With immigration numbers low, the agriculture industry looks to another form of disenfranchised workers.
Immigration
Posted inJune 24, 2019: Losing Lake Coeur d'Alene
Interior Department border deployments are mired in secrecy
Law enforcement agents guarding wildlife refuges have been sent to the border, leaving public lands more exposed.
Posted inMay 27, 2019: Public Pushback
The radio station connecting California farmers
Multilingual broadcasts provide crucial resources to underserved refugee and immigrant communities.
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Greyhound passenger sues Border Patrol over Spokane interrogation
Comedian and asylee Mohanad Elshieky was called a lying ‘illegal’ while being questioned about his citizenship status at a bus stop.
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Watchdogs hit a wall in accessing once-available immigration data
A Q&A on how the Justice Department is limiting access to crucial information on migrants.
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The grassroots groups helping asylum seekers on the border
‘We had no choice but to make it work.’
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An Indigenous Mexican community finds a home in rural Colorado
Culture, traditions and people are moving across borders, powering two economies.
Posted inApril 15, 2019: Scene of the Crime
An Arizona border sheriff confronts the wall
President Trump’s pitch is ‘a sound bite, not a cogent public policy position.’
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Can stories help us understand the realities of migration?
In her new novel, Valeria Luiselli explores the possibilities and limits of writing about the border crisis.
Posted inMay 27, 2019: Public Pushback
Militias, MAGA activists and one border town’s complicated resistance
How Arivaca, Arizona, became a magnet for anti-immigrant activists – and what locals did next.
Posted inMarch 18, 2019: Arizona's Wild Horse Paradox
Police-state tactics at the U.S.-Mexico border
The real crisis at the border is of Trump’s own making.
Posted inMarch 4, 2019: El Nuevo Movimiento
Mountain biking is my act of resistance
In predominantly white Colorado, I bike to beat my fear.
Posted inMarch 4, 2019: El Nuevo Movimiento
Humanitarian aid is being criminalized at the border
Deterrence strategies have turned increasingly punitive for immigrants and activists.
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The undoing of a nation
Tribal disenrollment, like Trump’s efforts to denaturalize American citizens, is just another way to make the country whiter.
Posted inFebruary 18, 2019: Barriers to Entry
The education crisis for children of deported parents
In Tijuana, an upstart model tries to address the challenges of educating U.S. kids who relocated to keep their families together.
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Farmers and ranchers lose vital support during shutdown
The funding stalemate has halted Department of Agriculture programs that the rural West relies on.
Posted inFebruary 18, 2019: Barriers to Entry
Border security will always be elusive
The Borderlands have long been governed by impermanent and shifting policies.
Posted inJanuary 21, 2019: What Killed Washington's Carbon Tax?
After natural disasters, workers rebuild — and face exploitation
Immigrant workers and day laborers are especially vulnerable to health risks and wage theft.
Posted inDecember 24, 2018: Good news, bad news
Earthquake struck; the anti-baby boom; blowtorching spiders
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.