Immigrant justice advocate Alejandra Oliva discusses her work as a translator on the border, how it relates to her life as a Mexican-American woman, and what it takes to actually become a U.S. citizen.
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What’s Really Going On Along The U.S.-Mexico Border
Alfredo Corchado is a correspondent for The Dallas Morning News who covers the border, and he joins us to talk about the situation – and the realities of immigration and life along the border amid ever-shifting policies.
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What Happened To All Those Migrant Children?
Frontline investigative producer and correspondent Daffodil Altan joins us to talk about what happens to migrant children once they’re in federal custody.
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The Foreign and the Familiar: A Novel of the Border
Oscar Cásares joins host us to talk about putting a fictional – though very human – face on life at the U.S.-Mexico border, the subject of his latest novel.
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A Wild View Of The Border
Filmmaker Ben Masters joins us to talk about documenting the wilderness from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico that could one day be cut in two by the border wall.
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How Walls Enable Peace (And When They Don’t)
Historian David Frye joins us to talk about the purposes served by Hadrian’s Wall, the Great Wall of China and other structures.
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A Line Divides: 100 Days Since Zero Tolerance
In a special co-production from Think at KERA and The California Report at KQED, we look at U.S. policy on family separation, how those separations affect children and what it takes for an immigrant seeing asylum to gain entry into America.
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America: Stuck Between Two Borders
Stephanie Elizondo Griest joins us to talk about how borders affect the people who live near them.
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High Tech Versus Low Tech: Options For The Border
Luis Torres joins us to talk about new technology that could soon play a role in border security.
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Seeing The Border From Both Sides
Francisco Cantú joins us to talk about how his time spent along the border forced him to consider the violence inflicted on those who live along it.
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The U.S.-Mexico Relationship
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke joins us to talk about his views on border security. And later, Franklin Foer joins us to talk about how the U.S-Mexico relationship is changing.
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The Scene Along The Border
As the United States ramps up its efforts to deport people in the country without permission, Reynosa is taking the brunt of that activity. NPR’s John Burnett has spent time recently in the city, and he joins us to talk about what life is like there.
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