News and Resources

Local Organizers Explain the Republican Surge in South Texas
Danny Diaz wasn’t shocked when he heard about the Republican surge along the Texas-Mexico border that confounded so many national pundits last week. The majority Latino region has long been... Read more
Published on: 2020-11-13
Source: Texas Observer
A House Divided
A House Divided Rogelio Chavira is for Biden. Dolores Chacon is for Trump. The border fence passes through the couple’s backyard. Text and photography by Henry Craver November 6, 2020... Read more
Published on: 2020-11-06
Source: Texas Observer
5 Environmental Boondoggles Trump Will Keep Pushing If He Wins
This article is part of a Sierra series about the 2020 election.   In the past four years, the Trump administration has worked to undo environmental protections that safeguard our air, land,... Read more
Published on: 2020-10-26
Source: Sierra Magazine
ICYMI: Colorless Fall, Coal-less Future, & “That’s a Lemur!”
Climate change is leading to drab fall foliage. The Supreme Court agrees to consider the Sierra Club’s challenge to President Trump’s use of $2.5 billion in military funds to pay for his border... Read more
Published on: 2020-10-23
Source: Sierra Magazine
Supreme Court to review Trump’s border wall funding and ‘Remain in Mexico’ program
The Trump administration asked the court to intervene in both cases because lower courts have ruled against its policies.... Read more
Published on: 2020-10-19
Source: Washington Post
ICYMI: A Legal Win Against the Border Wall, a Tireless Bird & More
A bar-tailed godwit flies 7,500 miles from Alaska to New Zealand, setting a world record for avian nonstop flight.  In a 2-to-1 ruling in the case of Sierra Club v. Trump, a... Read more
Published on: 2020-10-15
Source: Sierra Magazine
Overhauling Our Immigration System Begins with Citizenship for All
As we approach the end of President Trump’s first term, it’s important to understand why and how he has inflicted such damage on our nation’s immigration system and advanced his... Read more
Published on: 2020-10-09
Source: ACLU
Beyoncé Isn’t Possible Without Houston. Houston Isn’t Possible Without the Black Diaspora.
Beyoncé’s second visual album, Lemonade, is characterized by foreboding visions of weeping willows, dark bayous, and images of Black women decorated in antebellum garb. It’s an ode to the landscape... Read more
Published on: 2020-09-09
Source: Texas Observer
BNHR, El Paso County and Protect Democracy Filed Petition with U.S. Supreme Court to Demand a Halt on Building of the Southern Wall
The Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR), El Paso County and Protect Democracy organization filed a “cert before judgment” petition with the U.S. Supreme Court today, requesting to review their case to halt the Trump... Read more
Published on: 2020-09-03
Source: Border Network
New Engineering Report Finds Privately Built Border Wall Will Fail
This story was originally published by ProPublica and the Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans—and engages with them—about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. It’s... Read more
Published on: 2020-09-03
Source: Texas Observer
In Central America, Climate Change Is Driving Families North
AFTER THE SUN crept past its midday seat and started softening into the afternoon, five-year-old Jerlin Sayai Herrera Escobar liked to stand on the little lawn in front of her... Read more
Published on: 2020-08-28
Source: Sierra Magazine
Dispatch From the Border Wall
“When they blast into that soil, it feels like they’re tearing out my chest,” said Jamie LaBreak, a member of the Sycuan band of the Kumeyaay Nation. The afternoon of... Read more
Published on: 2020-08-22
Source: Sierra Magazine
Steve Bannon charged with defrauding donors in private effort to raise money for Trump’s border wall
The president’s former chief strategist was arrested Thursday along with three others.... Read more
Published on: 2020-08-20
Source: Washington Post
The Coronavirus Pipeline
The Coronavirus Pipeline U.S. deportations of migrants have exported COVID-19 to Guatemala and prompted fear, chaos, and a collapse of already fragile health services. By Anna-Catherine Brigida and Morena Pérez... Read more
Published on: 2020-08-12
Source: Texas Observer
Supreme Court won’t intervene in last stages of border wall construction projects
A lower court had said the use of military funds was unlawful, and environmentalists had asked for construction to stop.... Read more
Published on: 2020-07-31
Source: Washington Post
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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