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Tag Archives: checkpoint

The Things They Left Behind

When migrants die in South Texas, the objects they leave behind hold clues to their identities.

Thu, Oct 29, 2015 |

In the fall of 2013, Observer reporter Melissa del Bosque and I visited Baylor University’s forensics lab, one of several Texas labs that handles the remains ...Read More

by Forrest Wilder

To Save Lives, Close the Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint

Wed, May 20, 2015 |

Despite being a death trap for hundreds of migrants, Border Patrol is planning on expanding a secondary checkpoint near Falfurrias in Brooks County....Read More

by Melissa del Bosque

National Guard Deployed to Save Lives in Rural Brooks County

Mon, Sep 22, 2014 |

The National Guard is deployed to Brooks County, Texas, where hundreds of migrants have died from heat exposure and thirst....Read More

by Cindy Casares

In Brownsville, Citizens Punished for Standing Up to Border Patrol

Thu, May 15, 2014 |

Omar Figueredo declined to answer questions from Border Patrol agents at the Brownsville airport. What happened next should worry all citizens....Read More

by Cindy Casares

Checkpoint Carlitos: Why Did DPS Deploy Checkpoints in the Valley?

Thu, Nov 7, 2013 |

DPS has offered little in the way of justification for its big border incursion, and we’re left with many questions about DPS’ experiment with checkpoints. ...Read More

by Melissa del Bosque

DPS Checkpoints Create Fear, Havoc in the Rio Grande Valley

Fri, Oct 4, 2013 |

The Texas Department of Public Safety was warned during a legislative hearing in 2011 that they would “run afoul of the courts” if driver’s license and in...Read More

Drug-sniffing dogs are a staple of the Sierra Blanca Border Patrol station. Agents check all eastbound traffic on Interstate 10.

Postcards: Many Borders to Cross

Thu, Jul 18, 2013 |

If you’re like me—white, adult, clean-shaven and short-haired—then your danger-courting celebrity-bust fantasies are unlikely to bear fruit....Read More

Drug-sniffing dogs are a staple of the Sierra Blanca Border Patrol station. Agents check all eastbound traffic on Interstate 10.

by Cindy Casares

Border Patrol Takes ‘No’ for an Answer at Internal Checkpoints

Thu, Mar 7, 2013 |

Are you legally obligated to answer questions at Border Patrol checkpoints? Here's what legal experts have to say. ...Read More

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