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InvestigationImmigration, Justice

Lawman’s Burden

A south Texas sheriff’s department with dwindling resources struggles to cope with a growing immigration crisis.

Melissa del BosqueThe Texas Observer, The GuardianAugust 27, 2014

InvestigationImmigration

“A Cemetery for Our People”

A Guatemalan diplomat struggles to save her countrymen in south Texas and nearly loses herself.

Melissa del BosqueThe Texas Observer, The GuardianAugust 20, 2014

InvestigationImmigration

“This Is Our Home”

With migrants streaming through south Texas, landowners are caught between protecting their property and saving lives.

Melissa del BosqueThe Texas Observer, The GuardianAugust 13, 2014

InvestigationImmigration

Into the Wilderness

To comply with US immigration law, Exelina Hernandez would have to risk her life.

Melissa del BosqueThe Texas Observer, The GuardianAugust 6, 2014

InvestigationBusiness, Environment

Welcome to Kochworld

To see how the Koch brothers’ free-market industry utopia operates, look no further than Corpus Christi, Texas, where the billionaires own two oil refineries.

Melissa del Bosque & Jen ReelThe Texas ObserverOctober 25, 2012

InvestigationWorld

The Deadliest Place in Mexico

Who’s killing the people of the Juarez Valley? Hint: It’s not just the drug cartels.

Melissa del BosqueThe Texas ObserverFebruary 29, 2012

InvestigationImmigration, Politics

Children of the Exodus

US immigration officials deport tens of thousands of unaccompanied children to Mexico each year, many of whom grew up in the United States. What, exactly, becomes of them?

Melissa del BosqueThe Texas ObserverNovember 4, 2010

InvestigationJustice

Cracked

Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ban, Texas has continued to send mentally retarded criminals to death row. Will a Mexican immigrant’s case correct this injustice?

Renée FeltzThe Texas ObserverJanuary 8, 2010

InvestigationJustice

Low IQ Prisoner Faces Execution

Bobby Wayne Woods has an IQ of 70, but he’s about to be put to death by the State of Texas, despite a 2002 Supreme Court ban on such executions.

Renée FeltzThe Texas ObserverNovember 24, 2009

InvestigationHealth, Politics

As Medicaid payments to nursing homes stagnate, regulation is weakened, and a Texas law capping damages for pain and suffering in all medical malpractice suits is enacted, the death of Noe Martinez Sr. reveals a coming crisis in the nursing home industry.

Dave MannThe Texas ObserverSeptember 22, 2005

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