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Woman hugs young man, with family standing behind

More Mexicans are crossing the border — to leave the US. Here’s one family’s story.

Global Politics

More than a year ago, a husband and wife from Mexico voluntarily returned to their country of origin and left their Americanized sons in the United States. Now that Trump has been elected, will more immigrant parents make the same choice?

Las Palmitas and the “macro mural” in its final stage.

This gigantic mural is making a Mexican neighborhood more ‘magical’

Culture
Residents along the border in Texas' Rio Grande Valley express their sentiments on properties up and down the Rio Grande River.

For some Texans on the border, more walls and patrols won’t solve the immigration crisis

Justice
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