News and Resources

Federal judge blocks use of billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build border wall
In a statement responding to yesterday’s injunction, Fernando Garcia, Executive Director of BNHR, one of the plaintiffs in the case, said, “Today’s ruling is a major win for border communities... Read more
Published on: 2019-12-11
Source: Border Network
BNHR Annual Report 2019 in English
Dear Friend, Allied, Supporter and Member, December 10, 2019 It is a fact, never in recent history our border and immigrant communities were subjected to such aggressions as the ones... Read more
Published on: 2019-12-10
Source: Border Network
Sierra’s Thanksgiving Survival Guide
Fabulous as stuffing and cornucopias are, it’s understandably tough for an environmentalist to conjure a grateful spirit these days. Thanksgiving has its roots in bountiful harvests—but thanks to widespread flooding,... Read more
Published on: 2019-11-27
Source: Sierra Magazine
Jared Kushner’s new assignment: Overseeing the construction of Trump’s border wall
Trump campaigned for the presidency on a promise to construct a wall along the southern border and to make Mexico pay for the project as part of his plan to... Read more
Published on: 2019-11-25
Source: Washington Post
‘We Build the Wall’ Lands in South Texas, Vilifies Priest and Butterfly Refuge
A nonprofit dedicated to carrying out President Donald Trump’s vision of a border wall has arrived in South Texas. The group, We Build the Wall, plans to use private funds... Read more
Published on: 2019-11-21
Source: Texas Observer
Senate passes short-term spending bill, sending legislation to Trump hours ahead of shutdown deadline
The Senate has passed a short-term spending bill, sending it to President Trump hours ahead of a midnight deadline when government funding would expire. The legislation extends funding through Dec.... Read more
Published on: 2019-11-21
Source: Washington Post
John Cornyn’s Weaselly Immigration Record
On a June afternoon in 2007, U.S. Senator John Cornyn sounded eminently reasonable. In a floor speech, the rangy, snow-haired Texan said that of all the legislative issues he’d wrangled... Read more
Published on: 2019-11-19
Source: Texas Observer
UTRGV Environmental Awareness Club Calls Attention to Migrants Who Died in the Rio Grande Valley with a Día de los Muertos Altar
BY STEFANIE HERWECK Among the altars community members have decorated for Saturday’s Día de los Muertos Celebration at the Museum of South Texas History is one dedicated to immigrants and... Read more
Published on: 2019-11-01
Source: Sierra Club Rio Grande Vally
If DACA Ends, It Would Be a ‘Catastrophe’ For Dreamers
On June 15, 2012, Juan Carlos Cerda was installing a fan on the second-floor bedroom of a house in Preston Hollow, a wealthy neighborhood in north Dallas, when President Barack... Read more
Published on: 2019-11-01
Source: Texas Observer
McCain warned Graham to avoid Trump drama. Instead, the GOP senator is a major player.
The South Carolina lawmaker has become the president’s highest-profile defender on everything from border wall funds to opposing the House impeachment inquiry.... Read more
Published on: 2019-10-26
Source: Washington Post
Trump’s many geography fails
His flub on Colorado and the border wall wasn't the first.... Read more
Published on: 2019-10-24
Source: Washington Post
Trump’s many geography fails
His flub on Colorado and the border wall wasn't the first.... Read more
Published on: 2019-10-24
Source: Washington Post
The Daily 202: Mexico isn't paying for Trump’s border wall. But it is footing the bill for a historic surge of asylum seekers in the country.
The country’s asylum systems are at capacity, experts say.... Read more
Published on: 2019-10-24
Source: Washington Post
The Destruction Caused by the Border Wall Is Worse Than You Think
Photo by Bill Hatcher This article was produced in collaboration with Type Investigations. It’s an almost solemn moment: A single saguaro cactus, perhaps 10 feet tall, is ripped from the desert... Read more
Published on: 2019-10-21
Source: Sierra Magazine
ICYMI: Hot America vs. Cold America & Squirrel Assassins
A jet stream splits the US, bringing winter to one half (40 inches of snow in Montana) and record-breaking heat (98°F in Washington, DC) to the other—a phenomenon that climate... Read more
Published on: 2019-10-04
Source: Sierra Magazine
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RESOURCES

EXPERIENCING THE BORDERLANDS

Navigating the Borderlands
Borderline: Navigating the invisible boundary and physical barriers that define the U.S.-Mexico border
America’s Wall
Embattled Borderlands
Up Against the Wall
USA Today’s In-Depth Examination of the Border Wall
Faces of the Borderlands
Along the border, 500 miles of desert species

BACKGROUND

Maps, science and photographs documenting border impacts
Border Security and Accountability Act of 2015 – Fact Sheet
Wall Street’s Border Wall: How 5 Firms Benefit Financially from Anti-Immigrant Policy
Past, Present, and Future Impacts of Walls on the U.S.-Mexico Border

CASE AGAINST THE WALL

The Environmental Cost of Trump’s Border Wall – Center for Western Priorities
Why we don’t need Trump’s ‘great, great wall’ – Arizona Daily Star
New Border Walls Designed to Flood Texas Towns – Texas Observer
Border Lawmakers Balk at Donald Trump’s Wall Request – Wall Street Journal
Scientists say Trump’s border wall would devastate wildlife habitat – The Texas Tribune
Surprising Lives of Those Living Along U.S.-Mexico Border – National Geographic
There’s a better alternative to building a border wall: restoring the Rio Grande – Quartz
The environmental impact of the US-Mexico Border Wall – Newsweek
Why Trump’s wall won’t stretch ‘from sea to shining sea’ – Washington Post
The Founders would have opposed seizing land for Trump’s border wall – Washington Post

Photo: Krista Schlyer