This time last year, the Our Land crew at @NMinFocus visited southern New Mexico to report on the wall’s impacts on landscapes, wildlife, and communities. 1/t
This time last year, the Our Land crew at @NMinFocus visited southern New Mexico to report on the wall’s impacts on landscapes, wildlife, and communities. 1/t
This time last year, the Our Land crew at @NMinFocus visited southern New Mexico to report on the wall’s impacts on landscapes, wildlife, and communities. 1/t
This time last year, the Our Land crew at @NMinFocus visited southern New Mexico to report on the wall’s impacts on landscapes, wildlife, and communities. 1/t
At the time, I interviewed Kevin Bixby of the Southwest Environmental Center and Rep. Angelica Rubio, D-Doña Ana, who said, “I feel that this narrative, that this border is insecure and that this border is dangerous is really built on fear from those who are not from here.” 2/t
At the time, I interviewed Kevin Bixby of the Southwest Environmental Center and Rep. Angelica Rubio, D-Doña Ana, who said, “I feel that this narrative, that this border is insecure and that this border is dangerous is really built on fear from those who are not from here.” 2/t
At the time, I interviewed Kevin Bixby of the Southwest Environmental Center and Rep. Angelica Rubio, D-Doña Ana, who said, “I feel that this narrative, that this border is insecure and that this border is dangerous is really built on fear from those who are not from here.” 2/t
At the time, I interviewed Kevin Bixby of the Southwest Environmental Center and Rep. Angelica Rubio, D-Doña Ana, who said, “I feel that this narrative, that this border is insecure and that this border is dangerous is really built on fear from those who are not from here.” 2/t
A year later, I’m still struck by what it felt like to stand alongside the wall, the newly built sections of which are enormous. The 30-feet steel bollards are massive—and the wall itself a scar upon the Chihuahuan desert landscape. 3/t
A year later, I’m still struck by what it felt like to stand alongside the wall, the newly built sections of which are enormous. The 30-feet steel bollards are massive—and the wall itself a scar upon the Chihuahuan desert landscape. 3/t
A year later, I’m still struck by what it felt like to stand alongside the wall, the newly built sections of which are enormous. The 30-feet steel bollards are massive—and the wall itself a scar upon the Chihuahuan desert landscape. 3/t
A year later, I’m still struck by what it felt like to stand alongside the wall, the newly built sections of which are enormous. The 30-feet steel bollards are massive—and the wall itself a scar upon the Chihuahuan desert landscape. 3/t
As an environment reporter, I wondered about the energy and emissions associated with the mining and manufacture of the material used to build the wall. As a taxpayer, I wondered about the contracts handed out by the U.S. government. 4/t
As an environment reporter, I wondered about the energy and emissions associated with the mining and manufacture of the material used to build the wall. As a taxpayer, I wondered about the contracts handed out by the U.S. government. 4/t
As an environment reporter, I wondered about the energy and emissions associated with the mining and manufacture of the material used to build the wall. As a taxpayer, I wondered about the contracts handed out by the U.S. government. 4/t
As an environment reporter, I wondered about the energy and emissions associated with the mining and manufacture of the material used to build the wall. As a taxpayer, I wondered about the contracts handed out by the U.S. government. 4/t
And I think every day about what it would mean to flee violence or scarcity—only to arrive at a border that’s inhospitable, a country that’s hostile. 5/t
Over the past year, the new wall has spread even farther, been built even higher. In southern Arizona, construction is underway near springs that are ecologically critical and culturally important to tribes on both sides of the border. 6/t
The US continues to detain migrants and separate families—in 100s of cases, permanently, as US officials lost track of the children's mothers and fathers. Latest reports are of 650+ children whose parents the US has lost track of since separation. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-can-t-find-parents-666-migrant-kids-higher-number-n1247144 7/t
Lawyers can't find parents of another 100-plus migrant kids

Last month lawyers ordered to find migrant families separated by the Trump administration said they couldn't find parents for 545 kids. Now they say it's 666.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-can-t-find-parents-666-migrant-kids-higher-number-n1247144
This Friday on @NMinFocus we'll be rebroadcasting that episode from last year, and I hope you'll tune in. t/t
This Friday on @NMinFocus we'll be rebroadcasting that episode from last year, and I hope you'll tune in. t/t
This Friday on @NMinFocus we'll be rebroadcasting that episode from last year, and I hope you'll tune in. t/t
This Friday on @NMinFocus we'll be rebroadcasting that episode from last year, and I hope you'll tune in. t/t
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