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CLIFF WILKIE | MEMOIR | In a little cafe just the other side of the border
It all happened in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, on March 30, 1969. By Cliff Wilkie | The Rag Blog | April 30, 2023 It was just like in the Marty Robbins song, “in a little cafe just the other side of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicano Movement, Chicano Rights, Cliff Wilkie, La Raza Unida, Memoir, Mexican Border, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, University of Texas
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In the aftermath of ‘The Photo’
Is the United States becoming a rogue nation? By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | June 27, 2019 Unless you live under a rock, you saw the photo — the same one I saw, the one that set my stomach … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto Martinez Ramírez, Immigration, Mexican Border, Rag Bloggers, Steve Russell
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STORY & VIDEO PODCAST | Asylum, terror, and the future #2: Happy 18th Birthday
Based on case stories of Jennifer Harbury… ASYLUM, TERROR, and the FUTURE #2 Happy 18th Birthday from Anne Lewis on Vimeo. By Anne Lewis | The Rag Blog | June 11, 2019 Read this article in Spanish. Read and watch … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Lewis, Immigration, Jennifer Harbury, Mexican Border, Podcast, Rag Bloggers, Video
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STORY & VIDEO PODCAST | Asylum, terror, and the future #1: Asylum claim
Based on case stories of Jennifer Harbury… Asylum, Terror, and the Future #1 Asylum Claim from Anne Lewis on Vimeo. By Anne Lewis | The Rag Blog | May 15, 2019 Read this article in Spanish. Read and watch the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Lewis, Immigration, Jennifer Harbury, Mexican Border, Podcast, Video
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STORY | How to cross the border
Raúl has forged hundreds of miles in thin huaraches through 100-degree saguaro desert. By Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog | April 15, 2018 “I came to the U.S. because in my ejido in Chihuahua, there isn’t enough money to … Continue reading
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Tagged Chellis Glendinning, Mexican Border, Rag, Rag Bloggers, Undocumented Immigrants
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METRO | Showing solidarity at the border
Our Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera delegation visited Piedras Negras and Ciudad Acuña. By Pamela Ellen Ferguson | The Rag Blog | February 1, 2017 AUSTIN — Nine of us associated with Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera (ATCF) … Continue reading
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How U.S. policies helped create the current immigration crisis
Six reasons why U.S. trade and immigration policies — not ‘lax immigration enforcement’ — have caused migration from Central America. By David Bacon | The Rag Blog | July 14, 2014 David Bacon will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Crisis, Border Security, CAFTA, Central America, David Bacon, Immigration, Mexican Border, NAFTA, Rag Bloggers, Trade Policies
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Good migrations…
How U.S. Customs helped me smuggle marijuana into the USA. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | May 24, 2014 “The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.” — L.P. Hartley When I first discovered Mexico … Continue reading
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Tagged James McEnteer, Marijuana, Memoir, Mexican Border, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, U.S. Customs, Vietnam Draft, Vietnam War
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Ted McLaughlin : Debunking the Immigrant Myths
Sign on fence of ranch on US/Mexico border near Campo, California. Photo by Fred Greaves / Reuters.Fear fuels $600 million border bill:Debunking the myths about immigrants By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / August 14, 2010 On Thursday, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Fear Tactics, Immigration, Mexican Border, Racism, Right Wing, Ted McLaughlin
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Steinbeck Comes to Arizona : Rereading ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
Reading “The Grapes of Wrath” in 2010:Immigration, capitalism, andArizona’s historic moment By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / June 14, 2010 [The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, published 1939 during the last Great Depression.] Arizona SB1070, signed into … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Knight, Arizona, Books, Capitalism, Great Depression, Immigration, John Steinbeck, Literature, Mexican Border, Mexico, Poverty
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Charlie Loving : Ciudad Acuña on Life Support?
Ciudad Acuña in 2001. Image from michaelbluejay.Ma Crosby’s and Ciudad Acuña:A slow death on the border? Today we were the second customers all day at Crosby’s. A Freddy Fender song in the background trailed into Shawn Sahm doing his version … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Loving, Dining, Economy, Mexican Border, Mexico, Travel
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