1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgJake Bernsteinhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/jake-bernstein/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="aLsAgxlcT8"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/829-trouble-at-porvenir-crossing-what-happens-when-soldiers-become-witnesses-for-the-prosecution/">Trouble at Porvenir Crossing</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/829-trouble-at-porvenir-crossing-what-happens-when-soldiers-become-witnesses-for-the-prosecution/embed/#?secret=aLsAgxlcT8" width="600" height="338" title="“Trouble at Porvenir Crossing” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="aLsAgxlcT8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Last month a bipartisan group of 62 congressmen calling themselves the Immigration Reform Caucus demanded President Bush militarize the U.S. border. The representatives want the president to deploy as many as 20,000 federal troops. As a pretext, they offered the “war on terror” and a spate of border shootings by the Mexican military. Fortunately, the […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402