The April 7 letter, addressed to people in Mexico and the United States and the presidents of both countries, echoed sentiments of U.S. border bishops by saying the frontier between the two countries “is not a war zone”.
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Posted inIdeas, Politics & Society
Photographer exposes the oversimplified U.S.-Mexico border
In his photography, David Taylor shies away from stereotypes.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
We must not let fear drive our immigration debate
Once again, our emotions have gotten the best of us on immigration. This time, it is that caravan.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
What life is like on the U.S.-Mexico border
Away from the rhetoric in Washington, communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are welcoming the stranger and overcoming physical barriers.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
San Diego bishop calls Trump’s border wall “ineffective and grotesque”
As Trump touts border wall in California, skeptics say it misses the point.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Explosive devices detonated in Mexican border churches
The bishop of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, has expressed alarm after two church explosions within four days.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Mexican diocese withdraws nuns from violent city
The Roman Catholic diocese where two priests were killed earlier this month has withdrawn all nuns from the hyper-violent city of Chilapa in southern Mexico.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Trump is asking the nation to make an impossible choice on immigration
Mr. Trump’s proposed deal represents an almost complete reversal from previous Republican immigration priorities.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Warnings—but little evidence—of Russian meddling in Mexican elections
Opponents say that leftist firebrand Andrés Manuel López Obrador is Putin’s favored candidate; he is brushing off the accusations of Russian interference in Mexico.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Church in Chiapas asks for help as violence displaces thousands of indigenous farmers
Approximately 5,000 indigenous Tzotzil Mayans have been scattered in small refugee camps in the area surrounding the town of Chalchihuitán, in Mexico’s southernmost state of Chiapas. They say they were chased out of their homes by unknown gunmen after the escalation of an old land dispute.