Tania Chavez

Tania Chavez, 29, from Mexico has spent nearly half her life living in south-eastern Texas, unable to travel beyond secondary US checkpoints. She cannot go to her native Mexico either as she is out of status.

Trapped in Texas: Tens of thousands of immigrants are stuck in the borderlands

August 11, 2014
Justice

Remember that movie with Tom Hanks when he was trapped in an airport without proper documentation? For tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants, they’re not trapped in an airport, they’re confined within a small swath of land in southeast Texas along the Mexican border.

Trapped in Texas: Tens of thousands of immigrants are stuck in the borderlands

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