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![A Texas National Guard soldier stands vigil at a makeshift migrant camp near the U.S.-Mexico border fence on May 11, 2023, in El Paso, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0609-troop-border-400x300.jpg)
GOP Governors Send National Guard Forces, State Troopers to Texas-Mexico Border
The border is already militarized with walls, surveillance, Border Patrol and thousands of troops deployed by Biden.
![A blue car charges at a Tesla charging station](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/IMG_1255-400x300.jpg)
Tesla Plans to Build Huge Factory in Mexican City Struggling With Water Scarcity
Activists from Mexico are decrying the plan as a prime example of “colonial extractivism.”
![Hundreds of migrants go to the migration offices to request information about the victims caused by a fire inside the detention center of the migration institute in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on March 28, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0427-ciudad-juarez-400x300.jpg)
Migrant Massacre in Ciudad Juárez Is Rooted in US-Mexico Border Policing
Mexico's borders are crucial arenas in a necessary global struggle for migrant rights.
![A Venezuelan migrant cries next to an ambulance in which her husband, who was injured in a fire, is being transported following a fire at the immigration station in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state on March 28, 2023, where at least 39 people were killed and dozens injured after a fire at the immigration station.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0328-ambulance-400x300.jpg)
At Least 39 Asylum Seekers Dead After Fire at Migrant Jail in Mexico
“This tragedy is the direct result of the United States’s immigration system,” one immigrant advocate said.
![A crowd of supporters of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador march down Mexico City’s Paseo de la Reforma during a demonstration to celebrate his government’s accomplishments in the four years since the start of his presidency, November 27, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/IMG_1127b-400x300.jpg)
500,000 Rally in Support of Mexican President and Against US Intervention
Protesters heeded the Mexican president's call to defend the nation's sovereignty following attacks by U.S. politicians.
![Migration, the Economy, Trade and Security on the Agenda at Mexico City Summit](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/seg1-amlo-biden-400x300.jpg)
Migration, the Economy, Trade and Security on the Agenda at Mexico City Summit
The summit comes after Biden announced the U.S. will start blocking migrants from applying for asylum at the border.
![A view of a misty street market](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/nafta1-400x300.jpg)
NAFTA’s Imposed Poverty Paved the Way for Mexico’s Informal Work Economy
Roughly 60 percent of people employed in Mexico are informal workers with no safety net.
![A young attendee inspects an assault rifle during the 2013 NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center on May 4, 2013, in Houston, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0906-gun-show-youth-400x300.jpg)
Arms Makers Have Embraced the Youth Market as Gun Ownership in the US Declines
Arms manufacturers are using trade magazines like Junior Shooters to openly market “youth-specific” rifles to children.
![Wind turbines on a wind farm in Oaxaca](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0906-wind-farm-400x300.jpg)
Does Mexico’s Wind Industry Deliver More Dirty Profits Than Clean Energy?
Indigenous organizers say that clean energy projects must be humane for the communities they impact.
![Forensic experts carry the body of a Guatemalan migrant girl who drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande with her mother into the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, state of Chihuahua, Mexico, on August 22, 2022. The girl's mother was rescued.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1242662006-400x300.jpg)
Mass Drowning of Migrants in Rio Grande Spurs Calls for Immigration Reform
At least 9 migrants drowned while attempting to cross the swollen Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas earlier this week.