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Jaeson Jones, a confidante of incoming border czar Tom Homan, is helping lay the groundwork for mass deportations and conflict with Mexico. Illustration by Ivan Flores | Texas Observer

The Border Propagandist

by Francesca D'Annunzio, Melissa del Bosque and Monica C. Camacho January 14, 2025

Jaeson Jones, a confidante of incoming federal border czar Tom Homan, is helping lay the groundwork for mass deportations and conflict with Mexico.

Is Texas the only state in U.S. history to construct segments of its own barrier along the Southern Border?

by Carmela Guaglianone January 10, 2025January 10, 2025

Arvin West Hudspeth County Sheriff, left, and Oscar Carrillo of Culberson County at the Hudspeth County prison. Photo by Christ Chavez for Puente News Collaborative

Law Enforcement

A lawman’s change of heart

by Alfredo Corchado October 30, 2024October 30, 2024

The true toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on many communities of color is worse than previously known. Graphic by USA Today Network

The uncounted: People of color are dying at much higher rates than what COVID data suggests

by Betsy Ladyzhets, Shaena Montanari and Rachel Monahan December 28, 2022October 25, 2023

The Window Rock formation is illuminated on March 17 in Window Rock, Ariz. during an event to remember members of the Navajo Nation who died of COVID-19. Photo by Noel Lyn Smith | The Daily Times /USA TODAY Network

Community response helped reverse COVID’s devastating toll on Indigenous communities in Arizona

by Betsy Ladyzhets and Shaena Montanari December 28, 2022October 25, 2023