A Visionary in the Borderlands While he lived, Canales saved countless lives in the remote South Texas ranchlands. A statewide center in Texas to identify missing migrants would be a fitting legacy. Texas Observer · Aug 21, 2024
Barrels of drinking water for migrants walking through Texas have disappeared As the heat rises in Texas, law enforcement is working to untangle a mystery involving the disappearance of a life-saving measure for migrants traveling through an arid region The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023
Texas heat-related deaths reached a two-decade high in 2022 amid extreme temperatures A Texas Tribune analysis of state data found that at least 268 people in Texas were killed by heat last year, and a large portion of those deaths were likely migrants who died after crossing the border. The Texas Tribune · Jan 26, 2023
In a border graveyard, volunteers exhume migrants’ bodies and search for their families In Maverick County, 26 bodies pulled from the Rio Grande were buried, some without attempts to identify them. Teams of Texas State students are trying to learn their names so their families can be notified. The Texas Tribune · Jan 24, 2023
The other Death Valley: hundreds of migrants are dying in remote Texas deserts Immigration policies have forced desperate people to traverse inhospitable landscapes along the US-Mexico border The Guardian - US · Aug 19, 2022