Frontera Federation
@fronterafederation.bsky.social
We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit anchored at the US-Mexico border. We empower communities for justice and health equity through organizing, advocacy, and community-driven support, addressing migration and policing at the US-Mexico border and beyond.
Desde México, adonde se autodeportó luego de que estuvo en un centro de detención, migrante cuenta que los agentes llegaron después de una parada de tráfico y lo sacaron por la fuerza del auto en el que viajaba. https://tlmdo.co/4hpJVSs
"Yo pensé que me iban a disparar": así fue el arresto de un inmigrante por agentes de CBP en Arizona
Desde México, adonde se autodeportó luego de que estuvo en un centro de detención, Jesús Ortíz Vásquez cuenta que los agentes llegaron después de una parada de tráfico y lo sacaron por la fuerza del a...
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🇲🇽 Autoridades violan derechos humanos a familia migrante en México ➡️Miles de migrantes permanecen varados en la Frontera Sur de México por falta de documentos y piden respeto a sus derechos humanos. 🎙Lizeth Coello, Chiapas México.
📱 Using your #RightToRecord! In the U.S.– no matter what your immigration status is– you have the right to record immigration enforcement agents. This is a powerful tool for exposing their tactics, combatting abuse, and fighting detention. For this & other resources, visit: weprotectusny.org
"Who the hell stores that kind of equipment (the buoys) in a floodplain?" Laredo City Councilor and Webb County landowner speaking after the San Ygnacio event in Zapata County
"You don't want to be complicit in this when disaster strikes" Elsa Hull speaking to her San Ygnacio neighbors and landowners in Zapata County.
"As far as I can tell, all the border barrier construction is in this red zone. It's guaranteed to flood spectacularly" Chip Briscoe speaking in San Ygnacio to his neighbors and friends about the risk to their homes and property
Nailed it with this Ike quote: "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed,” he said. “This world in arms is not spending money alone."
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · last mo.July 23, 2026
"Members of at least three Native American communities, [...]live in areas affected by wall construction. These communities include the Lipan Apache of south Texas, the Kickapoo Tribe in the Eagle Pass area and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in the El Paso area of west Texas."
The Texas-Mexico Border Wall - Affected Communities
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I feel like there's something in the constitution about religion. It's at the tip of my tongue. Person, woman, man, camera, TV. Oh I've got it! The right to worship freely! My goodness, it's the very first amendment. You'd think that would be enough to protect a religious site.
Wilson Dizard III@wpd3.bsky.social · last mo.Last week, Rep. Veronica Escobar, the El Paso Democrat, introduced the Mount Cristo Rey Protection Act, a bill to stop the federal government from taking Catholic Church land for Donald Trump’s border wall.
After nearly a month in Texas, cross-country cyclist Lach is in New Mexico. He left his mark in Texas and on our hearts! www.instagram.com/p/DbKSaV6DlJ...
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Drives in West Texas are phenomenal. Great roads, open landscapes, they're amazing for getting your thoughts in order. Be sure to stop in Marfa while you're out that way
Framer Gallery@framergallery.com · last mo."Dreams to Reality," photographed by Bethany Young Prints: https://www.framergallery.com/posts/71/
Frustrating thing about all these situations: we have laws in place for very good reasons. Our safety regulations are written in blood. And DHS shows up and waives them all. It's good to see Presidio saying no to the federal bullies
Flingjore@flingjore.com · last mo.Texas border wall lawsuit pitting Presidio against DHS tests federal waiver authority under immigration law. Presidio argues replacing Rio Grande levees with steel bollard walls violates the Rivers and Harbors Act, creating severe flood risks despite record-low local illegal crossings.
The Puerto Verde Global Trade Bridge is being pitched as an ultra-modern international port that will transform trade with Mexico. But residents of Eagle Pass are leery of the project in part because its leader has spent more that $2M to win political support www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
How a trucking magnate's quest to transform Eagle Pass set off a political fight
Ruben Garibay's push for a new trade bridge has won support from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and other powerful leaders. But local critics worry it's a boondoggle.
