Tag Archives: migrants
Call Them Refugees
As political leaders argue over the crisis at the Texas-Mexico border, local communities and nonprofits carry the weight.
Busy obsessing over border security, Texas have ignored the humanitarian crisis in the Rio Grande Valley, leaving cash-strapped charities to do the work....Read More
Eddie Canales on Saving Migrant Lives in Brooks County
The activist and organizer shined a light on migrant deaths in South Texas in 2012. Now, his group is using alliances and technology to save more lives....Read More
Report: Mexico’s Border Crackdown Sends Migrants into Dangerous Territory
Deportations along Mexico’s southern border more than doubled between 2013 and 2015, forcing migrants into remote areas where many are robbed or exploited....Read More
The Things We Feared, 2015
Before we hurtle into 2016, let’s take a look back at everything, and everyone, that terrified us — or was supposed to.
Will the fever subside next year? Highly unlikely. It’s a presidential year, after all, and the clearest pathway to the White House is through the amygdala ...Read More
Tyrant’s Foe: An Angel on the Border
“There were so many people dying, and it seemed like no one cared because they were immigrants,” he said....Read More