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No one alive has seen the Rio Grande as it looks today. A dry, cracking riverbed now snakes through Big Bend National Park.

Texas Observer

Why Cubans arriving at Eagle Pass in new wave of immigration face few obstacles

EAGLE PASS, Texas — A smile spread over the face of Yoima Paisan-Viltre, a Cuban migrant, after passage over the emerald waters of the Rio Grande and through release by U.S. border guards. A bandana with the red-white-and-blue of the U.S. flag held her curly black hair.

Tribune News Service

Three people found dead in Rio Grande River at US-Mexico border

Advocates have blamed a string of migrant deaths on increased security that leads some to take more dangerous routes.

Al Jazeera

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Migrants in Mexico despair; U.S. extends pandemic asylum limits

Migrants across northern Mexico voiced frustration and desperation on Monday, after the U.S. government failed to lift a pandemic-era policy that has largely prevented them from seeking asylum in the United States for over two years.

Reuters

This militia patrols the border, stops migrants and shoots video of children. Civil rights groups say they're racist

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The armed militia arrived at the Rio Grande after dark and headed toward a group of 29 migrants who had illegally crossed the river.

Los Angeles Times

Gator Raid: Are Giant Crocs Being Used To Police Mexican Border

Giant alligators have been released into the Rio Grande to deter illegal migrants from crossing the border river to the United States, reports Mexican media.

Zenger

In Nicaragua, would-be migrants learn to swim to brave deadly Rio Grande

Beaten down by the lack of work in Nicaragua, Martha Martinez plans to migrate to the United States. But before she sets off, she's learning to swim, in anticipation of the dangerous crossing of the Rio Grande River at the U.S. border.

Reuters

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Body of missing Texas National Guard soldier recovered near US-Mexico border

DALLAS — The body of Bishop E. Evans, a Texas Army National Guard specialist reported missing Friday at the U.S.-Mexico border after he jumped into the Rio Grande to save two migrants, was recovered Monday morning.

Tribune News Service

National Guard searching for soldier swept away while he helped migrant struggling in Texas river

The search continued on Saturday for a soldier swept away by the Rio Grande as he tried to rescue migrants struggling in the water along the U.S. border.

Tribune News Service

Trojan trout: could turning an invasive fish into a ‘super-male’ save a native species?

In western US waterways, invasive and voracious brook trout are outcompeting native species – but a modified variant could tip the scales

The Guardian - UK

Expanding drought leaves western US scrambling for water

Federal water managers are scheduled to host a virtual meeting to share their annual operating plan for the Rio Grande, one of North America’s longest rivers

The Independent UK

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