LareDOS[redux] | A journal of the borderlands.

Community

Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport

By Gaige Davila / Texas Observer | April 20, 2026

The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Community

2026 Genetics Conference and Resource Fair for families of children with developmental disabilities and Autism set for Friday, April 24

By LareDOS Staff | April 19, 2026

Event open to families, caregivers, and advocates

Community

WCHF: preparations underway for Laredo’s 271st birthday celebration on May 16

By LareDOS Staff | April 18, 2026

Kickoff at 10 a.m. at Border Heritage Museum

Community

Laredo Center for the Arts vandalized: the violent disarray of so tranquil a place for the arts bespoke a disconcerting rage

By Maria Eugenia Guerra | April 3, 2026

Person of interest in custody

Commentary & Opinion

Wag the Dog, redux: the Grifter-in-chief starts an unprovoked war to distract from damning evidence in the Epstein files

By David Almaraz | March 31, 2026

Rocketing gas and food prices; lack of medical insurance, treatment, and services; Putin plays the tinpot dictator like a cheap fiddle