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Francisco Olachea, who's known as Pancho or Panchito in the community, uses an old ambulance as his mobile health-care station, transporting medical supplies to refugee shelters where families are waiting with their asylum numbers.

Social Justice

‘Come and See Me—My Grave Is Open’: Finding Life After Deportation in Nogales, Sonora

Panchito Olachea crossed the border into the U.S. at 16, and was deported at 48. He's now building a community of deportees who, like him, won't try to cross back.

Amelia Urry

Social Justice

Will Brexit Enflame One of the World’s Most Fraught Borders?

A new book outlines why the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is becoming one of the most controversial as Britain leaves the E.U.

Elena Souris

Ronald Vitiello speaks during a Department of Homeland Security press conference in 2018.

Why Did Trump Withdraw His Nomination of Ronald Vitiello for ICE Director?

Three reasons why the president might have decided to withdraw his acting director's name from the senate nomination process.

Jack Herrera

Cars line up to cross into the U.S. at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, one of the busiest land border crossings in the world, on the U.S.–Mexico border on March 31st, 2019, in Tijuana, Mexico.

News in Brief

What Would Closing the Border Mean for the Thousands of American Citizens Who Cross It Each Day for Work?

If President Donald Trump were to close the border, these people's daily lives (and in many cases, their livelihoods), would be deeply affected.

Jack Herrera

A Honduran man walks with his daughter near Metropolitan Detention Center on October 2nd, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.

News in Brief

ICE Libera por lo Menos 15 de los 17 Bebés Detenidos en Dilley, Texas

La medida se produce cinco días después que las organizaciones legales presentaran una queja ante el gobierno por un "aumento alarmante" en la detención de inmigrantes menores de un año.

Jack Herrera