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What Does Security Really Mean? 🦂
In this new podcast, Melissa and Todd talk about the notion of "border security" as U.S. health care gets cut to fund the most gargantuan border enforcement bill ever passed. How do we create a counterforce to this? 🦂
In this new podcast, Melissa and Todd talk about the notion of "border security" as U.S. health care gets cut to fund the most gargantuan border enforcement bill ever passed. How do we create a counterforce to this? 🦂
What Does Security Really Mean? Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller Analyze the First Seven Months of Trump
A podcast discussion about security as U.S. health care gets cut to fund the most gargantuan border enforcement bill ever passed. How do we create a counterforce to this?
www.theborderchronicle.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What Does Security Really Mean? 🦂
In this new podcast, Melissa and Todd talk about the notion of "border security" as U.S. health care gets cut to fund the most gargantuan border enforcement bill ever passed. How do we create a counterforce to this? 🦂
In this new podcast, Melissa and Todd talk about the notion of "border security" as U.S. health care gets cut to fund the most gargantuan border enforcement bill ever passed. How do we create a counterforce to this? 🦂
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We tried something different for this week's Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup. A live video roundup with @mdelbosque.bsky.social & @memomiller.bsky.social
Let us know what you think! 🦂👋
Let us know what you think! 🦂👋
Border Chronicle: Weekly Roundup May 2
Melissa and Todd venture into live video, this month's expert on border militarization, saving the Rio Grande, a border wall debacle, Alma Guillermoprieto, and photos of the Tucson May Day march.
www.theborderchronicle.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We tried something different for this week's Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup. A live video roundup with @mdelbosque.bsky.social & @memomiller.bsky.social
Let us know what you think! 🦂👋
Let us know what you think! 🦂👋
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New on The Border Chronicle podcast🦂👂
It's been a volatile, fast moving 100 days in Trump 2.0 at the border. @memomiller.bsky.social and I cover a lot of territory from water scarcity in the Rio Grande to Trump turning the border in New Mexico into a military installation. Listen at the link below🦂
It's been a volatile, fast moving 100 days in Trump 2.0 at the border. @memomiller.bsky.social and I cover a lot of territory from water scarcity in the Rio Grande to Trump turning the border in New Mexico into a military installation. Listen at the link below🦂
State of the Border 100 Days after Trump: A Podcast with Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller
In a lively conversation, The Border Chronicle founders grapple with the last three months of militarization and surveillance, and ponder what’s to come.
www.theborderchronicle.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
New on The Border Chronicle podcast🦂👂
It's been a volatile, fast moving 100 days in Trump 2.0 at the border. @memomiller.bsky.social and I cover a lot of territory from water scarcity in the Rio Grande to Trump turning the border in New Mexico into a military installation. Listen at the link below🦂
It's been a volatile, fast moving 100 days in Trump 2.0 at the border. @memomiller.bsky.social and I cover a lot of territory from water scarcity in the Rio Grande to Trump turning the border in New Mexico into a military installation. Listen at the link below🦂
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🚨 @eff.org launches an exhibit on border surveillance at the Angel Island Immigration Station historical site in San Francisco Bay!
Join us TODAY for a live discussion with @pedroconsafos.bsky.social @memomiller.bsky.social @maassive.bsky.social @mguariglia.bsky.social
www.eff.org/event/life-a...
Join us TODAY for a live discussion with @pedroconsafos.bsky.social @memomiller.bsky.social @maassive.bsky.social @mguariglia.bsky.social
www.eff.org/event/life-a...
Livestream: Life and Migration Under Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border
EFF has built up a robust focus on digital civil liberties at the U.S.-Mexico border, including challenging the warrantless and suspicionless searches of electronic devices and the massive increase in...
www.eff.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨 @eff.org launches an exhibit on border surveillance at the Angel Island Immigration Station historical site in San Francisco Bay!
Join us TODAY for a live discussion with @pedroconsafos.bsky.social @memomiller.bsky.social @maassive.bsky.social @mguariglia.bsky.social
www.eff.org/event/life-a...
Join us TODAY for a live discussion with @pedroconsafos.bsky.social @memomiller.bsky.social @maassive.bsky.social @mguariglia.bsky.social
www.eff.org/event/life-a...
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Hats off to @elotroalex.bsky.social for creating this map of abductions of students by ICE.
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
Campus Abductions — We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org
March 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Hats off to @elotroalex.bsky.social for creating this map of abductions of students by ICE.
