The Border Chronicle
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Independent journalism with analysis and context from the US-Mexico borderlands. Founded by @mdelbosque.bsky.social & @memomiller.bsky.social Read more and listen to our podcasts at https://www.theborderchronicle.com/
This week: an artist searches for exits from the apocalypse, and why U.S. military tactics abroad always come home.
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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: February 13
How exactly do we get out of this apocalypse? The artists might just know. And why we need to be concerned about how U.S. military tactics abroad find their way home.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:20 PM
This week: an artist searches for exits from the apocalypse, and why U.S. military tactics abroad always come home.
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Teresa Margolles retrospective at MARCO asks: ¿Cómo salimos? (How do we get out of this?) Her haunting work transforms Mexico's violence into monuments, bloodstained flags, demolished homes, dance floors turned to ruins. A search for an exit from the apocalypse.
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How Do We Get Out of This?
At Monterrey, Mexico’s MARCO, artist Teresa Margolles seeks an exit from the apocalypse.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Teresa Margolles retrospective at MARCO asks: ¿Cómo salimos? (How do we get out of this?) Her haunting work transforms Mexico's violence into monuments, bloodstained flags, demolished homes, dance floors turned to ruins. A search for an exit from the apocalypse.
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This is absolutely bizarre and very worrying. The govt. shuts down a major airport at the border in El Paso, Texas, for 10 days for "security reasons."
Live Updates: F.A.A. Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days
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February 11, 2026 at 1:04 PM
This is absolutely bizarre and very worrying. The govt. shuts down a major airport at the border in El Paso, Texas, for 10 days for "security reasons."
"The War Always Comes Home, " Trump's imperialism turns inward: from Venezuela & Greenland to ICE operations in Minneapolis. The methods perfected abroad now deployed domestically. America's war machine is reconquering itself.
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The War Always Comes Home
While menacing Venezuela and Greenland, an “unbound” Trump has unleashed the empire on itself in Minneapolis.
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February 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"The War Always Comes Home, " Trump's imperialism turns inward: from Venezuela & Greenland to ICE operations in Minneapolis. The methods perfected abroad now deployed domestically. America's war machine is reconquering itself.
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A beloved workers' rights organizer in Minnesota, known for *successfully* fighting against wage theft and labor trafficking, has been detained by federal immigration agents and is now locked up in New Mexico. His family is calling for his urgent release. inthesetimes.com/article/work...
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 PM
A beloved workers' rights organizer in Minnesota, known for *successfully* fighting against wage theft and labor trafficking, has been detained by federal immigration agents and is now locked up in New Mexico. His family is calling for his urgent release. inthesetimes.com/article/work...
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Trump said he would fight for “forgotten Americans.” I didn’t know that meant Jeff Bezos.
Despite making $89.5 BILLION in profits last year, Amazon paid just 3.1% in taxes.
This is what Republicans’ SNAP & Medicaid cuts were for.
Guess that ‘Melania’ doc really paid off.
Despite making $89.5 BILLION in profits last year, Amazon paid just 3.1% in taxes.
This is what Republicans’ SNAP & Medicaid cuts were for.
Guess that ‘Melania’ doc really paid off.
Trump’s New Tax Law Saved Amazon Billions
Breaks for investment and research lowered the company’s payments to the U.S. government.
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Trump said he would fight for “forgotten Americans.” I didn’t know that meant Jeff Bezos.
Despite making $89.5 BILLION in profits last year, Amazon paid just 3.1% in taxes.
This is what Republicans’ SNAP & Medicaid cuts were for.
Guess that ‘Melania’ doc really paid off.
Despite making $89.5 BILLION in profits last year, Amazon paid just 3.1% in taxes.
This is what Republicans’ SNAP & Medicaid cuts were for.
Guess that ‘Melania’ doc really paid off.
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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: February 6
Just abolishing ICE misses the bigger point, and a deep look at the history of cotton in the borderlands.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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Melissa Del Bosque is a longtime border journalist and co-founder of the Border Chronicle — and she told The Show, in that time she’s covered many Border Patrol-related deaths and was not surprised by what happened in Minnesota.
