We can still build the bridges that make America great
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The fear-based MAGA agenda promotes othering that is tearing us apart, but there are reasons to stay hopeful all around us. Continue Reading
Resisting yet another occupation in the borderlands
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The people of the borderlands have resisted and survived occupation and oppression for hundreds of years. That history gives me hope today. Continue Reading
After making false claims about El Paso, Trump to hold a rally there
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Monday’s will be the president’s first rally in the border city. Continue Reading
Churches in southern NM offer shelter to migrant families
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The seven churches have sheltered more than 1,500 men, women and children since June. Continue Reading
Answering the call
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A Q&A with the organizer of the effort that unites faith-based organizations to aid migrants in southern New Mexico. Continue Reading
As ICE releases hundreds of migrants in El Paso, local shelter eyes more beds
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Immigration shelters in the El Paso area are trying to expand capacity as the federal government released hundreds of migrants this week with no place to go and without warning. Continue Reading
O’Rourke lost. Why not Arizona’s Sinema for president in 2020?
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Beto O’Rourke built a superstar image — but lost. Democrats Kyrsten Sinema and Xochitl Torres Small, on the other hand, ran as moderates – and won. Their victories provide a lesson for Democrats. Continue Reading
The borderlands, where politics have no boundaries
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Keep your eyes peeled on the Paso del Norte for 2020. Continue Reading
Asylum-seeking migrants’ lives are suspended in the borderlands
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For the past two weeks migrants, principally from Central America and Cuba, have transformed the side of the Santa Fe Bridge leading into El Paso into a rudimentary ‘tent’ city. Continue Reading
While Trump ramps up rhetoric, military presence makes some border residents nervous
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Thursday’s was the latest in a series of declarations from the president about immigration in the run-up to Tuesday’s midterm elections. Continue Reading
Department of Defense says it’s sending 5,200 troops to U.S.-Mexico border
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Officials say the deployment will include three helicopter units, mobile command and medical units, military police and more. Continue Reading
Y’all, we need a divorce: El Paso should leave Texas, become part of NM
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When there is no love, no sharing and no respect, relationships end. Continue Reading
Remembering Charlie Crowder, who worked to build a bi-national border industrial complex
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Charlie Crowder’s vision offered long-term solutions for the borderlands in terms of prosperity, infrastructure and vital natural resources. Continue Reading