Carlos Elizario Morales

6 days ago | wbur.org | Carlos Elizario Morales

In a rural and sweeping pocket of far West Texas, the Trump administration is pushing forward with its militarization campaign, sending up to 500 troops to help carry out the administration's border security efforts. But this region, what U.S. Customs and Border Protection calls its Big Bend Sector, has some of the lowest crossing encounters along the southwest border.

1 week ago | npr.org | Carlos Elizario Morales

Troops arrive at the border to help with enforcement despite fewer migrant crossings Audio will be available later today. The Army's tactical vehicles on display at an elementary school in the small town of Presidio, Texas. A spokesperson for the Army said the school invited them to help familiarize the community with the Army's presence.

1 week ago | npr.org | Carlos Elizario Morales

Troops arrive at the border to help with enforcement despite fewer migrant crossingsHow is President Trump's militarization campaign to fortify border security unfolding in a region of far West Texas region with some of the lowest crossing encounters along the southwest border?

Sep 16, 2024 | marfapublicradio.org | Carlos Elizario Morales

The Blackwell School in Marfa was one of the many de facto segregated schools across the Southwest where Hispanic children were taught. And in some instances, like at Blackwell, they were barred from speaking Spanish. The effort to preserve the old adobe schoolhouse in Marfa and get it formally designated as a national historic site has been years in the making.

Aug 22, 2024 | marfapublicradio.org | Carlos Elizario Morales

This summer, staff members of Marfa Public Radio are contributing to the Desert Dispatch. This week, Carlos Morales takes us down one of Marfa's iconic roads. For my dad, there’s always been something about the open road. "It’s just very peaceful,” he told me over the phone recently. “It’s soothing for me.”When he was in his 20s, he spent a lot of his time traveling the highways of the Big Bend.