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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The Border Patrol Serial Killer Is Part of a Long, Troubled History
A rash of violent crimes by Border Patrol agents in the Laredo area is nothing new for the agency sometimes dubbed the "green monster."
Border Patrol’s Efforts to Inform the Public About Trump’s Wall Are ‘Careless’ and ‘Inadequate,’ Advocates Say
Environmental and human rights groups say the agency should send notices in Spanish and hold at least three public forums in the Rio Grande Valley.
‘Treated Worse than Dogs’: Immigrant Kids in Detention Give Firsthand Accounts of Squalid Conditions
Hundreds of immigrant children and parents in federal detention facilities say they’ve endured inedible food, verbal and physical abuse and a lack of medical treatment.
In ‘Homelands,’ Alfredo Corchado Punctures the Myth of the American Dream
At once personal and political, this nuanced book is a sober reminder that today’s immigration challenges are the result of decades of misguided American policy.
New 1,000-Bed ICE Lockup Set to Open on Site of Notorious ‘Tent City’ in South Texas
Willacy County officials, ICE and a private prison company are set to ink a new deal within days that would resurrect one of the nation’s most troubled immigrant detention centers.
Williamson County Votes to End Contract with Detention Facility Holding Separated Mothers
In the face of activist pressure, commissioners voted to end the county’s involvement in the incarceration of immigrant mothers and women at the 512-bed T. Don Hutto Detention Facility.
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Despite Trump’s Executive Order, This Mom Still Doesn’t Know if She’ll See Her 3 Kids Again
“Every minute that I am separated from my kids is anguish,” says a Guatemalan mom who’s been apart from her kids for more than a month and isn’t even sure where they are.
It’s Time to Decriminalize Immigration
Congress should repeal the law that allows for kids to be ripped away from parents and for migrants to be criminalized en masse at the border.
Militarization of Texas-Mexico Border a Sign of Complacency, but Not From Border Residents
You can come back to Brownsville, but be ready to put in some work.