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  • The Homelands Blog

    Ever crueler

    The United States immigration system wasn’t always so punitive or so cruel, observes Ruxandra Guidi in High Country News.

  • The Homelands Blog

    Trump’s false narrative of chaos

    In her latest commentary for High Country News, Ruxandra Guidi writes how the U.S.-Mexico border has become a stage for political theater,  and why the Trump administration’s “deterrence” tactic against undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers is cruel and inhumane. …

  • The Homelands Blog

    Stalking elusive migrants from Mexico

    In a major piece for Pacific Standard magazine, Homelands’ Alan Weisman goes deep into the wilderness of northern Mexico and southern Arizona on the trail of jaguars who venture across the border. The 300-pound cats are at the …

  • Barbara Ferry

    Border Stories

    Borderland Jaguars

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    Barbara Ferry

    Border Stories

    Borderland Jaguars

    On the trail of an elusive cat that used to prowl the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico.

    Jaguars, native to the tropical jungles of South America, used to be found in the southwest deserts of Arizona and New Mexico. Though jaguars no longer live in the United States, occasionally one will travel across the border from Mexico.

    During the past few years, several jaguars have been seen in Arizona. Mexican researchers are taking advantage of Arizonans’ interest in the cats to bolster their own efforts to preserve the species in Sonora.

    Date

    April 2004

    Outlets

    Living on Earth

    Tags

    Themes: Environment, Lives
    Regions: North America
    Media: Audio
    Other Tags: environment, border, borderland, jaguars, animal, feline, cat

  • Border Stories

    Documentaries and features in English and Spanish exploring social, economic, legal, and environmental issues along the U.S.-Mexico border.