Margo Cowan in 2017. (Photo credit: Keep Tucson Together) Share In July the Board of Immigration Appeals ordered that prominent federal immigration lawyer and longtime community organizer Margo Cowan be barred for…
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The latest from the border blogosphere.
The Border Chronicle – “An Occupying Force”: Florida Troopers Descend on Texas Border Communities
Today’s post is part of a nationwide collaboration among newsrooms called Democracy Day, which will take place on September 15. The intent is to draw attention to the crisis facing American democracy,…
El Chuqueño Blog – Us and Them
The problem with giving our “public servants” big salaries is that it changes who they are and who they serve. When you’re pulling down $100k plus, you are living in a different…
El Chuqueño Blog – COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR ATTACKS NON-PARTISAN PETITION
by Max Grossman Michael Apodaca, Chair of the El Paso County Democratic Party, issued a press release today attacking the non-partisan effort to recall City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez of District 3 from…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Orwell – A Warning to Mankind”
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The Border Chronicle – A Return on Our Investment: Border Externalization in “America’s Backyard” under the Biden Administration
This piece was done in collaboration with the online journal Spectre. Subscribe now The Guatemalan border force known as the Chorti lines up in Zacapa in 2017. The border force is comprised…
El Paso KTSM Employee Says Workplace Environment Unhealthy Because Of Convicted Child Pornographer Working At Station – Raises Question Of Whether School Children Parents Are Aware
Editor’s note: Some language in this article may be difficult for some readers to read. Earlier this week, KTSM employee, Rubén Olague reached out to El Paso News asking that we investigate…
Bankruptcy And Tax Liens Of El Paso County Officials Raises Questions Of Recent Pay Raise Vote
A recent vote by El Paso County Commissioners to raise their own salaries and increase property taxes has led to backlash from the community at large, said County Judge Ricardo Samaniego to…
The Border Chronicle – On Their Own: Border Humanitarians Respond to a Crisis Created by Governments
Dora Rodriguez preparing meals in the kitchen of Casa de la Esperanza with Alma Rodriguez (right), a volunteer from Sásabe in March 2022. Subscribe now In September 2020, Tucson-based humanitarians Dora Rodriguez…