Melissa del Bosque
Melissa del Bosque joined The Texas Observer staff in 2008. She specializes in reporting on immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border. Her work has been published in national and international publications including TIME magazine and the Mexico City-based Nexos magazine. Melissa is a 2014-15 Lannan Fellow at The Investigative Fund.
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Efrain Gutierrez at the 2014 Cine Las Americas Film Festival
In the seventies, filmmaker Efrain Gutierrez recorded the pain, the struggle and the injustice of life in his west San Antonio barrio on a 16mm camera. Full Story -
Observer Panel at SXSW Interactive: Tweeting the Drug War (Video)
What can the most censored state in Mexico teach others about freedom of expression during a devastating drug war? Full Story
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Ted Cruz Leads the House Over a Cliff on Border Bill
The House Republican leadership fails to pass emergency supplemental bill for influx of unaccompanied minors from Central America Full Story -
At New Detention Facility It’s ‘Hurry Up and Deport’ Central Americans
Immigration attorney Shelley Wittevrongel says the U.S. government is only going through the motions when it comes to the asylum seekers. Full Story -
Former Border Sheriff Sentenced for Money Laundering
Guadalupe “Lupe” Treviño, the former sheriff of Hidalgo County and once one of the most powerful lawmen on the border, was sentenced to five […] Full Story -
Could a Border Patrol Accountability Bill Pass?
In March, two border congressional leaders filed a bill to make the Border Patrol more accountable to the public. Full Story -
Obama: Spike in Children at Border ‘Urgent Humanitarian Situation’
President Obama issued a presidential memo Monday calling the huge number of unaccompanied children crossing the border—primarily into Texas—an “urgent humanitarian situation.” The White […] Full Story
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The Militia Next Door
At Camp Lonestar, a citizen militia campsite outside Brownsville, a group of armed volunteers seeks to ‘push back the illegals.’ Full Story -
Beyond the Border
In our four-part multimedia series, produced in collaboration with the Guardian, we explore how a rural South Texas county 70 miles from the border has become a graveyard for Central Americans. Full Story -
‘A Cemetery For Our People’
A Guatemalan diplomat struggles to save her countrymen in South Texas and nearly loses herself. Part three of Beyond the Border, a four-part series with The Texas Observer and the Guardian. Full Story -
‘This is Our Home’
The second in our four-part Beyond the Border series, produced in collaboration with The Guardian, examining migrant deaths in South Texas. With migrants streaming through South Texas, landowners are caught between protecting their property and saving lives. Full Story -
Into the Wilderness
The first in our four-part Beyond the Border series, produced in collaboration with The Guardian, examining migrant deaths in South Texas. In part one, we report the story of Exelina Hernandez who, to comply with U.S. immigration law, would have to risk her life. Full Story
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