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Border and immigration

Emilio Gutiérrez

Mexican journalist detained in Texas granted new asylum hearing

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune | May 22, 2018

After a decade of seeking asylum, a Mexican reporter and his son have been granted a new asylum hearing. The pair has been detained in Texas since last December. Continue Reading

Mexican flag

As US-Mexico relations stiffen, Mexican presidential hopefuls to debate border issues

By Kent Paterson | May 19, 2018

Sunday’s presidential debate comes at a time of renewed friction between the United States and Mexico. Continue Reading

Enrique "Kiki" Vigil

Q&A: Doña Ana County sheriff responds to controversies, defends tenure

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | May 15, 2018

Enrique ‘Kiki’ Vigil says his biggest mistake has been “misjudgments” in appointments to key jobs but he’s confident in his new undersheriff and says he’s broken up cliques that resisted change. Continue Reading

Steven Taborda

Letter from a sanctuary: Teen shares story after ICE targets his family

By Steven Taborda | May 8, 2018

Before May 9, I was a typical teenager. Now I have the weight of the world on my shoulders. Continue Reading

The Bronx

Treated like trash

By Kiera Feldman, Voice of America, special to ProPublica | May 8, 2018

A death. A cover-up. An immigrant meets a terrible end in the Bronx. Continue Reading

Anapra border fence

Trump’s false narrative of chaos at the border

By Ruxandra Guidi, High Country News | May 7, 2018

As asylum-seekers flee to the U.S., misguided immigration policies proliferate. Continue Reading

Ron and Janella Frankl Reicks

Border residents see little impact from Trump’s National Guard deployment so far

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune | April 21, 2018

While President Trump’s order sending National Guard to address a “crisis” to the border has garnered national attention, those living in the Rio Grande Valley see a gap between perception and reality. Continue Reading

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Who polices the immigration police?

By Deborah Sontag and Dale Russakoff for ProPublica | April 17, 2018

Claims of unjust arrests by ICE agents and cops often disappear into an overwhelmed immigration court system. Continue Reading

Anne and Ludvin Franco

In Pennsylvania, it’s open season on undocumented immigrants

By Deborah Sontag and Dale Russakoff, for ProPublica | April 15, 2018

ICE’s Philadelphia office is fanning out into communities across its three-state region and making more arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions than anywhere else in America. Continue Reading

Anapra border fence

Meet the new border ‘wall,’ same as the old border fence

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | April 13, 2018

This is the federal government’s new plan to fortify the border. If it looks familiar, that’s because it is. Continue Reading

Jeff Sessions

In Las Cruces, Sessions speaks about tougher immigration efforts

By Matthew Reichbach, New Mexico Political Report | April 11, 2018

The U.S. attorney general outlined the Trump administration’s immigration policies and enforcement plans. Continue Reading

Border Patrol agents

Border Patrol kicks off construction of Trump’s wall in NM

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune | April 9, 2018

U.S. Border Patrol agents on Monday announced the beginning of construction on the “big, beautiful wall” that President Donald Trump promised to build on the southern border. Continue Reading

Jacob Vigil

Imagine not being counted

By Jacob Vigil | April 9, 2018

Asking about citizenship on the Census is an act of erasure that will render certain populations invisible in terms of representation and public spending. Continue Reading

Kevin Weitemier

Along the border, 500 miles of desert species

By Maya L. Kapoor, High Country News | April 7, 2018

As Trump’s wall lurches forward, ‘BioBlitz’ records the Borderlands’ biodiversity. Continue Reading

How the U.S.-Mexico border has split the Tohono O’odham tribe

By Chelsey Luger, High Country News | March 26, 2018

When it comes to the ‘wall,’ this tribe is divided. Continue Reading

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