The Border Chronicle: “Laredo’s Epic Battle Against Federal and State-Funded Border Walls: a conversation with Tricia Cortez”

Laredo's Epic Battle Against Federal and State-Funded Border Walls: A Conversation with Tricia Cortez

"It's an obscene amount of money to destroy 16 river miles," says Cortez of Texas' new border wall plan

In 2019, former President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the border, making border wall construction a top priority. Some of that wall was slated for the city of Laredo, Texas. Tricia Cortez, Executive Director of the nonprofit Rio Grande International Study Center, based in Laredo, talks about her community’s “David vs. Goliath” battle against the Trump administration’s 30-foot wall. Now her community faces a new onslaught of proposed border wall construction by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

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The Border Chronicle podcast is hosted by Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller. Based in Tucson, Arizona, longtime journalists Melissa and Todd speak with fascinating fronterizos, community leaders, activists, artists and more at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Texas Tribune: This Rancher Doesn’t Want a Border Wall on His Land. He Fears Texas Will Build It Anyway.

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This rancher doesn’t want a border wall on his land. He fears Texas will build it anyway. Anti-border wall activists are racing to find landowners along the Rio Grande before they sign contracts with the state. BY SAMANTHA AGUILAR MARCH 17, 2023 Joseph Hein drives about 20 miles from his Laredo home to the 580-acre […]