Results for keyword: Border Patrol
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Hidden in plain sight: A review of The American Wall
In the two massive volumes of The American Wall, French photographer Maurice Sherif works with anthropologists, activists and writers to explore the border fence that separates the U.S. from Mexico.
by Terray Sylvester, Jun 19, 2012 -
Shadow Wolves track down smugglers on the Arizona-Mexico border
An elite team of Native American customs agents, the Shadow Wolves use their tracking skills to find drug smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Jan 22, 2012 -
A frantic lion meets the border wall
The U.S.-Mexico border wall does nothing to stop either drugs or illegal immigrants, but it sure can frustrate roaming wildlife, including mountain lions.
by Janay Brun, Nov 28, 2011 -
The wall along our southern border is a joke
Not only is the border fence a failure at its job; it’s also proving an environmental disaster.
by Scott Nicol, Apr 19, 2011 -
Deadly crossing
July 2010 was the second-deadliest month ever for border-crossers in southern Arizona.
by Denver Nicks, Oct 10, 2010 -
Bloody Mystery Lingers in the Desert
The unsolved murder of rancher Robert Krentz adds to the already-high tension along the Arizona-Mexico border.
by Michel Marizco, Jun 15, 2010 -
Failed State
Photojournalist Julian Cardona on living and working in Mexico's war zone.
by Cally Carswell, Mar 05, 2010 -
Charles Bowden on The War Next Door
On the U.S.-Mexico border, the corrupt and futile War on Drugs takes a violent toll on the poorest people.
by Charles Bowden, Mar 01, 2010 -
Birders without borders
In Jim Lynch's second novel, Border Songs, an eccentric, gawky birdwatcher works for the Border Patrol along the Canadian border.
by Brian Kevin, Dec 06, 2009 -
Brushed aside
On Washington's Olympic Peninsula, the once-lucrative floral greens industry is floundering as its immigrant workers face deportation.
by Lissa James, Aug 19, 2009
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