The San Antonio Border Security Expo Is Decadent and Depraved
Robot dogs, cocktails, a shooting competition, and more taxpayer money than you can shake a drone at.
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The Final Frontera
Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Money, regulations, and public beaches are no object.
Resisting the Allure of Innocence
As the Biden administration works to reunite families who were separated at the border, it’s time to write a new narrative about who deserves protection.
For Greg Abbott, All the Border’s a Stage
But political theater can still get people hurt.
Undocumented Immigrants Continue to Be Expelled From the U.S. Under Title 42 COVID-19 Measures
The Trump-era public health order was issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020 and calls for rapid expulsion of migrants and asylum seekers without the right to trial, citing COVID-19.
‘Not Celebrating Yet’: South Texans Wait for Biden to Cancel Trump’s Wall
The president’s pause on wall construction leaves questions unanswered in Texas.
In ‘At the Ready,’ Latinx High Schoolers Train to Be Border Patrol Agents
A new documentary tells one story of the border through three conflicted young Texans’ job prospects, and the result is emotional, relational, and hard to categorize.
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‘After the Last Border’ Reveals the Human Cost of Trump’s Draconian Immigration Policies
A new book from Austin writer Jessica Goudeau shows that U.S. refugee resettlement policy has always shifted with the political winds of change.
Migrants and Advocates Call to Close Detention Centers as COVID-19 Spreads
A new lawsuit argues that an outbreak in detention could overwhelm local health care systems.
U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Trump Administration on ‘Remain in Mexico’
Following weeks of back-and-forth in the courts, SCOTUS has reversed the decision of an appeals court and allowed Remain in Mexico to continue.