This reporter says Border Patrol has been given extensive reach, not surprised by Minnesota deaths
Democrats in Washington struck a deal with President Trump to end a prolonged government shutdown and fund the government while they negotiate reforms for immigration officers and the Department of Ho...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Melissa Del Bosque is a longtime border journalist and co-founder of the Border Chronicle — and she told The Show, in that time she’s covered many Border Patrol-related deaths and was not surprised by what happened in Minnesota.
Border Chronicle's Melissa del Bosque on @kjzz.org: Border Patrol sees itself as paramilitary, not law enforcement, operates without body cameras, investigates itself, claims jurisdiction 100 miles from entire U.S. border.
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This reporter says Border Patrol has been given extensive reach, not surprised by Minnesota deaths
Democrats in Washington struck a deal with President Trump to end a prolonged government shutdown and fund the government while they negotiate reforms for immigration officers and the Department of Ho...
www.kjzz.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Border Chronicle's Melissa del Bosque on @kjzz.org: Border Patrol sees itself as paramilitary, not law enforcement, operates without body cameras, investigates itself, claims jurisdiction 100 miles from entire U.S. border.
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Todd Miller and Melissa Del Bosque on why just abolishing ICE missing the point @mdelbosque.bsky.social www.theborderchronicle.com/abolishing-j...
Abolishing Just ICE Misses the Point: A Podcast with Melissa and Todd
In the spirit of broadening the analysis beyond ICE, Border Chronicle cofounders Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller discuss the leading role the U.S. Border Patrol has played in violent operations acr...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Todd Miller and Melissa Del Bosque on why just abolishing ICE missing the point @mdelbosque.bsky.social www.theborderchronicle.com/abolishing-j...
New Podcast Episode🎙️: Melissa del Bosque & Todd Miller on why abolishing just ICE misses the point. Border Patrol's extraconstitutional powers are expanding nationwide, the border can be anywhere, guns pointed at anyone. But people have had enough.
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Abolishing Just ICE Misses the Point: A Podcast with Melissa and Todd
In the spirit of broadening the analysis beyond ICE, Border Chronicle cofounders Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller discuss the leading role the U.S. Border Patrol has played in violent operations acr...
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February 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
New Podcast Episode🎙️: Melissa del Bosque & Todd Miller on why abolishing just ICE misses the point. Border Patrol's extraconstitutional powers are expanding nationwide, the border can be anywhere, guns pointed at anyone. But people have had enough.
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The idea of buying commercial warehouses and converting them into detention camps is so viscerally chilling to people that it's being opposed even in places which might otherwise support new prisons.
Remarkable: Trump's planned migrant prison camps are hitting deep resistance in red areas. In Virginia's partly rural Hanover (+26 Trump) opposition is intense. GOP leaders in other states are opposed.
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The idea of buying commercial warehouses and converting them into detention camps is so viscerally chilling to people that it's being opposed even in places which might otherwise support new prisons.
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Martinez: "[I] sat in federal court and watched from 20 feet away as the border patrol agent who attempted to kill me testified at a hearing. Agent Charles Exum—Charles Exum, my attempted executioner was Charles Exum—I hope the government does not consider my use of his name here to be...doxxing."
February 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Martinez: "[I] sat in federal court and watched from 20 feet away as the border patrol agent who attempted to kill me testified at a hearing. Agent Charles Exum—Charles Exum, my attempted executioner was Charles Exum—I hope the government does not consider my use of his name here to be...doxxing."
The Melissa del Bosque tells KJZZ's Lauren Gilger she wasn't surprised by fatal Minneapolis shootings. Border Patrol operates with less oversight than local police, no body cameras, masked agents, self-investigations. A troubling pattern.
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This reporter says Border Patrol has been given extensive reach, not surprised by Minnesota deaths
Democrats in Washington struck a deal with President Trump to end a prolonged government shutdown and fund the government while they negotiate reforms for immigration officers and the Department of Ho...
www.kjzz.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
The Melissa del Bosque tells KJZZ's Lauren Gilger she wasn't surprised by fatal Minneapolis shootings. Border Patrol operates with less oversight than local police, no body cameras, masked agents, self-investigations. A troubling pattern.
