The clinical psychology professor has been working at the border for a decade, where he has witnessed all kinds of abuse and suffering. Now he is ‘very concerned of what’s to come’ under Trump’s second term
The writer of the book ‘The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy’ explains how most of the country’s sheriffs have aligned themselves with Donald Trump and will be key to his deportation plans
The chief scientist at The Nature Conservancy and Texas Tech professor thinks that ‘no person nor any government’ can stop the fight against climate change
EL PAÍS shares the stories of some of the thousands of migrants left stranded in Mexico after the Trump administration shut down the CBP One application
A 14-year-old boy, the only survivor of the attack, has been flown to a Texas hospital and is fighting for his life after being shot in the head. His father and two other relatives are dead
Donald Trump won the election with the promise of deporting 11 million migrants, Joe Biden restricted the right to asylum at the border and states like Texas rebelled against Washington’s response to the migration crisis
The Democratic state is preparing to lead the legal battle against the president-elect’s policies on immigration, reproductive rights, and the environment
A collective made up of writer Valeria Luiselli, Ricardo Giraldo and Leo Heiblum presents the piece’s Study #1 and #2 at the land-focused Día Art Foundation
The governor of the southern state insisted in a press conference about the risk of rape for women and girls along the way, and said he would cooperate with Donald Trump on deportations
Hundreds of unused panels have been auctioned online since April of last year with Congressional authorization, but the initiative has recently drawn the ire of Republicans
The Texas Privacy and Data Security Act, which went into effect in July 2024, will be extended in 2025. Similarly, other legislation will be enacted on the first day of the new year
Human Rights Watch argues that those responsible for the ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy applied at the border six years ago should not return to government. But the president-elect has already appointed three of them to new positions
The academic has recently published ‘The Migrant’s Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration’, a book which gives clues about a system to detain immigrants which is already in place at a time when Trump’s mass expulsions loom large
Armed civilian groups that are already patrolling the area in search of illegal migrants are hopeful that they will be asked to officially cooperate with the president-elect’s immigration agenda
Videos of agents intercepting two little girls in the state have gone viral, as over 100 minors traveling alone are caught trying to cross into the US in a single week
The Republican state is implementing policies straight out of the president-elect’s playbook and is emerging as a key ally of the incoming federal government, especially for the mass deportation plan
Last year, the state enacted a law mandating that adult content websites verify the age of their users. Since its implementation, a dozen such websites have blocked access. Meanwhile, critics argue that the law infringes on fundamental rights to freedom of expression and privacy
Since this summer, ammo can be purchased from vending machines located in stores in Oklahoma, Alabama and Texas. The company behind them plans to expand the initiative nationwide in the coming months
Unlike other states, New York offers additional safeguards that partially protect the undocumented from the immigration policy announced by Donald Trump. ‘New York is a sanctuary city and we are going to defend that status against any divisive rhetoric,’ says the head of a non-profit that helps newcomers
States and cities governed by Democrats are vowing not to cooperate with the president-elect’s immigration agenda. In response, incoming border czar Tom Homan has threatened legal challenges and cuts to federal funding