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This just in: the Texas Military Department is putting containers back onto the banks of the Rio Grande and have plans to reinstall the concertina wire in Maverick County. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
It's going to take all of us speaking up for what we care about to get this insanity to stop. Here's a good place to start:
DancinLibrarian@dancinlibrarian.bsky.social · last mo.The USFWS plans to hand over more than 700 acres of The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge — home to some of the United States’ most critically endangered species — to SpaceX in a reckless land swap. Tell your senators to stop this giveaway. act.biologicaldiversity.org/Ws09iSNvsE2X...
Not sure how to reach your elected officials? Showing up at their local office is effective, sending a letter via @resist.bot is faster and easier. Better yet, let's do both!
Open Letters@letters.resist.bot · last mo.From a constituent in 📍 Brownsville, TN
One of the best ads out there says "Always give 100% Except when donating blood" But 100% of us should be donating a pint, that's only 8% of our blood volume
@kgnsnews.bsky.social · last mo.In case you missed it, the Laredo Chamber of Commerce and South Texas Blood & Tissue will host the 2nd Annual Community Blood Drive.
Quick reminder that charges are still pending against San Ygnacio landowner Elsa Hull. If they'll do this to a white landowner on private property in the middle of the morning, what will they do to you?
Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 3mo agoarrest of a local resident in san ygnacio texas, protesting against sudden bulldozing of riverbank property in sensitive/historic site to build border wall... spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/dallas-fo...
A former Walmart near the Port of Brownsville — once a shelter for migrant children — could become the RGV's 2nd data center. Public hearing set for Aug 6 at Brownsville City Hall. Open question: can utilities handle the extra load? https://tinyurl.com/47pd33uu #Brownsville #DataCenter #RGV
"We are the stewards of our democracy, and stewardship involves documenting the gap between the “official narrative” of economic progress and the “physical reality” of the staging grounds for border deterrence infrastructure emerging in our communities" open.substack.com/pub/frontera...
Private Companies Profit From Border Barriers at the Expense of Our Communities
Eagle Pass wall, buoy, and bridge projects are undemocratic and environmentally harmful
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Buoys under a bridge on Puerto Verde property. The Puerto Verde project has the potential to totally transform Maverick County, but they got greedy,decided to totally cut the county out of any potential toll revenue, ignore the concerns of neighbors www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
This quote! "We do about $1.2 million in commerce every minute here at the World Trade Bridge,” he said. “And it’s impacting business and commerce that goes back and forth between the two countries.” www.theborderchronicle.com/floods-expos...
Floods Expose Dangers of Trump’s $3 Billion Rio Grande Buoy Barrier Plan
As floodwaters swept hundreds of one-ton border buoys downstream, international bridges closed, commerce slowed, and officials struggled to get answers from DHS about a project advancing despite local...
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The Border Chronicle@theborderchronicle.bsky.social · last mo.A weekend flood sent DHS's $3B buoy barrier scattering down the Rio Grande, shutting bridges, stalling trade, and leaving mayors and a congressman still waiting on answers about where the buoys came from and who's responsible. This was a minor flood. Here's what that should tell you. Full Story🔗🦂:
HEARING UPDATE: Presidio Municipal Development District v. DHS today 9AM Call: 1-833-990-9400 Meeting ID: 011366756
Questions we're fielding along the Rio Grande today after the buoy debacle:
On Sunday, July 19, floodwaters along the Rio Grande started slowly receding, but a National Weather Service flood warning remains in effect through Monday evening.
Rio Grande flood levels receding, warning remains through Monday
On Sunday, July 19, floodwaters along the Rio Grande started slowly receding, but a National Weather Service flood warning remains in effect through Monday evening.
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The still-a-thing, no-it-was-not-quashed, the-feds-keep-lying-about-it Big Bend border wall really could be summed up by that screenshot of "[Everyone disliked that.]" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘I’ve never worked with so many conservatives’: the Texans fighting the Big Bend border wall
Residents across party lines say Trump’s proposed wall threatens their homes, livelihoods and wilderness along the Rio Grande
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Dislodged buoys prompt closures of World Trade Bridge in Laredo State buoy string not dislodged in Eagle Pass, 'still in place'
Dislodged buoys prompt closures of World Trade Bridge in Laredo
The World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, the busiest inland commercial port on the Southwest border, was temporarily shut down this weekend as giant cylindrical federal buoys piled up under the bri…
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