated psychedelic industry that surrounds it, on September 3 at Desierto Books (in the Mercado Annex). You can read more about de Greef’s book in our August 4 interview with him.
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