Alfredo Corchado

1 month ago | elpasoinc.com | Alfredo Corchado

EAGLE PASS – President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs, attacks on social programs and crackdown on illegal immigration have unsettled some residents along the Texas-Mexico border – a region that overwhelmingly supported his reelection. Historically Democratic and overwhelmingly Hispanic, border voters flipped in favor of Trump in November, with 12 of Texas’ 14 border counties going to the GOP, up from five in 2016. As Trump’s second term hits the 100-day mark, that support is sinking.

1 month ago | ktep.org | Alfredo Corchado

EAGLE PASS – President Trump’s threatened tariffs, attacks on social programs and draconian immigration policies have unsettled many along the Texas-Mexico border, a region that jolted national voters in decidedly supporting his election. Traditionally Democratic and overwhelmingly Hispanic, border communities favored Trump in last November’s election, giving him 12 of the Texas borderlands’ 14 counties, up from just five in 2016.

2 months ago | elpasoinc.com | Alfredo Corchado |Eduardo Garcia |Eduardo García

MISSION, Texas – Even as President Trump was vowing hellfire for the trade that has forged the U.S.-Mexico border into a business beehive, crews continued to lay cement for yet another road to channel foreign cargo crossing here to the American heartland. The road is the latest to be thrown up along the border since free trade with Mexico became law three decades ago. “You can’t roll history back,” said Sam Vale, the owner of another bridge, some 40 miles upriver from Anzalduas.

2 months ago | ktep.org | Alfredo Corchado |Angela Kocherga |Eduardo Garcia |Eduardo García

MISSION, TEXAS – Even as President Trump was vowing hellfire for the trade that has forged the U.S.-Mexico border into a business beehive, crews proceeded laying cement for yet another road to channel foreign cargo crossing deep into the American heartland. Much of the new road will run atop levees built long ago to tame the once-menacing border stream. It’s but the latest to be thrown up along the entire border since free trade with Mexico became law three decades ago.

2 months ago | kvia.com | Alfredo Corchado

By Alfredo Corchado, Eduardo Garcia and Angela KochergaStory edited by Dudley AlthausPhotos by Omar Ornelas, Michael Gonzalez, Alfredo Corchado This story was co-published with Puente News Collaborative, a bilingual nonprofit newsroom, convener and funder dedicated to high-quality, fact-based news and information from the U.S.-Mexico border.