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
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Last Thursday immigrant rights advocates from both sides of the border commemorated the 2nd anniversary of the tragic fire in Ciudad Juárez that left 40 migrants dead. Two years later the case remains in impunity and the head of Mexico's migration remains in office.
My story for the El Paso Times
My story for the El Paso Times
Vigil marks second anniversary of Juárez detention center fire that killed 40 migrants
Immigrant rights advocates and clergy hold in vigil in Juárez in memory of the 40 migrants who died in the 2023 migrant detention shelter fire.
www.elpasotimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Last Thursday immigrant rights advocates from both sides of the border commemorated the 2nd anniversary of the tragic fire in Ciudad Juárez that left 40 migrants dead. Two years later the case remains in impunity and the head of Mexico's migration remains in office.
My story for the El Paso Times
My story for the El Paso Times
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AI equipped border surveillance tech “capable of real-time threat detection” of [checks notes] people and animals walking in the desert defence-blog.com/ai-powered-s...
AI-powered surveillance system deployed to US-Mexico border
Skylark Labs has announced the deployment of its advanced Scout MK II surveillance system along the U.S.-Mexico border. The platform is now operational and undergoing evaluation in live field conditio...
defence-blog.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
AI equipped border surveillance tech “capable of real-time threat detection” of [checks notes] people and animals walking in the desert defence-blog.com/ai-powered-s...
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In conjunction with the exhibit, we'll host a free livestream panel discussion at 1 p.m. PDT on Thurs. April 3 on “Life and Migration Under Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border” with @petramolnar.com, @pedroconsafos.bsky.social, @memomiller.bsky.social and others. RSVP below!
Livestream: Life and Migration Under Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border
EFF has built up a robust focus on digital civil liberties at the U.S.-Mexico border, including challenging the warrantless and suspicionless searches of electronic devices and the massive increase in...
www.eff.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In conjunction with the exhibit, we'll host a free livestream panel discussion at 1 p.m. PDT on Thurs. April 3 on “Life and Migration Under Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border” with @petramolnar.com, @pedroconsafos.bsky.social, @memomiller.bsky.social and others. RSVP below!
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I wrote a piece for this collaboration between @inkstickmedia.com & @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, on JD Vance's anti-migrant attacks on Europe and the reality that Washington & the EU are both committed to a deterrence policy that condemns refugees & migrants to increasingly deadly journeys.
From Europe to the United States, border deterrence isn't preventing migration. It is only making it deadlier.
Read @patrickstrickland.bsky.social in this collaboration between Inkstick and @theborderchronicle.bsky.social :
Read @patrickstrickland.bsky.social in this collaboration between Inkstick and @theborderchronicle.bsky.social :
Undeterred: Border Violence Isn't Stopping Migration
From Europe to the United States, deterrence isn't preventing migration. It is only making border crossings deadlier.
inkstickmedia.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I wrote a piece for this collaboration between @inkstickmedia.com & @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, on JD Vance's anti-migrant attacks on Europe and the reality that Washington & the EU are both committed to a deterrence policy that condemns refugees & migrants to increasingly deadly journeys.
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MiSC scholar Jenna Loyd was recently featured in a Q&A with @memomiller.bsky.social in @theborderchronicle.bsky.social. In the article, Jenna discusses the context and history of migrant detention at Guantánamo. 🧵👇
February 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
MiSC scholar Jenna Loyd was recently featured in a Q&A with @memomiller.bsky.social in @theborderchronicle.bsky.social. In the article, Jenna discusses the context and history of migrant detention at Guantánamo. 🧵👇
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The latest installment of Inkstick's Critical State newsletter, this week recommending:
- @memomiller.bsky.social at the Border Chronicle
- @emilywither.bsky.social at @thedialmag.bsky.social
- @malichudis.bsky.social & @chrjkb.bsky.social at @wearesolomon.bsky.social
- @prx.org & more
- @memomiller.bsky.social at the Border Chronicle
- @emilywither.bsky.social at @thedialmag.bsky.social
- @malichudis.bsky.social & @chrjkb.bsky.social at @wearesolomon.bsky.social
- @prx.org & more
Critical State: Mass Deportations? They’re Already Here
If you read one thing this week … read about the border industrial complex.
inkstick.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The latest installment of Inkstick's Critical State newsletter, this week recommending:
- @memomiller.bsky.social at the Border Chronicle
- @emilywither.bsky.social at @thedialmag.bsky.social
- @malichudis.bsky.social & @chrjkb.bsky.social at @wearesolomon.bsky.social
- @prx.org & more
- @memomiller.bsky.social at the Border Chronicle
- @emilywither.bsky.social at @thedialmag.bsky.social
- @malichudis.bsky.social & @chrjkb.bsky.social at @wearesolomon.bsky.social
- @prx.org & more
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Have you watched @aljazeera.com's FREE documentary by journalist Antony Loewenstein called The Palestine Laboratory? It features our very own 2024 Fellow @monashtaya.bsky.social and MTM's @petramolnar.com as well as friends like @memomiller.bsky.social @theborderchronicle.bsky.social!
