Mary Jo McConahay, Texas Observer. September 15, 2007. An anti-immigrant fence along Texas's Rio Grande will threaten wildlife as well as separate families and wreck economies -- everything but stop people who want to cross the border.
Sterry Butcher, Texas Observer. August 4, 2007. The talk in West Texas this summer is La Entrada al PacĂfico, and it's either a great opportunity to develop an international trade route, or it's a wretched plan that would ruin the pristine Big Bend region of Texas.