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More Border Security Means Less Food Security

As cuts to food assistance take effect, the U.S. government has canceled the publication of its annual hunger report.

Border wall construction has begun in the vital wildlife corridor of the San Rafael Valley in Southern Arizona. Devastating for the environment, communities and wildlife.

Yesterday, Trump declared war on American cities.

Since 2021, Texas border communities have been the testing ground for a MAGA military occupation. Now, residents say they have some advice for the rest of the country.🦂

Where have we seen this before?

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.

Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

Reminder the FCC is being weaponized against the American people. Brendan Carr is still Chair and holding a public FCC meeting today which will include plans to allow *further* consolidation of broadcast TV station ownership: Sinclair / Nexstar the winners.
#BreakUpBigMedia
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Border communities have lived under militarization for years—and learned hard lessons in defending their rights.🦂

Read: Trump’s Troops and the Border “Learning Lab”

How the Republican-led Operation Lone Star in Texas became Trump’s model for sending troops into Democratic-led cities.🦂

In an unhinged speech, Pete Hesgeth says he's tired of "fat troops" and says the U.S. military needs to go full AI

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The Mexican government wants to pass an indiscriminate, dangerously vague surveillance rule granting authorities real-time access to data digital platforms have in their systems. RD3mx and @article19mxca.bsky.social urged Congress to reject the proposal.👇 🧵 articulo19.org/reforma-al-...

It’s a pay to play disaster relief system at FEMA under Noem.

Argentina's Javier Milei is battling the worst crisis of his presidency ahead of midterm elections. In October, the public will deliver its verdict on economic policies that pulled the country back from the brink of hyperinflation but have weighed on growth in recent months. on.ft.com/3VDP2CC

It didn’t go unnoticed in Dallas as Feds talked about the ICE office shooting, there was nary a mention of the immigrants who were killed, injured in a cycle of violence & dehumanization that community and migrants told us, is getting out of control: t.co/U2QU73lap4

Doyle & Dorfman @nsarchive.bsky.social continue amazing work as justice seekers for Ayotzinapa."the Chicago story within the Ayotzinapa case offers a cautionary tale about how drug war considerations can obscure and overwhelm the demand for accountability and justice for human rights."

Returning to a subject I was discussing this morning on X, I think a single video like this does more to radicalize people against ICE than any loaded rhetoric any politician has ever used, and DHS should think very hard about the consequences of supporting this kind of behavior from its agents.

The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 26🦂

Our 4th anniversary party was a blast, Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his border sci-fi cult classic 'Sleep Dealer.' And humanitarian Scott Warren talks about his high-profile trial and the aftermath. 🦂

Requires I post the best NM sheriff story
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New in The Border Chronicle podcast🦂

Scott Warren was arrested for providing humanitarian aid in the desert during the first Trump administration and endured a high-profile trial before being exonerated.

Now, he's ready to tell his story.

New on The Border Chronicle podcast🦂👂

Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic "Sleep Dealer", and Creating a New Cinema for the Border 🦂🎥

@alex-rivera.bsky.social

Drones from Flock Safety are also flying ALPR cameras, a terribly dangerous combo for privacy. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

All summer, I’ve been speaking to a Nigerian mom of two kids who won fear-based protection in an immigration court. Under a previous admin, she would have likely been released, but ICE refused to let her out and tried to deport her to Ghana -> @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois"

It's The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 19 🦂

Photographer Eunice Adorno captures Mexico’s aging dams as “monuments to an idea of progress that never arrived." And Mexico and the US fund "water resiliency" for the Rio Grande, plus more news.. 💦🦂