🚨Don't miss Antony Loewenstein's groundbreaking documentary The Palestine Laboratory, investigating how Israel tests out technology on Palestinians and exports it around the world. Free to watch on Youtube with @aljazeera.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtxs... 🧵
The Palestine Laboratory documentary episode 1 trailer
YouTube video by Antony Loewenstein
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February 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Have you watched @aljazeera.com's FREE documentary by journalist Antony Loewenstein called The Palestine Laboratory? It features our very own 2024 Fellow @monashtaya.bsky.social and MTM's @petramolnar.com as well as friends like @memomiller.bsky.social @theborderchronicle.bsky.social!
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For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, I wrote about photographer David Taylor’s exhibition COMPLEX and what it can teach us about keeping watch on border surveillance: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/americas-g...
America's Gulag
In COMPLEX, artist David Taylor documents border surveillance and the “most significant architectural legacy we have created in the last 20 years.”
www.theborderchronicle.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
For @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, I wrote about photographer David Taylor’s exhibition COMPLEX and what it can teach us about keeping watch on border surveillance: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/americas-g...
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@memomiller.bsky.social at TomDispatch today: What if, in reality, there weren’t two distinctly opposed and bickering visions of border security in the Biden and Trump eras, but two allied versions of it?
tomdispatch.com/the-...
tomdispatch.com/the-...
The Mass Deportation Handoff, Biden to Trump
It didn’t take long for the border and immigration enforcement industry to react to Donald Trump’s reelection. On November 6th, as Bloomberg News reported, stock prices shot up for two private prison companies, GEO Group
tomdispatch.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
@memomiller.bsky.social at TomDispatch today: What if, in reality, there weren’t two distinctly opposed and bickering visions of border security in the Biden and Trump eras, but two allied versions of it?
tomdispatch.com/the-...
tomdispatch.com/the-...
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New in The Border Chronicle 🦂
The Mass Deportation Handoff by @memomiller.bsky.social
The transition from Biden to Trump through the lens of a booming border industrial complex, bipartisan consensus, and changing climate.
The Mass Deportation Handoff by @memomiller.bsky.social
The transition from Biden to Trump through the lens of a booming border industrial complex, bipartisan consensus, and changing climate.
The Mass Deportation Handoff
The transition from Biden to Trump through the lens of a booming border industrial complex, bipartisan consensus, and changing climate.
www.theborderchronicle.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New in The Border Chronicle 🦂
The Mass Deportation Handoff by @memomiller.bsky.social
The transition from Biden to Trump through the lens of a booming border industrial complex, bipartisan consensus, and changing climate.
The Mass Deportation Handoff by @memomiller.bsky.social
The transition from Biden to Trump through the lens of a booming border industrial complex, bipartisan consensus, and changing climate.
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New in The Border Chronicle 🦂
In Trump’s executive orders it’s possible to see how he could build an authoritarian infrastructure under the guise of protecting Americans from an "invasion."
In Trump’s executive orders it’s possible to see how he could build an authoritarian infrastructure under the guise of protecting Americans from an "invasion."
Trump’s “Invasion” Theatrics: Act 1
In Trump’s executive orders it’s possible to see how he could build an authoritarian infrastructure under the guise of protecting Americans from an invasion.
www.theborderchronicle.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
New in The Border Chronicle 🦂
In Trump’s executive orders it’s possible to see how he could build an authoritarian infrastructure under the guise of protecting Americans from an "invasion."
In Trump’s executive orders it’s possible to see how he could build an authoritarian infrastructure under the guise of protecting Americans from an "invasion."
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We know a lot about the relationship between immigration policy and human smuggling. Worth revisiting this study that finds links between restrictive U.S. border policies and the growth of a multi-billion-dollar smuggling economy in Mexico.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/does-us-im...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/does-us-im...
Does U.S. Immigration Policy Contribute to Organized Crime in Mexico?
A new report by InSight Crime finds links links between restrictive U.S. border policies and the growth of a multi-billion-dollar smuggling economy in Mexico.
austinkocher.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We know a lot about the relationship between immigration policy and human smuggling. Worth revisiting this study that finds links between restrictive U.S. border policies and the growth of a multi-billion-dollar smuggling economy in Mexico.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/does-us-im...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/does-us-im...
