Immigrants in Ciudad Juárez Struggle for Survival
Migrants hoping to reach the U.S. are steering clear of government facilities—and facing a dangerous journey on their own.
U.S.-Mexico border
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.
Researcher Jeremy Slack on the Horrors that Await Immigrants Deported from the U.S.
Slack led a massive research effort to learn what happens to those whom immigration authorities deport and dump all along the Mexican border.
Thousands Have Disappeared Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border. They Deserve to be Remembered.
Opinion: We must honor those who have gone missing to remind people that real lives are lost due to the decades-long militarization of the southern border.
Texas Is at the Center of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Facebook Ad Campaign
His reelection campaign has spent big money in Texas on a digital advertising effort, which includes more than 2,000 Facebook ads warning about an “invasion”—language used by the El Paso shooter.
The Trump Administration’s Own Numbers Show ‘Zero Tolerance’ Didn’t Work
The “zero-tolerance” policy appears to have achieved only one thing: Making it extremely difficult for asylum-seekers to follow the law.
Houston Photo Exhibit Documents First Markers of Modern U.S.-Mexico Border
How strange, David Taylor’s camera seems to say, that this haphazard line has survived nearly 170 years as an international border, when so much else around it has changed.
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The 10 Best Observer Stories of 2016: ‘I Have a Name/Yo Tengo Nombre’
‘I Have a Name’ is an online visual database to help identify migrants who died crossing the Texas-Mexico border.
Introducing ‘I Have a Name/Yo Tengo Nombre’
‘I Have a Name’ is an online visual database to help identify migrants who died crossing the Texas-Mexico border.
Renaissance Tejana: ‘Rant. Chant. Chisme.’
Amalia Ortiz transforms her rants, chants and poetry slams for the printed page.