u.s.-mexico
Juggling Optimism & Pessimism In U.S.-Mexico Relations
By Zach Gonzalez Austin, Texas — The complexity of the issues both Mexico and the United States face in working together to come up with solutions to the drug war […]
National Guard are at the U.S.-Mexico border … again
For the second time since 2006, U.S. National Guardsmen are on the nation’s southern border, providing a false sense of security to scared Americans who, it is becoming apparent, don’t […]
Ethnic Cleansing in El Paso, Texas is a Warning for the Nation
President Trump owes our border community and all Latinos in America an apology for encouraging ethnic cleansing. He must take back his hate-filled words toward Mexicans, immigrants and asylum seekers […]
NewsTaco Rundown – January 29, 2019
Nobody Believes A Wall Will Stop Illegal Immigration – Forbes In a January 25, 2019, speech, Donald Trump argued on behalf of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border by stating, “Israel […]
Border congressman among highest funded by group running immigrant detention centers
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, has received $32,400 in political contributions from a company that operates immigrant detention centers — the second most of any elected official in the country […]
Border Patrol Shooting Death Of Immigrant Woman Raises Tensions In South Texas
The Border Patrol shooting death of an undocumented woman in Rio Bravo, Texas, near Laredo, Wednesday is ratcheting up tensions along the U.S.-Mexico border. According to a statement released by Customs […]
Feds Will Skip Border Wall Impact Study Before Building Through Wildlife Refuge
By Anya Byrd, Colorlines (2.5 minute read) Though funding for the estimated $21.6 billion U.S.-Mexico wall has not yet been secured, the federal government continues to move forward with construction. […]
The Immigrant Trailer Tragedy is One Story in 6,000
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (3 minute read) An average of 428 people die each year attempting to cross the U.S. southern border. In the past 14 years 6,000 undocumented […]
Ride Like a Girl
*Do yourself a favor. Give this a read. It’s one of the toughest and mot beautiful of the Mexican traditions. VL Women riders take the reins in the macho world […]
The real story of Latino immigrants – setting roots
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (3 minute read) Buried in the fourteenth and fifteenth paragraph of a Pew Hispanic Center FacTank post is the future of Latinos in the U.S. That’s […]