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Tag Archives: Mexico

by Lyanne A. Guarecuco

Inexplicable Deportation of Visually-Impaired Father Dashes His Hopes for Legal Status

Fri, Aug 21, 2015 |

Luis Antonio Perez-Morales almost certainly could have been among those whose lives were changed by the June 2012 immigration order that gave reprieve from depo...Read More

by Yvette Benavides

The Observer Review: Border Odyssey, by Charles D. Thompson Jr.

Tue, Jul 21, 2015 |

Charles D. Thompson chronicles his journey along the length of the U.S./Mexico border, charting straight shots and labyrinthine jags to places steeped in five c...Read More

by Melissa del Bosque

Dark Humor, Outrage in Mexico Over El Chapo’s Brazen Escape

Tue, Jul 14, 2015 |

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's prison escape ignited a wave of darkly satirical jokes on social media in Mexico—humor being the favorite coping mechanism for Mex...Read More

border security

by Melissa del Bosque

GOP Wants to Spend Millions on Border Security—Whatever That Means

Wed, Apr 29, 2015 |

Without a real definition of border security, state budget analysts can't tell whether spending has been effective, and yet $815 million is proposed anyway....Read More

by José Skinner

Book Review: How NAFTA Transformed a Mexican Border Town

Wed, Apr 22, 2015 |

Boom, Bust, Exodus follows how NAFTA, coupled with Maytag’s move to Mexico, helped signal doom for Appliance City and transform a small border town....Read More

by Melissa del Bosque

Families of the ‘Ayotzinapa 43’ Seek Justice on U.S. Tour

Thu, Mar 19, 2015 |

Maria de Jesus Tlatempa Bello had come more than 1,110 miles from her home in Guerrero, Mexico, to tell the story of her son, Jose Eduardo, one of the Ayotzinap...Read More

Full Video of DPS Helicopter Shooting

Mon, Mar 2, 2015

Full unedited video of the October 2012 DPS helicopter shooting....Read More

by Melissa del Bosque

Death on Sevenmile Road

The rush to militarize the U.S.-Mexico border has tragic consequences in Texas.

Mon, Mar 2, 2015 |

Beefing up border security means an increasingly military-style presence on the ground and in the air. The Observer investigates a surge that puts immigr...Read More

Texas Department of Public Safety Border Security

Texas DPS Officer Shoots at Unarmed Vehicle

Sun, Mar 1, 2015 |

With increased border militarization, South Texas is becoming a dangerous place for unarmed immigrants. ...Read More

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