The Border Chronicle

09/12/2025

It's The Border Chronicle's weekly roundup: September 12 hosted this week by Todd Miller and Pablo de la Rosa. Check out our latest articles on SpaceX and a reflection on 9-11 and the border 24 years later. See the full roundup at the link in comments🦂🚀

09/11/2025

Pablo had a great interview with veteran border journalist Angela Kocherga on Texas Standard about his latest article on SpaceX protests in Tamaulipas. You can listen to the interview here 🦂

Recent rockets have scattered debris on the beach in Tamaulipas.

09/11/2025

New in The Border Chronicle by .miller.587 🦂

The Tower and the Tarantula: Searching for a New Way Forward 24 Years after 9/11

A reflection on the development of a border war machine, its imposition, its fragility, and the necessity of finding another way.

Read the full article at the link in our comment section. 🦂

09/10/2025

Nuevo en el Border Chronicle🦂

Comunidades se oponen a SpaceX en Tamaulipas🦂🚀

Un grupo ambientalista Mexicano dice que los lanzamientos de cohetes de Elon Musk desde el sur de Texas están matando tortugas, dañando hogares y ensuciando las playas de Tamaulipas con escombros.

Lea el artículo completo en la sección de comentarios.🦂

09/09/2025

New in The Border Chronicle 🦂

Communities Push Back against SpaceX in Tamaulipas

A Mexican conservation group says Elon Musk’s rocket launches from South Texas are killing turtles, damaging homes, and littering Tamaulipas beaches with debris.

Read the full story at the link in our comments section. 🦂

09/04/2025

A Reporter’s Journey through the Darién Gap: A Q&A with Author Belén Fernández🦂

"... A significant number of international refuge seekers stuck in Mexico have been forced to undertake the reverse journey south through the Darién region and environs, which by many accounts is even more perilous and extortion-ridden than the way up." says Fernández.

Read the Q&A and about Fernández's new book at the link in our comment section.

09/04/2025

If you're in Tucson, come join us for our 4th anniversary party on September 25! Hope to see you there! 🦂🎉

09/02/2025

It’s Our Fourth Anniversary! 🦂🌞

We launched The Border Chronicle in 2021 with a local reporting grant from Substack. At the time, we had no idea how to run a news outlet, but we knew that a publication devoted to the U.S.-Mexico border was badly needed.

Read about what we've learned since then and support our expansion to cover more of the U.S.-Mexico border. Become a paid subscriber today at the link in our comment section. 🦂

08/29/2025

It's time for The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: August 29 🦂

Support for Trump going way down in the Rio Grande Valley. And just how much are private companies making on immigration detention again? 😳 Plus, more links to important news from across the U.S.-Mexico border.🦂

Get the full report at the link in our comment section.🦂

08/28/2025

New in The Border Chronicle🦂

From food, to shower sandals to overpriced video calls. A massive private industry makes billions off of incarcerating people charged with civil immigration infractions.

In today's podcast, Nancy Hiemstra and Deirdre Conlon unpack this industry in their new book Immigration Detention Inc. And they talk about where we're headed as the Trump administration invests billions in detention.

Listen to the podcast at the link in our bio, or on your favorite podcast platform.🦂

08/26/2025

New in The Border Chronicle by Pablo de la Rosa🦂🦂

Voters’ Regret: Support for Trump Plunges in South Texas

“People are starting to have a realization that what they were promised isn’t going to come to fruition and they were lied to ..."

Read the article at the link in bio.🦂