Put forth by XicanoPwr
Apr
13
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 thing that ever has.”
One such micro organization, Barrio de Colores, may not have changed the world when it took on the mighty U.S. Border Patrol (BP), [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Apr
09
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. Once news spread like wildfire, Mexican government and Texas border officials and environmentalists began protesting over the concern about possible side [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Mar
26
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 Laredo Morning Times.
Border Patrol was hoping to eliminate the invasive Carrizo cane to improve the visibility along the border. The plan was [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Mar
23
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 Mexico that has spun out of control so quickly in 2008 has created a political reaction. It is hard [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Feb
14
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, the border wall, comprehensive immigration, a veterans’ hospital, and the Superfund site in Mission.
In South Texas, many veterans have a hard time [...]
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
