Border & Immigration
March 1, 2012
Home Run
A jogging path along the Rio Grande was a treasured, secret place—until it became part of the front lines in a war I still don’t understand.
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Politics & Policy
January 1, 2009
Crossing the Line
The facts of this case are quite simple. Two Border Patrol agents shot at an unarmed man as he was running away from them. And then, they covered it up.
Politics & Policy
October 13, 2008
Something There is That Doesn’t Love a Wall
Photo credit: Norman Glickman I’m in McAllen doing research for a future column, and Sunday I found myself in a car with two visiting scholars who were here, as I was, to attend the 25th anniversary convention of Valley Interfaith, the local community organizing group. They had decided to try
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
September 30, 1996
Dogfight
Texas at war with the United States Air Force.
Film & TV
July 31, 1996
Shooting on the Border
THERE IS AN OBLIGATORY SCENE in every movie about the border between Texas and Mexico: A man draws a line in the dirt with his boot. The line means something different in each movie, and yet, there it is, a narrow little rut in the ground that the characters gesture
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1995
Hype or Hero?
He’s won the support o Mexican Americans in El Paso; now he wants to win a seat in Congress. Is Silvestre Reyes’ attack on illegal immigration heroism or hype?
Border & Immigration
September 30, 1977
The Long Road North
Across the river and into the brush; an eyewitness account of the journey of two wetbacks.
Border & Immigration
July 31, 1977
The Cactus Curtain
The word going across the border is: Uncle Sam doesn’t want you.