Politics & Policy
April 5, 2024
Totality Begins in Eagle Pass
The border town won’t let the immigration debate eclipse its eclipse plans.
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Film & TV
March 13, 2024
Border Pundits Need to Watch ‘The In Between’
The Eagle Pass–set documentary is a thoughtful meditation on nostalgia, grief, and what life really looks like on the border.
Border & Immigration
March 11, 2024
More Migrants Are Drowning in the Rio Grande Than Ever. No Agency Is Keeping Track of How Many.
U.S. policy is designed to force those entering Texas to cross at dangerous choke points. Those who don't make it are often never identified.
Politics & Policy
February 27, 2024
The “Border Crisis” Is the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Greg Abbott
The Texas governor should be reeling from a humiliating defeat on his biggest policy priority. Instead, he’s at the height of his power.
Border & Immigration
February 2, 2024
Eagle Pass, the Site of a Tense Border Standoff, Has Become a “Movie Set”
The small border town once again finds itself at the center of a performance that’s less about immigration control than political posturing.
Border & Immigration
February 1, 2024
Border Patrol and Texas Troopers Were Once the Best of Friends. What Happened?
For almost three years, Texas DPS agents worked hand in hand with the feds, but their partnership has unraveled into a bitter standoff in Eagle Pass.
BBQ Joint Reviews
January 10, 2024
This Eagle Pass Pitmaster Left Competition BBQ Behind to Focus on His Upgraded Joint
Jorge "Choche" Flores II brings his winning ribs, brisket, and chicken to a new permanent location where his whole family works.
Border & Immigration
July 27, 2023
Residents of Eagle Pass Grow Wary of Greg Abbott’s Militarized Border
Confronted with human suffering and death, as well as disruption of their small town, some former supporters of Operation Lone Star have started to sour on the program.
BBQ Joint Reviews
January 5, 2023
This Old Barbecue Joint in Eagle Pass Is Teaching Itself New Tricks
The Wagon Wheel has been around since 1994, but it recently gave itself a makeover with a new location and a menu that prioritizes freshness.
Politics & Policy
May 3, 2022
When Reality Meets Wedge-Issue Politics at the Border, Politics Wins
Kevin McCarthy’s trip to Eagle Pass laid bare the bipartisan bankruptcy of U.S. policy.
Politics & Policy
July 27, 2021
Greg Abbott’s Border Fence Is Rising in Bits and Pieces
Local officials in South Texas are scrambling to figure out what the governor is building in their communities.
Border & Immigration
March 13, 2015
Former Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster, Sundance and SXSW Film Festival Star
An interview with Bill and Turner Ross, whose Sundance award-winning documentary about border life, Western, screens at SXSW Film.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Vocal Border Fence Opponent Dead at 63
Texas officials are mourning the untimely passing of Chad Foster, the former Eagle Pass mayor who became the face of border communities straddling the two nations.
Border & Immigration
January 21, 2013
Is Cartel Violence Getting Too Close to the Border?
A gunbattle in Piedras Negras, which killed a Mexican police officer, prompted American officials to close two bridges in the city. This comes less than a month after an El Paso woman was hit by a stray bullet shot from Juárez.
Border & Immigration
July 31, 2011
Minor Emergency
Drug gangs in Mexico are increasingly turning to American teenagers to smuggle their loads across the border. What can be done?
True Crime
March 31, 2008
The Night in Question
Thirty years later, we still don’t know who murdered Border Patrol agent Jose Gamez. Or maybe we do.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 1997
Israel Hernandez
Officially, Israel Hernandez is an aide to George W. Bush, but the 26-year-old is used to hearing all sorts of less-than-glamorous descriptions of his job, such as professional schlepper and purse carrier. But while it’s true he totes around the black canvas bag containing the governor’s stuff—personal numbers, signature cards,
Texas History
February 1, 1997
The Forgotten People
For three centuries the Kickapoo Indians moved from place to place across North America to avoid assimilation. Today they live on the outskirts of Eagle Pass: unwelcome, yet unwilling to give up the fight to preserve their culture.
True Crime
August 31, 1976
Busting Out of Mexico
Two self-styled Texas soldiers of fortune engineered one of the more bizarre jailbreaks in history. Here’s how it happened.