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Protests Planned Along the Texas-Mexico Border
This weekend there will be to protests taking place along the Texas-Mexico Border. Normally I would tried to tend one of these protests and later report on them but, unfortunately, this will not be...
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“We are all Elvira”
The deportation of immigrant rights activist Elvira Arellano by federal authorities on August 20 has been seen either as a blow or as the reigniting of the immigrant rights movement. I know I have seen...
View ArticleMexican Invasion Revisited
Looks like La Reconquista fable is making a come back. Blogging amiga Liza Sabater from Culture Kitchen posted on John Derbyshire’s recent blog post – titled “Aztlan North” – on the National Review...
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Elvira Arellano’s Hunger Strike for Immigrant Rights
In commemorating International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Angered by the hardening stance on immigration-related issues, Elvira Arellano will be holding hunger strike outside...
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The Reality of Peace On Earth
What is on your Christmas list? In a recent ABC News poll in which they asked people, “If you could have your choice, what one present would you most like to have for Christmas?” the answers provided...
View ArticleClinton Talks On Border Issues
Hillary Clinton talked about issues of special interest to South Texas and the border region at a news conference in McAllen, TX (h/t to Rio Grande Guardian). Those issues were relations with Mexico,...
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Laredo’s ‘Agent Orange’ Controversy
Along the border, rhetoric is high. As if there were not enough things to worry about here at home US, there is however, one more issue that may create the final perfect storm: Mexico. The violence in...
View ArticleImazapyr: Laredo’s “Agent Orange”
As I mentioned, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has stopped the aerial spraying of the herbicide, imazapyr, on the Carrizo cane along a 1.1-mile stretch of the Rio Grande riverbank, according to the...
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Laredo’s “Agent Orange” Controversy Update
If you recall, a couple of weeks ago, US Customs and Border Protection wanted to use the herbicide imazapyr, Habitat, to defoliate the carrizo cane along a 1.1-mile stretch of the Rio Grande riverbank....
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Guest Blogger Char Miller: Caning the Border Patrol
Caning the Border Patrol By Char Miller “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world,” anthropologist Margaret Mead once asserted. “Indeed, it’s the only...
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