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"In short, the border is literally on fire, but the Trump White House opted to divert much-needed federal resources to produce a video about 'border security.'" (@theborderchronicle.bsky.social is indispensable especially right now)
Trump’s “Invasion” Theatrics: Act 1
In Trump’s executive orders it’s possible to see how he could build an authoritarian infrastructure under the guise of protecting Americans from an invasion.
www.theborderchronicle.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"In short, the border is literally on fire, but the Trump White House opted to divert much-needed federal resources to produce a video about 'border security.'" (@theborderchronicle.bsky.social is indispensable especially right now)
“I really think the Border Patrol’s intending to be Donald Trump’s, for lack of a better word, Stasi, or secret police.”
New in The Border Chronicle 🦂🔥 Border Patrol Could Become Trump's Secret Police: A Q&A With Former Agent Jenn Budd
Budd, a former Border Patrol agent, and now one of the agency's fiercest critics says the rogue agency wants even more power under Trump.
@jennbudd.bsky.social
Budd, a former Border Patrol agent, and now one of the agency's fiercest critics says the rogue agency wants even more power under Trump.
@jennbudd.bsky.social
Border Patrol Could Become Trump's Secret Police: A Q&A With Former Agent Jenn Budd
Budd, a former Border Patrol agent, and now one of the agency's fiercest critics says the rogue agency wants even more power under Trump.
www.theborderchronicle.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“I really think the Border Patrol’s intending to be Donald Trump’s, for lack of a better word, Stasi, or secret police.”
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New in The Border Chronicle 🦂
What’s Gonna Happen on the Border in 2025? A Podcast with Erika Pinheiro, director at @alotrolado-org.bsky.social
There are few people with as nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the policies and politics at the border. Check out the full podcast here:
What’s Gonna Happen on the Border in 2025? A Podcast with Erika Pinheiro, director at @alotrolado-org.bsky.social
There are few people with as nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the policies and politics at the border. Check out the full podcast here:
What’s Gonna Happen on the Border in 2025? A Podcast with Erika Pinheiro
If you want to know about what’s to come on the border—what to expect, how it got to this point, and ways to fight back—put everything down right now and give this a listen.
www.theborderchronicle.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
New in The Border Chronicle 🦂
What’s Gonna Happen on the Border in 2025? A Podcast with Erika Pinheiro, director at @alotrolado-org.bsky.social
There are few people with as nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the policies and politics at the border. Check out the full podcast here:
What’s Gonna Happen on the Border in 2025? A Podcast with Erika Pinheiro, director at @alotrolado-org.bsky.social
There are few people with as nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the policies and politics at the border. Check out the full podcast here:
We're back 🦂 👋 with The Border Chronicle Forecast for 2025
A booming border chaos economy. Billionaires and algorithms support autocracy. The criminalization of immigration, and worsening water woes. But also good news: meet our new reporter! @cetracey.bsky.social
@memomiller.bsky.social
A booming border chaos economy. Billionaires and algorithms support autocracy. The criminalization of immigration, and worsening water woes. But also good news: meet our new reporter! @cetracey.bsky.social
@memomiller.bsky.social
The Border Chronicle Forecast for 2025
A booming border chaos economy. Billionaires and algorithms support autocracy. The criminalization of immigration, and worsening water woes. But also good news: Meet our new reporter!
www.theborderchronicle.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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This is a good corrective by @coreyrobin.bsky.social to some of the doom-mongering hype about Trump being able to pull of all his worst plans. Yes he will do a lot of damage and hurt, but he is weaker than we think and that means resistance can also make a difference. jacobin.com/2024/12/trum...
President Trump Will Not Be as Powerful as He Seems
Donald Trump was a spectacularly weak president during his first term. All signs point to him being spectacularly weak during his second.
jacobin.com
December 27, 2024 at 6:03 PM
This is a good corrective by @coreyrobin.bsky.social to some of the doom-mongering hype about Trump being able to pull of all his worst plans. Yes he will do a lot of damage and hurt, but he is weaker than we think and that means resistance can also make a difference. jacobin.com/2024/12/trum...
Biden carried out the highest level of deportations since 2014, new report says
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Biden carried out the highest level of deportations since 2014, new report says | CNN Politics
Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 271,484 immigrants last fiscal year, marking the highest level of deportations since 2014, according to a newly released annual report.
amp.cnn.com
December 21, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Biden carried out the highest level of deportations since 2014, new report says
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