Deep in the Heart of West Texas Darkness

(Third in a continuing series on the immigrant prison business in Pecos, Texas.) Outside prison during Jan./Feb riot/Photo by Tom Barry Barr...

Pecos: A Debtor's Prison in West Texas

(The second in the Border Lines series on Pecos Prison Town Blues, following up an article on "A Death in Texas" in the Boston Rev...

Pecos' Prison Town Blues

(The first of a series of articles on the Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos, Texas. The articles follow up my Death In Texas article ...

More Border Security Mission Creep

Border Patrol checkpoint at Sierra Blanca, Texas/Barry  The Department of Homeland Security, never having defined “border security,” has bee...

Fascinating Immigration Discussion: Migration Policy Institute vs. Center for Immigration Studies

Jerry Kammer and Donald Kerwin Debate Immigration Issues

Talking About "Criminal Aliens"

Liberal immigration reformers and immigrant-rights activists generally avoid talking about “criminal aliens.” Criminal alien is what the Dep...

The Numbers Game on the Border

Border fence near Ft. Hancock, Texas/Photo by Tom Barry The Border Patrol is losing a game of its own making. For decades the Border Patro...