This Week in The Border Chronicle:
More News from the Border:
The Trump administration announced this week that it will further militarize the California-Mexico border by creating another national defense area, which will be under the control of the U.S. Navy.
Interior Transfers Public Land to Navy to Support Border Security and National Defense U.S. Dept. of the Interior press release.
Ft. Bliss in El Paso, Texas, is now holding nearly 3,000 people in detention under deplorable conditions. The ACLU and other civil and human rights organizations are raising the alarm and warn that the administration will likely open other military detention camps soon.
ICE Letter Regarding Ft. Bliss the ACLU & read local border coverage in El Paso Matters
After Trump pardon, Rep. Henry Cuellar restored to homeland security funding post The Texas Tribune
The Department of War is celebrating the fact that it has deployed 43,000 rolls of concertina wire to be installed across the entire southern border.
Historic Border Security Milestone: Largest C-wire Delivery, Emplacement in U.S. Territorial History in Partnership with CBP The Dept. of War
DPS investigating fatal shooting involving Border Patrol in Starr County MyRGV.com
California’s Attorney General is asking people to report ICE, CBP and other federal agent misconduct.
Report Misconduct by Federal Agents to the California Attorney General
‘I made my American dream in my country’: How Rancho Feliz is confronting the immigration crisis at the source Cronkite Borderlands Project/The Tucson Sentinel
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