The War on Immigrants
The Texas Border County at the Center of a Dangerous Right-Wing Experiment
Officials in rural Kinney County, Texas, are pushing Gov. Greg Abbott to take ever more extreme action against migrants and asylum-seekers.
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The War on Immigrants
Texas National Guard Filmed Trespassing During Border Operations
Soldiers patrolling border communities with assault rifles is the latest escalation in Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star.
Texas Troopers Opened Fire From a Helicopter in 2012. Families Are Still Fighting to Hold Them Accountable.
A state police marksman unloaded 19 bullets into a speeding pickup, killing two men. Now depositions unearth startling new details about what happened.
Secretive CBP Counterterrorism Teams Interrogated 180,000 U.S. Citizens Over Two-Year Period
Records from an ongoing FOIA lawsuit shed new light on the operations of CBP’s Tactical Terrorism Response Teams.
The Military’s Failure to Reckon With White Supremacy in Its Ranks
When it comes to rooting out extremists, military investigators have provided conflicting accounts of their own regulations.
Fort Hood Soldiers Harbor Doubts About Army’s Accountability Efforts
A female sergeant said it was tragic that a soldier had to die before the Army took notice of sexual assault and harassment on base.
The War on Immigrants
A Public Defender’s Lonely Fight Against Family Separation
Before “zero tolerance” was rolled out nationwide, Sergio Garcia found himself up against a secret pilot project to test family separation in El Paso.
Army Sergeants at Fort Hood Fear for the Safety of Their Soldiers
Noncommissioned officers at the troubled base say they have little faith that military or congressional reviews will change the toxic leadership culture.
Border Wall Construction Set to Begin Near Historic Cemeteries in South Texas
The Trump administration broke ground next to a church and gravesites that are part of an important chapter in the history of the Underground Railroad.
The Coronavirus Crisis
How Trump’s Deportation Flights Are Putting Latin America and the Caribbean at Risk
The U.S. has forged ahead with deportations amid the pandemic, creating a petri dish for the virus in crowded ICE facilities and then exporting it overseas.