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Max Mastellone

Oppose the 1 percent, not the parties

By Max Mastellone | March 22, 2017

Neither party is the actual culprit. Both are paid well to do the bidding of their 1 percent bosses, who are pulling the strings. Continue Reading

Heath Haussamen

Immigration enforcement agencies must come out of the shadows

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | March 17, 2017

Federal immigration enforcement agencies are not required to release information about people they’re detaining. They should be required to release it. Continue Reading

Santa Teresa Port of Entry

Can Customs and Border officials search your phone? These are your rights

By Patrick G. Lee, ProPublica | March 16, 2017

Recent detentions and seizures of phones and other material from travelers to the United States have sparked alarm. ProPublica details what powers Customs and Border Protection officials have over you and your devices. Continue Reading

Michael Swickard

A better solution than a wall, using an engineering idea

By Michael Swickard, Ph.D. | March 10, 2017

Don’t do it President Trump. I have a better plan. Continue Reading

Trump invites bids to build wall, cites importance of ‘aesthetics’

By T. Christian Miller, ProPublica | March 9, 2017

It’ll cost $20 billion or more. Mexico will pay for it, or it won’t. Amid uncertainty, Trump clearly seems intent on making the border wall handsome. Continue Reading

Donald Trump

Meet the hundreds of officials Trump has quietly installed across the government

By Justin Elliott, Derek Kravitz and Al Shaw, ProPublica | March 8, 2017

ProPublica has obtained a list of more than 400 Trump administration hires, including dozens of lobbyists and some from far-right media. Continue Reading

Scott Nicol

Scientists say Trump’s border wall would devastate wildlife habitat

By Kiah Collier and Neena Satija, the Texas Tribune | March 6, 2017

At the U.S.-Mexico border, scientists say existing fencing is hurting endangered wildlife and warn that a continuous wall could devastate many species. Continue Reading

Donald Trump

How the Trump administration may be skirting its own ethics rules

By Justin Elliott, ProPublica | March 5, 2017

The hiring of three former lobbyists to work in the White House raises questions about how the Trump administration is enforcing the president’s executive order on ethics. Continue Reading

Donald Trump

Five Trump Cabinet members who’ve made false statements to Congress

By Eric Umansky and Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica | March 3, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions isn’t alone. Continue Reading

Wilson, Trump’s Air Force pick, frustrated auditors with murky consulting for labs

By Patrick Malone and R. Jeffrey Smith, the Center for Public Integrity | February 28, 2017

Former lawmaker Heather Wilson refused to detail what she was doing for $20,000 a month. Continue Reading

Voting

Justice Department changes position on Texas’ discriminatory voter ID law

By Jessica Huseman, ProPublica | February 27, 2017

The DOJ, now overseen by Jeff Sessions, is walking back years of effort aimed at limiting the harmful effect of state voter ID measure on minorities. Continue Reading

Pete Campos

We must resist protectionist border policies

By Pete Campos | February 25, 2017

We must continue to support the North American Free Trade Agreement. Continue Reading

Border Patrol

Deporting non-Mexicans to Mexico a ‘non-starter,’ Mexican official says

By Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica | February 22, 2017

On the eve of a meeting between Mexico’s president and American officials, Mexican officials emphatically rejected the latest Trump administration immigration proposal. Continue Reading

Border Patrol

Trump’s plan would deport to Mexico people crossing border illegally, regardless of nationality

By Ginger Thompson and Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica | February 20, 2017

The idea is part of a raft of immigration proposals signed by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly that are likely to spur international and legal challenges. Continue Reading

Mexican flag

President Trump, Mexican politics and people power

By Kent Paterson | February 17, 2017

In today’s Mexico, it’s in unlikely places like a Sam’s Club parking lot where the forging of a nation’s new identity might well just be underway. Continue Reading

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