Spencer Hsu, The Washington Post. September 30, 2009. The debate over border deaths is drawing renewed attention to a long-standing complaint by human rights groups.
Yasha Levine, eXiled Online. September 28, 2009. It was obvious from the very beginning that Bush’s push for a border fence was nothing more than a political show to boost Republicans' creds with their base.
Valeria Fernandez, IPS News. July 1, 2009. Volunteers who leave water jugs for migrants at the border are getting slapped with absurd littering charges.
Gabriel Arana, The Nation. May 29, 2009. The national media have invented a drug-related rise of border violence that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.
Tonda MacCharles, The Toronto Star. May 26, 2009. More troops, more searches, more surveilance drones. The U.S. is taking Canadians' pictures as they cross the border, and their biometrics.
Mariana Martinez, New America Media. May 4, 2009. The US-Mexican border has seen little change in terms of screenings or public health surveillance measures.
Enrique Gili, IPS News. June 24, 2008. The Southern border region is inundated with trash, the waste of two large cities, illegal dumping and maquiladoras.
Michelle García, The Washington Post. June 14, 2008. "The land is our birthright in this place now called Texas, and its history contains our Gettysburg, our Trail of Tears, the seeds of our culture."
Paula R. Newberg, MIT Center for International Studies. May 27, 2008. The inequities built into Pakistan's current political system affect efforts to stop internal violence and rationalize foreign policy.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 3, 2008. Current controversy aside, the border "fence" is one of those harebrained schemes that might be funny if it weren't so cynical and racist.
Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer. February 19, 2008. Texas resident Eloisa Tamez wants to know why her land is getting a border wall, while a nearby golf course and resort remain untouched.
Claudia Núñez, New America Media. December 27, 2007. Women are active participants, and often the masterminds, behind the world's third most lucrative illegal activity: people smuggling.
Neelanjana Banerjee, New America Media. December 11, 2006. In the midst of the raging immigration debate, there's no better way to get a pulse on the issues than riding a tourist trolley across the invisible line to Mexico.
