The Immigrant Trailer Tragedy is One Story in 6,000

The Immigrant Trailer Tragedy is One Story in 6,000

Victor Landa July 24, 2017

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (3 minute read)   An average of 428 people die each year attempting to cross the U.S. southern border. In the past 14 years 6,000 undocumented […]

The face of Latin American migration is rapidly changing. US policy isn’t keeping up

NewsTaco April 6, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because Trump’s rhetoric has been specifically anti-Mexican, but migration from there is at a standstill. Because Trump’s policies address a perceived problem from a past […]

Texas Scrambles to Fund Border Security Project

NewsTaco June 15, 2016

*True story, when I was a kid growing up two blocks from the Rio Grande I and my little band of street urchins would trudge through the carrizo to swim […]

Trump reveals how he would force Mexico to pay for border wall

NewsTaco April 5, 2016

*Stop remittances to force Mexico to pay for the border wall? That’s Trump’s idea and it’s never, ever going to happen. There are consequences. Mexico receives more money from remittances […]

Three narratives to avoid in conversations about unauthorized immigration

NewsTaco March 21, 2016

*This was written for journalists, but it’s pertinent to everyone who engages in conversations about immigration. If we’re to change the Latino narrative the first effort should be to change […]

Armed veterans patrol U.S.- Mexico border in search for ISIS terrorists

NewsTaco December 3, 2015

*It was only a matter of time for groups of folks not from the border, with guns and dressed in cammies, to make a show of patrolling where they’re not […]

More Mexicans Leaving Than Coming to the U.S.

NewsTaco November 19, 2015

*G’head Donald, build your terrific wall, it’ll keep the Mexicans in. VL By Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Pew Hispanic Center More Mexican immigrants have returned to Mexico from the U.S. than have […]

Arizona panel directs cash for border fence to technology

NewsTaco November 10, 2015

*The headline hides what I think is the real story. Four years ago the Arizona legislature began raising private funds to build a $50 million fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. […]

Greater US Security Threat: Mexican Border Or Canadian Border?

NewsTaco September 24, 2015

*There are known ISIS sympathizers in Canada, so where’s the clamor for a wall on the northern border? VL By Lorne Matalon, Fronteras MONTREAL, Canada — The United States has […]

Union Chief: Send 5,000 More Border Patrol Agents

NewsTaco September 16, 2015

*The Border Patrol union chief says they need more “boots on the ground.” Experience is showing that smarter enforcement is a better tactic against the drug cartels. VL By Julián […]