EL PASO, Texas – The cameras and lights were ready. We were about to start our TV news program when, suddenly, behind me, two migrants jumped the metal wall that separates the United States and Mexico.
THIS IS NOT AN INVASION
THE INDOMITABLE BORDER
Of course there’s a crisis on the border between Mexico and the United States. It is a humanitarian crisis. Nearly 2 ½ million people have crossed it illegally in the past year, according to the Border Patrol.
THE RIVER WHERE DREAMS DROWN
Her name was Margaret. The five-year-old girl’s body was found far from the place where she slipped from the hand of her mother on the Rio Bravo/Grande.
BEHIND THE PICTURE
WASHINGTON D.C. – There are times in diplomacy when smiling for a photo is enough, then leaving without enjoying a long dinner.
Dying to Cross (PART 2)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – So much death, so much pain, in such a small space.
It hurts to think of those limp bodies, asphyxiated, as if they had been boiled from the inside with an enormous fever that heats up everything around it.
THE WAVE THAT’S COMING
A wave, a giant one, is about to reach the border between Mexico and the United States. On May 23rd, the U.S. government will end the so-called Title 42, which has allowed the immediate deportation of migrants who enter illegally in search of refuge or political asylum.
FROM “YES WE CAN” TO “NO WE COULD NOT” (UNMET PROMISES)
Some politicians come from another world. They have, let’s say, a morality that is more flexible than the rest of humanity.
“I DON’T CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE A COYOTE”
TAPACHULA, Mexico – He doesn’t like being called a coyote, pollero or people smuggler. He defines himself as a “facilitator of opportunities” for migrants.
THE DESPAIR OF HAITIANS IN MEXICO
TAPACHULA, Mexico – Haitians are still arriving in Mexico. But what they really want is to be allowed to reach the United States.
THIS IS NOT WHAT BIDEN PROMISED
Mass deportations. Border agents on horseback threatening Haitian migrants with their reins. Expulsions from the United States using the Covid excuse.