Tag Archives: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
A Bridge Over Troubled Water
Problems plague the Tornillo-Guadalupe Port of Entry and International Bridge after federal and local governments invested millions in the project.
In February 2016, Texas’ newest and largest port of entry opened to great fanfare 35 miles east of El Paso. The brand-new, six-lane toll bridge between Guadal...Read More
Agents Humiliated, Wrongfully Detained Border-Crossers, Say Civil Rights Groups
Rights groups say border agents harassed and humiliated women crossing between the United States and Mexico, including unlawful strip-searches....Read More
Homeland Insecurity
Want to run drugs, smuggle migrants and get away with it? Join America’s biggest law enforcement agency.
What good are more boots on the ground if the men and women wearing them also work for the cartels? What benefit is an 18-foot wall when criminals can bribe the...Read More
Western Block: One Woman’s Quest for Citizenship
Refujia Roman-Chavez could be a U.S. citizen, but she can't prove it without the cooperation of the West Texas border agents who’ve repeatedly told her to return to Mexico.
Much as undocumented parents have struggled with a sometimes hostile Texas bureaucracy that hinders easy access to their American-born kids’ birth certificate...Read More
Full Video of DPS Helicopter Shooting
Full unedited video of the October 2012 DPS helicopter shooting....Read More
Death on Sevenmile Road
The rush to militarize the U.S.-Mexico border has tragic consequences in Texas.
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 DPS Officer Shoots at Unarmed Vehicle
With increased border militarization, South Texas is becoming a dangerous place for unarmed immigrants. ...Read More
Could a Border Patrol Accountability Bill Pass?
In March, two border congressional leaders filed a bill to make the Border Patrol more accountable to the public....Read More
Border Residents Tell Congress They Need Better Schools and Jobs, Not More Drones and Guns
In April 2012, PBS aired footage of as many as 20 border agents beating an unarmed man, Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, to death. After viewing the shocking footage,...Read More