Border Shutdowns: State Violence and Psychological Warfare Performed
Recent displays of state violence from CBP and the excessive militarization of Mexico-U.S. land ports of entry are normalizing the image of the U.S. at 'war' against the transborder community and asylum seekers.
The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition
Trump's wall is just the latest incarnation of an old fixation.
The Problem with Border Security
Border securitysupported by Republicans and Democrats alikeis responsible for the death of Jakelin Caal, the exoneration of the Border Patrol agent who murdered a Mexican teen, and the separation and death of thousands of immigrant families.
At the Arizona Border, Activists Protest U.S Foreign and Migration Policy
Even as the U.S.-Mexico border reaches new heights of militarization, this year's School of the Americas Watch border Encuentro (meeting) provided a space for cross-border healing, mourning, organizing, and resistance.
El Éxodo Centroamericano: Resistance Through Solidarity
Central American refugees are confronting violence and harassment at the border after an arduous journey fleeing imminent danger in their home countries. How are binational solidarity groups responding?
The Desert of Asylum: From Internment to Disappearance
When state-sanctioned practices of child kidnapping, family internment, and indefinite detention cut off the possibility of seeking asylum at official ports of entry, Central American refugees are increasingly forced to take ever-more dangerous paths into the United States.
A Humanitarian Exodus
The 7,000-person strong caravan from Central America has made international headlines and been targeted by the Trump administration. But the roots of the refugee crisis that led to the caravan go much deeper.
Lessons of the Chicano Movement Today
Jimmy Patiño's Raza Si, Migra No: Chicano Movement Struggles for Immigrant Rights in San Diego, reveals connections between the early Chicano movement and immigrant rights today.
Punishing Lawfulness: Trump’s Assault on Authorized Migration
The Trump administration's crackdown on unauthorized immigration obscures his larger effort: to prevent lawful forms of immigration for migrants and remake the racial composition of the country.
Part II: Immigration Enforcement Unbound
One mother's recent deportation to her native Honduras reflects how the U.S. immigration regime not only separates families, but impels them to migrate to the United States in the first place.
Keeping the Salt in the Earth
On the U.S.-Mexico border, the Tohono O'odham Nation is forming a transnational movement to resist salt mining projects in the Gulf of California.
A Children’s Gitmo on the Border
The Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility set the stage institutionally and legally for Trump's family separation policies on the U.S.-Mexico border.
