/tags/borderlands Borderlands en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:14:14 GMT /texas/2014-07-28/migrant-children-have-state-federal-foster-care-competing-for-parents The influx of children from Central America arriving at the Texas-Mexico border has many people asking how they can help.One way people can help is by� Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:14:14 GMT /texas/2014-07-28/migrant-children-have-state-federal-foster-care-competing-for-parents Joy Diaz /texas/2014-07-28/can-national-guard-troops-make-arrests-along-the-texas-border Can the National Guard troops being deployed to the border arrest and detain people? Only if Gov. Rick Perry says they can. But experts do have some� Mon, 28 Jul 2014 15:02:40 GMT /texas/2014-07-28/can-national-guard-troops-make-arrests-along-the-texas-border /2014-07-24/who-are-the-kids-of-the-migrant-crisis Many kids and teenagers leave Central America to avoid climbing levels of gang violence, extortion and drug trafficking. Sometimes, it's to find their families. Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:21:00 GMT /2014-07-24/who-are-the-kids-of-the-migrant-crisis NPR Staff /texas/2014-06-10/report-alleges-abuse-of-immigrants-at-private-texas-prisons Undocumented immigrants live in deplorable conditions at private prisons in Texas, according to a report out today by the American Civil Liberties Union.� Tue, 10 Jun 2014 21:20:28 GMT /texas/2014-06-10/report-alleges-abuse-of-immigrants-at-private-texas-prisons /special-coverage/2014-06-05/riding-the-beast-across-mexico-to-the-u-s-border As many as a half-million undocumented immigrants, including more and more children, make dangerous 1,450-mile trips atop this network of freight trains each year. Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:44:00 GMT /special-coverage/2014-06-05/riding-the-beast-across-mexico-to-the-u-s-border Wilson Sayre /special-coverage/2014-03-26/from-pancho-villa-to-panda-express-life-in-a-border-town Columbus, New Mexico, has a rich border history. Pancho Villa stormed across in 1916. Today, kids on the Mexico side take a bus � driven by the Columbus mayor � across the border to go to school. Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:39:00 GMT /special-coverage/2014-03-26/from-pancho-villa-to-panda-express-life-in-a-border-town Steve Inskeep /special-coverage/2014-03-24/on-the-mend-but-wounds-of-violence-still-scar-juarez Juarez, Mexico � terrifyingly violent a few years ago � is quieter now. But life across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, is still difficult for many. Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:58:00 GMT /special-coverage/2014-03-24/on-the-mend-but-wounds-of-violence-still-scar-juarez Steve Inskeep /special-coverage/2014-03-20/awash-in-cash-drug-cartels-rely-on-big-banks-to-launder-profits Drug lords face a recurring problem: what to do with all that cash? Time and again, they have managed to launder their fortunes through some of the world's leading banks. Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:39:00 GMT /special-coverage/2014-03-20/awash-in-cash-drug-cartels-rely-on-big-banks-to-launder-profits John Burnett /special-coverage/2014-03-20/at-the-border-the-drugs-go-north-and-the-cash-goes-south U.S. border officials are constantly on alert for drugs coming in from Mexico. But they are also on the lookout for huge sums of cash leaving the U.S. and trickling back into Mexican communities. Thu, 20 Mar 2014 09:00:00 GMT /special-coverage/2014-03-20/at-the-border-the-drugs-go-north-and-the-cash-goes-south John Burnett /crime-justice/2014-03-07/border-patrol-to-limit-use-of-deadly-force-against-rock-throwers An independent panel had recommended the restrictions, but the agency refused saying it would put Border Patrols in danger. The chief of the agency said the new policy aims to make agents safer. Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:01:00 GMT /crime-justice/2014-03-07/border-patrol-to-limit-use-of-deadly-force-against-rock-throwers Eyder Peralta