Border Blog

June 2006, Ever­green Ceme­tery, El Paso, Texas

July 16th, 2006
Categories: Immigration . Author: bruce101 . Comments: No Comments

MexOnline.com — Mex­i­can Rev­o­lu­tion of 1910 For most of Mexico’s devel­op­ing his­tory, a small minor­ity of the peo­ple were in con­trol of most of the country’s power and wealth, while the major­ity of the pop­u­la­tion worked in poverty. As the rift between the poor and rich grew under the lead­er­ship of Gen­eral D�az, the polit­i­cal voice […]

July 16th, 2006
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The Border(PBS) | About the Show Not a Drop to Drink Pro­duced by Matthew Sned­don, KNME-TV, Albu­querque, New Mex­ico The economies of Juarez, Mex­ico and its sis­ter city, El Paso, Texas are dri­ven by a sys­tem of assem­bly plants known as maquilado­ras. There are more than 600 maquilado­ras in Juarez, two-thirds of them owned by U.S. companies. […]

July 16th, 2006
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U.S. Bor­der Patrol in S. Cal­i­for­nia devel­op­ing deadly but inef­fec­tive Oper­a­tion Gatekeeper/Interview with Roberto Mar­tinez — In Motion Mag­a­zine Roberto Mar­tinez is the for­mer direc­tor of the U.S./Mexico Bor­der Pro­gram. A life­long Chi­cano activist, he has spent 30 years mon­i­tor­ing human rights in the San Diego/Tijuana area. In 1992, he was hon­ored as an Intermational […]

July 15th, 2006
Categories: Uncategorized . Author: mrivera915 . Comments: No Comments

Crazy: Part Two

July 15th, 2006
Categories: Immigration . Author: mrivera915 . Comments: 1 Comment