News and Resources
- Customs and Border Protection Wants To Know What You Think About The WallIn late June, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed the location of 95 miles of Trump’s new border wall in the Rio Grande Valley. Some stretches of the 95 miles had already been publicly identified by CBP, but the new “request for input” represents the first time the agency has ... read more
- Immigrants Put Down Roots in a San Antonio Art ExhibitA solitary orange chair in the middle of a courtyard. Doors set into colorful walls, dappled with sunlight and shadow. A mural of a fortune-teller, marred by a crack. More than 100 five-by-seven-inch photographs stretch in rows across a white wall at the Centro de Artes in San Antonio. They ... read more
- Texas Is at the Center of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Facebook Ad CampaignPresident Donald Trump has doubled down on the use of Facebook advertising to promote his political message—one that is largely centered on fear-mongering about immigration, specifically that the country is facing an “invasion” at its Southern border. Now, the president’s xenophobic rhetoric is once again at the forefront after a ... read more
- Dan Patrick’s Long History of Toxic Immigrant-BashingOn Saturday morning, a 21-year-old white man allegedly opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle in a Walmart just a few miles from the Bridge of the Americas connecting El Paso to its sister city of Juárez. Stalking terrified shoppers in the aisles, the shooter left 22 dead and more than ... read more
- ICYMI: Jonah Seal, Greenland Melts, & Shooting at BigfootA California sea lion ends up in the mouth of a humpback whale. Tiger sharks regularly consume backyard birds like sparrows, doves, and woodpeckers. An orphan whale is adopted by a bottlenose dolphin. Melting ice makes many climbing routes in the Alps too dangerous to attempt. The “heat dome” that brought record temperatures to Europe last week ... read more
- ICYMI: Jonah Seal, Greenland Melts, & Shooting at Bigfoot
A California sea lion ends up in the mouth of a humpback whale. Tiger sharks regularly consume backyard birds like sparrows, doves, and woodpeckers. An orphan whale is adopted by a bottlenose dolphin. Melting ice makes many climbing routes in the Alps too dangerous to attempt. The “heat dome” ... read more - Texas Rep. Hurd, lone black Republican in House, won’t seek reelectionHurd is the rare GOP lawmaker to at times criticize Trump, including over construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall. His retirement is the third by a Texas Republican in recent days. ... read more
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
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