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Pulitzer winner Cristina Rivera Garza's Autobiography of Cotton traces her family through Mexico's 1920s cotton colonies, from Indigenous San Luis Potosí & deportees from Houston. She links agricultural exploitation to today's violence in this borderlands history. Out now! 📖
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The Lives That Cotton Made
Cristina Rivera Garza's new book, Autobiography of Cotton, traces family history through the borderlands' cotton industry.
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February 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Pulitzer winner Cristina Rivera Garza's Autobiography of Cotton traces her family through Mexico's 1920s cotton colonies, from Indigenous San Luis Potosí & deportees from Houston. She links agricultural exploitation to today's violence in this borderlands history. Out now! 📖
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Again, this is FALSE. Administrative warrants are NOT signed by an immigration judge (or any judge at all). They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves with no external oversight whatsoever.
Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
February 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Again, this is FALSE. Administrative warrants are NOT signed by an immigration judge (or any judge at all). They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves with no external oversight whatsoever.
Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
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"A warrant signed by a judge who is independent of the executive branch is a constitutional safeguard that separates legitimate law enforcement from arbitrary government power." Former DHS General Counsels weigh in on the ICE memo flouting 4th Amendment: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
Opinion | We Were Top Homeland Security Lawyers. You Can’t Wish Away the Fourth Amendment.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"A warrant signed by a judge who is independent of the executive branch is a constitutional safeguard that separates legitimate law enforcement from arbitrary government power." Former DHS General Counsels weigh in on the ICE memo flouting 4th Amendment: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
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🚨“Because the legal demands are not subject to independent review, administrative subpoenas can take just minutes to write up and, former staff say, officials throughout the agency, even in mid-level roles, have been given the authority to approve them.”🚨
This is absolutely insane: DHS claims the right to subpoena your emails and to send investigators to your house. In this case, because a retiree sent the mildest possible criticism to a prosecutor. No judges involved.
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Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:16 PM
🚨“Because the legal demands are not subject to independent review, administrative subpoenas can take just minutes to write up and, former staff say, officials throughout the agency, even in mid-level roles, have been given the authority to approve them.”🚨
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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I was not prepared for how fucking badass Minnesotans are, and fortunately neither is the regime
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January 31, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I was not prepared for how fucking badass Minnesotans are, and fortunately neither is the regime
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Renee's killer: 19-year USBP/ICE veteran
Alex's killer: 8-year USBP veteran
Marimar's shooter: 23-year USBP veteran.
Alex's killer: 8-year USBP veteran
Marimar's shooter: 23-year USBP veteran.
January 30, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Renee's killer: 19-year USBP/ICE veteran
Alex's killer: 8-year USBP veteran
Marimar's shooter: 23-year USBP veteran.
Alex's killer: 8-year USBP veteran
Marimar's shooter: 23-year USBP veteran.
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"As historian Greg Grandin writes, the Border Patrol has been a 'cult of brutality' since 1924, when it was created."
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Border Patrol Nation?
For decades, the Border Patrol has operated with extraconstitutional powers along the U.S.-Mexico divide. Now it’s leading the charge in U.S. cities across the country.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:48 PM
"As historian Greg Grandin writes, the Border Patrol has been a 'cult of brutality' since 1924, when it was created."
@ Todd Miller in @theborderchronicle.bsky.social
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Breaking News: (Video) Department of Homeland Security installs first segment of floating border barrier on the Rio Grande. Administration says it will install more than 500 miles on the river, despite binational treaty.
Breaking News: (Video) Department of Homeland Security installs first segment of floating border barrier on the Rio Grande
DHS has begun installing its massive floating buoy barrier which could include more than 500 miles.
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January 31, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Breaking News: (Video) Department of Homeland Security installs first segment of floating border barrier on the Rio Grande. Administration says it will install more than 500 miles on the river, despite binational treaty.
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Border Patrol's expanding powers, border walls killing the Rio Grande, & what it means for communities on both sides. This week's roundup features powerful reporting on militarization & environmental destruction along the US-Mexico divide. 📰
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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: January 30
The Border Patrol's long legacy of abuse, and border walls and buoys are killing the Rio Grande. A moving reflection from a border resident on what that means for the US and Mexico.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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