Many feel the Trump administration’s proposed border wall is toxic and divisive. But in the Rio Grande Valley, it’s also bringing the community together. Here in South Texas, people who would normally be ideologically opposed are joining forces to fight against the president’s plans.
La barda fronteriza al sur del estado de Texas traza el Río Bravo y divide el terreno de las personas que vivieron ahí mucho antes de que se se construyera. La barda de barras oxidadas puede medir hasta cinco metros. Algunos residentes del Valle del Río Grande no ven la barda como un instrumento político, sino una…
The border fence in the southernmost tip of Texas adopts the ways of the Rio Grande River—or the Río Bravo, as it’s known in our neighboring country—contouring around it and splitting off the land of those who inhabited it long before. Built over the last decade or so, the fence is made up of rusty, thick bars that…
Las promesas y políticas migratorias del Presidente Donald Trump han hecho que los inmigrantes indocumentados se sientan vulnerables y con mucho miedo. Para Trump y sus simpatizantes, este segmento de la población tiene una sola cara. Son los “bad hombres”. Son “ilegales”. Son “violadores”.
Since November, President Donald Trump’s bold promises about immigration and the border wall have left undocumented immigrants feeling more vulnerable, fearful, and exposed than ever before. To Trump and his supporters, this group is often solely seen as having one face, with no consideration to their individuality.…
