Border and Immigration

Shipped to El Salvador: An Austin Immigration Lawyer on Her Teen Client’s Forced ‘Disappearance’

“Due process hasn’t been protected. The process that is set in place in this country that is the basis and foundation of our legal system was not allowed to work.”

by Francesca D’Annunzio

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The Perils of Offshoring Justice

by Orlando J. Pérez

‘It’s Not a War Zone’: Val Verde County’s Conservative Democratic Sheriff on Misinformation, Immigration

by Francesca D’Annunzio

Texas Police Are Slowly Joining What Could Be a ‘Giant ICE Army’

by Francesca D’Annunzio

South Texas: Where the Votes Are

With two prominent Latino candidates and new efforts to drive up turnout, can Democrats finally conquer South Texas?

by Carlos Guerra

Beleaguered Immigration Jails Still Waiting for Reform

by Melissa del Bosque

Sen. Hatch’s Version of Immigration Smells Like a Rotten Egg

by thomas

Navigating Chaos

In the midst of a drug cartel insurgency, border residents use Twitter to protect their families.

by Melissa del Bosque

Drug Lord 3.0

by Melissa del Bosque

The Perry Plan

by Texas Observer Staff

Rick Perry GOOD, federal government BAD

by Melissa del Bosque

Postcards From a Cartel City

A reporter returns to a border town riven by a drug war.

by Melissa del Bosque

Will Republicans Kill the DREAM?

by Melissa del Bosque