Justice Department Seeking to Dismiss Lawsuit over Family Separation
The mother behind the lawsuit developed facial paralysis and depression from the trauma of being separated from her son.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
The Texas Observer’s Best Features of 2018
Our favorite longreads of the year.
Editor’s Note: The Long and the Short of It
Observer Editor Forrest Wilder on the importance of good longform storytelling.
Checkpoint Nation
Border Patrol agents are extending their reach deep into the country’s interior.
100 Ways to Draw a Line
The edge becomes the center at the Transborder Biennial 2018 in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.
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.
Homeland Insecurity
Want to run drugs, smuggle migrants and get away with it? Join America’s biggest law enforcement agency.
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.