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Hidalgo County

Descendants of those buried in the Eli Jackson Cemetery visit the graveyard in November. Activists have since cleared the cemetery of grass and weeds.

Trump’s Wall May Have to Avoid Multiple Historic Cemeteries

In a bid to protect a high-profile South Texas graveyard, Congress appears to have shielded other notable cemeteries too.

by Gus Bova

Keep Reading

2020: The Year Trump’s Wall Rises or Falls

by Gus Bova

The Trump Administration Blows Its Border Wall Budget in South Texas

by Gus Bova

Thousands Have Disappeared Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border. They Deserve to be Remembered.

by Christina Patiño Houle and John-Michael Torres

In the shadow of the sun Mar 27, 2013

The Shadow of the Son

The trials of the border's most powerful law-enforcement family

by Melissa del Bosque

Baldemar Flores Mar 05, 2013

Postcards: Life In a Colonia Called ‘The Ranch’

by Alex Hannaford

Training video from Craft International. Nov 02, 2012

DPS’ Sniper Program Only Part of the Agency’s Militarization Problem

by Melissa del Bosque

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