LareDOS[redux] | A journal of the borderlands.

Commentary & Opinion

Former U.S. Army Lt. Col., now Texas GOP Chair Allen West: a fear-monger removed from military service for torturing an Iraqi detainee

By Dr. Carlos Valle Jr. | March 29, 2021

West in Laredo as part of right wing foray to document non-existent dangers of non-existent “border crisis” rooted — like the border wall — in hate and xenophobia

Community

COVID-19 vaccine available to all adults as of March 29

By LareDOS Staff | March 24, 2021

Supplies will increase

The Re-Con

Northbound: the flyway was filled with avian migrants, their journey fraught with peril and promise

By Randy Koch | March 21, 2021

At the southern border, human migrants encounter threats and obstacles

Community

THE BORDER: Abbot using fear to distract from real security threats and his own failures

By LareDOS Staff | March 10, 2021

Coalition challenges Abbot’s call to deploy troops, a distraction from state’s failure to protect Texans during COVID and epic power grid failures

Commentary & Opinion

Hinojosa counters Gov. Abbot’s claim in Mission that migrants have brought COVID into Texas

By Gilberto Hinojosa, Texas Democratic Chair | March 10, 2021

This rhetoric of the border being a lawless and violent place, and blaming Latino migrants for bringing in COVID-19 into Texas is racist and dangerous, and it’s downright incorrect.