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Border

Rick Perry GOOD, federal government BAD

by Melissa del Bosque

Mon, Sep 20, 2010

I’m worried about Rick Perry. I’m afraid he’ll run out of material before the November election. Are there any federal agencies left that he hasn’t lash...Read More

Postcards From a Cartel City

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

by Melissa del Bosque

Wed, Sep 15, 2010

August 9 I’ve been dreading coming to Reynosa for weeks. I tell myself that if I stick with the immigration story I’m working on and don’t do ...Read More

Will Republicans Kill the DREAM?

by Melissa del Bosque

Wed, Sep 15, 2010

I nearly couldn’t believe it today when I read that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will attach a DREAM Act amendment to the hulking Defense Department ...Read More

Anchors Aweigh on Texas Politics

by Melissa del Bosque

Tue, Sep 14, 2010

When it comes to the most important issues facing the nation, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, the economy is number one, while in T...Read More

On the Fence

A new documentary chronicles the border wall boondoggle

by Melissa del Bosque

Fri, Sep 10, 2010

If it weren’t for 9-11, we wouldn’t have a 670-mile border fence boondoggle along our southern border, was the take home point from filmmakers Rory Kenned...Read More

The Dead City

by Texas Observer Staff

Thu, Sep 9, 2010

Death greets visitors to Reynosa these days. On the outskirts of this gritty industrial city across the Rio Grande from McAllen, a shining, white altar to the s...Read More

Cartel City

Imagine a city under the complete control of the Gulf Cartel

by Melissa del Bosque

Wed, Sep 8, 2010

Imagine a city under the complete control of the Gulf Cartel. It’s called Reynosa, a city of nearly 600,000 just across the Rio Grande from McAllen. The Commi...Read More

Border Security: From Bold to Bull

White vs. Perry on Border Security

by Melissa del Bosque

Tue, Sep 7, 2010

If border security weren’t such a highly politicized concept we might get closer to securing the border. Less campaign grandstanding and actual honest-to-God ...Read More

Stumper of the Week: Perry vs. White vs Gohmert

Who said the single weirdest and nuttiest thing in Texas politics this week?

Sat, Sep 4, 2010

Okay, folks, we’re right on the cusp of that magical, mythical day when everyone supposedly—all at once, now!—stops thinking silly, summery thoughts a...Read More

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