Since November 2019, under a new program called Asylum Cooperative Agreement, the U.S. government has shipped 536 asylum-seekers to Honduras and El Salvador in what witnesses call “boxcars in
As tensions around Matamoros camps rise, witnesses observe ominous signs that ‘Remain in Mexico’ may soon be supplanted by dangerous new policies of shipping asylum-seekers by plane to unfamiliar countries.
Witnesses report two disturbing new trends: parents who send children over the border unaccompanied to escape the “Remain in Mexico” tent camps, and asylum-seekers deported to unsafe third countries.
Marisol
Hurts may not always be visible, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t intended, panelists say.
Greg Harman
This week, a handful of parents were allowed to fly into
Marisol Cortez
In this Weekly Witness series, we share some of the most significant messages posted to the public Facebook group Witness: Tornillo. Target: MPP by volunteers who have staked
As part of #TargetMPP, witnesses begin reporting back on the disastrous impact of Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” program in Brownsville/Matamoros.
Marisol Cortez
I met Joshua Rubin, I think,
Greg Harman
Marisol Cortez writes this week about various ways people can help the Carrizo-Comecrudo Tribe of Texas (Esto’k Gna) resist the construction of the border wall in the
Immigration lawyers say border agents are again removing children from their parents. The explanation? They’re protecting kids from criminal dads and moms. Immigration advocates say it’s zero tolerance
After arrest and deportation, Mapache urges people not to let fear of ICE keep them from activism.
Marisol Cortez
Earlier this summer, we posted an interview with 18-year-old Dreamer Sergio
Last weekend, Deceleration traveled to the Rio Grande Valley for the Latino Comics Expo, held in Brownsville, the southernmost city in Texas, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande River that joins Texas and Mexico before flowing into the Gulf.
At the U.S.-Mexico border, the migration of pumas and coati are cut off by physical barriers. Humans? Not so much.
By Kiah Collier and Neena Satija
Texas Tribune
Water Protectors in Texas have been engaged in a months-long campaign to force Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren to resign from the board. (See: We Want Parks Not Pipelines)
