Kevin Sieff
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No Way Out
In July, as Hurricane Dolly made landfall in South Texas, Susanna, Raul, and their daughter Nayelly huddled in their two-room wooden shanty, watching water [...] Full Story
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Down for the Count
Henry Arroliga lives in South Texas’ Port Isabel Detention Center, one of the nation’s largest immigration detention facilities. After 17 years of living illegally [...] Full Story -
Blood Treasure
On the morning of March 10, Andres Hernandez crawled ashore on South Padre Island, spitting saltwater and blood onto the sand. His clothes were [...] Full Story -
No Way Out
In July, as Hurricane Dolly made landfall in South Texas, Susanna, Raul, and their daughter Nayelly huddled in their two-room wooden shanty, watching water [...] Full Story -
Which Economic Crisis?
Recession or no recession, double-digit unemployment is nothing new in the Rio Grande Valley. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, regional unemployment hovered around 20 [...] Full Story -
Access Denied
When sexual-assault counselor Elia Alvarado first met Maria in 2007, Maria was wearing a blue prison uniform, sitting in a doctor’s office at the [...] Full Story
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Healing Faith
Two years after being diagnosed with a kidney infection, Maria de los Angeles Martinez is rolling on the streets of a dusty, northern Mexican [...] Full Story
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