Tag Archives: undocumented immigrants
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.
Editor’s Note: This is not a story per se. It’s a labor of love that took Multimedia Editor Jen Reel a year to complete. It’s also a blend of journali...Read More
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.
Today, the Texas Observer is launching a project a year in the making. “I Have a Name/Yo Tengo Nombre” is an unusual undertaking for the Observer: Most of t...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
The Texas Miracle #5: What’s Wrong with Texas Voters?
Why don't Texans vote? Will Rick Perry wear his hipster glasses in his official portrait? How'd that tiger get loose? Plus more on this week's podcast.
Why don't Texans vote? Will Rick Perry wear his hipster glasses in his official portrait? How'd that tiger get loose? Plus more on this week's podcast....Read More
Beyond ‘Beyond the Border’
Help us build an online tool to identify migrants who died in South Texas.
Today, we’re launching a crowdfunding campaign with Beacon to build an online tool that we think can help. Working with forensic anthropologists at Baylor Uni...Read More
State: Birth Certificate Lawsuit a Ruse to Validate Foreign ID’s
Attorneys for the state of Texas argued in federal court in Austin on Friday that a lawsuit joined by dozens of undocumented Texans has nothing to do with their...Read More
Daughter: Mom, Arrested at Gynecology Office, ‘Doesn’t Deserve What’s Going On’ (UPDATED)
For the last two weeks, America Ruiz has had play “Mom” to her youngest sibling after their mother was arrested in an exam room at her Houston gynecologist...Read More
Houston Mom Arrested At Gynecologist’s Appointment May Face Deportation
After her arrest in an exam room at her gynecologist’s office in early September, a Houston mother of three remains in the Harris County jail while her family...Read More
Inexplicable Deportation of Visually-Impaired Father Dashes His Hopes for Legal Status
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