National Guard Deployed to Save Lives in Rural Brooks County
by Melissa del Bosque / Posted on | No CommentsThe National Guard is deployed to Brooks County, Texas, where hundreds of migrants have died from heat exposure and thirst.
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Tony Tinderholt Unloads: ‘People are Going to Die’ at Border
by Christopher Hooks / Posted on | 10 CommentsOne possible state Rep. has a plan to stop the “infiltration of our country” by “theiving” migrants who want only “free stuff:” Shoulder your rifles.
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The Militia Next Door
by Melissa del Bosque / Posted on | 80 CommentsAt Camp Lonestar, a citizen militia campsite outside Brownsville, a group of armed volunteers seeks to ‘push back the illegals.’
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Jerry Patterson on Border Rhetoric: It’s Going to Get Worse
by Christopher Hooks / Posted on | 13 CommentsFor a long time, Jerry Patterson has been one of the few voices in the Texas GOP arguing for pragmatism on border security and immigration. Now he’s leaving, and he’s not too optimistic about anyone taking his place.
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Feds Planning Massive Family Detention Center in South Texas
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | 19 CommentsIn response to the influx of Central Americans at the Texas-Mexico border, federal officials are planning a new for-profit family detention lockup for immigrant children and their parents in South Texas.
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National Guard Troops Deployed to Border Unpaid and Hungry
by Christopher Hooks / Posted on | 11 CommentsMembers of the National Guard contingent that Governor Perry sent to the border have fallen on hard times, according to one Rio Grande Valley TV station.
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At Conservative Panel on Border Security, Money is No Object
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | 2 CommentsAt a panel discussion on border security hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation today, panelists worried about the porous border but couldn’t say how much it would cost to lock it down.
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Beyond the Border
by Melissa del Bosque / Posted on | No CommentsIn 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.
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Dewhurst: ‘Someone’s Going to Get Hurt’ in Border Surge
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | 4 CommentsIn an interview with a tea party radio show, David Dewhurst described the surge of DPS and National Guard to the border with menacing bravado.
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‘A Cemetery For Our People’
by Melissa del Bosque / Posted on | 7 CommentsA 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.
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