Border Explorer: one person's viewpoint on a hot-button area of the world
About this blog
Freed of jobs, real estate, and dependents, Paul and I head to the Border to explore the issue of immigration and provide direct service to new arrivals to the U.S. Share our discoveries as we explore the U.S./Mexico border.
Caviat: Not your usual travel blog, it's evolved into 'reports from the Border'--topical entries, each one a sort of snapshot of one aspect of Borderlife. Enjoy the virtual album!
"The US/Mexican Border is a wound where the Third World grates against the First and bleeds... The lifeblood of two worlds merging to form a third country--- A border culture." Gloria Anzaldua
Welcome Photo: Exploring the new border wall under construction on the U.S./Mexico border in Texas.
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Nov 25, 2006
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There are 95 entries in this blog
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Good luck! -
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Good Soul/Good work -
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Mexico won after all! -
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3 orphanages and an asylum -
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Lutheran Power -
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Cristo Rey -
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Our Lady of Refuge -
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Another border town -
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One effective effort -
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Putting Children Behind Bars -
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Seasonal reflection -
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San Antonio zoo -
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Ruben Garcia -
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Annunciation House -
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A Dubuque German-American on immigration -
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Week 1 in El Paso: shelter life with the poor -
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Week 2: When Need Meets Gift -
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Personal Info: Our Lives in El Paso -
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Border Peace Presence -
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More on Las Americas and Our Big Project! -
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What's in the desert? Life in a bordertown -
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Sleeping in a Papercrete Home -
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Who are Desert Humanitarians? How can I be one? -
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Border Military: Your tax dollars at work! -
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Why it is tricky to write this blog -
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Nature in the Southwest -
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Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino -
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The March winds doth blow! -
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Listening in El Paso -
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What I didn't see on the evening newscast -
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Poncho Villa State Park -
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Rockhound Roundup, Spring Canyon and more -
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We made the news -
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Teaching English as a Second Language -
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How's your Spanish coming along? -
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Close Encounter with TX politics -
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Border Awareness Experiences -
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Human Trafficking in El Paso -
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Chamizal National Monument and Scenic View Park -
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Casa del Migrante -
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Backlash! -
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El Segundo Barrio -
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Farmworkers' March Honors Cesar Chavez -
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Holy Week in El Paso -
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Houseguests -
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Easter in Mexico -
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Mountain Climbing in Las Tres Hermanas -
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Making friends and Influencing Border Patrol -
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Recommended Reading -
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Women's Intercultural Center -
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Las Cruces meets to Close the SOA -
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Opportunity Center -
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A visit to the local CBS studios -
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Two incidents on the peace corner -
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Wheels of Justice -
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A visit to the Muslim community in El Paso -
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April Desert Hail-storm -
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ASARCO: pollution on the Border -
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Saying Hasta Luego -
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Vegas, Baby! New Mexico-style! -
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Bazaar-o -
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Racism & it's antidote: Cafe Mayapan & dialogue -
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Adopt-a-Farmworker-Family Xmas -
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Actually crossing over the International Bridge -
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Visiting Tabor House -
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Maquila Visit: Behind the Chainlink Fence -
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Mexican labor rights -
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Fools, clowns, madmen & wandering mystics -
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February 2: a special day every year--here's why -
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Your Texan passport to Asia. Apply within. -
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Killing Women for Sport -
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Something more than terror -
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The El Paso Zoo -
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Only the most dedicated will read this entry -
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Borderland Bus Bargain -
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Home Sweet Home: this time around -
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Evening of Trouble & Beauty -
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It's a war zone here!!! -
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2000 Federal Troops Patrol Juarez -
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Courageous visit to Juarez..."April Fools!" -
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Reflections on Immigration Justice -
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"Illegals" or "my friends"? -
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US Renews MX Travel Alert Today: What about that? -
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Lovely, historic Secondo Barrio: "The Second Ward" -
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Palomas is "Back in Business" -
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Keeping busy in Palomas -
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Duty Free Zone: Border Style -
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Sights of Palomas--a whole range -
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Border Book Festival -
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Blowing it with NPR but May Day happy anyway -
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Raton's Rockin' Cinco de Mayo -
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A step back in time -
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Desert Survival -
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Wrapping up round 2 of Border Exploring -
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Bringing the story up-to-date--September 2009
