Tag Archives: border
Report: Mexico’s Border Crackdown Sends Migrants into Dangerous Territory
Deportations along Mexico’s southern border more than doubled between 2013 and 2015, forcing migrants into remote areas where many are robbed or exploited....Read More
In the Name of Our Ancestors
Against the odds, indigenous activists take on an international coal mining firm.
Against the odds, indigenous activists take on an international coal mining firm near Eagle Pass, saying the state is putting profits before native peoples....Read More
Agents Humiliated, Wrongfully Detained Border-Crossers, Say Civil Rights Groups
Rights groups say border agents harassed and humiliated women crossing between the United States and Mexico, including unlawful strip-searches....Read More
Licensing of Detention Centers Violates State Law, Hurts Families, Attorneys Say
Attorneys representing detained immigrant women and children argued in court Friday that Texas is violating state law and jeopardizing families by approving chi...Read More
Observatory Podcast No. 4: Living Undocumented
When the DACA Act was implemented, 24-year-old Victor Erives was able to legally live, work and attend school in the country he calls home. Now a Supreme Court ruling could jeopardize those same opportunities for millions of others.
When the DACA Act was implemented, 24-year-old Victor Erives was able to legally live, work and attend school in the country he calls home. Now a Supreme Court ...Read More
Senators Split on Sanctuary Cities at Interim Hearing
At a Senate committee meeting on “sanctuary cities” on Friday, Texas lawmakers strongly disagreed on how, or whether, to pass legislation that would penaliz...Read More
The Unwatchable ‘Sicario’
Denis Villeneuve’s nihilistic take on the drug war.
Sicario actually goes beyond stressful into the realm of anxiety-inducing: It’s a gorgeous and thrilling but ultimately exhausting immersion in an amoral worl...Read More
Best of the Observer 2015, Day Ten: Hooked on Hooks
Settle in this holiday season with a few staff-selected favorites from the last year. We'll be counting down with one story a day from now till the end of 2015....Read More
Five Books We Loved in 2015
The Observer’s criteria for book reviews is intentionally vague, so we can include anything with a connection to Texas that’s well worth reading. In 2015, ...Read More