In film: Long dismissed or disregarded, the Texas-Mexico #border has come to be seen as a violent no-man’s-land thanks to incessant sensational news coverage and cartel thrillers. But these stories paint a different, quieter picture.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-border-new-frontier-film/

Previously: “People are scared to go out because they go out with their kids, and they don’t want to go to a place where (people are) going to show up with guns to check whether they’re a U.S. citizen or not. That was very upsetting for a lot of people.” https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-raids-abbys-bakery-valley-los-fresnos/

Residents uploaded videos of cars submerged nearly entirely on city streets and personal property destroyed in the wake of Thursday’s #weather.

Storms stun Valley cities as rainfall shatters records going back to 1911 | MyRGV.com
https://myrgv.com/local-news/2025/03/27/storms-stun-valley-cities-as-rainfall-shatters-records-going-back-to-1911/

ICE DETAINING FAMILIES IN TEXAS

The Trump administration is bringing back family detention! ICE is adding thousands of detention beds across the country, including for immigrant families. ICE is refitting and reopening these two for-profit facilities in South Texas, in Karnes City and Dilley, to potentially detain thousands of immigrant parents and children. Families are already being held at the Karnes facility!

Fuchsia Orchids South Texas Botanical Gardens Corpus Christi Texas

The South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, located in Corpus Christi, Texas, is a gem for nature enthusiasts and anyone seeking a tranquil escape into the world of flora and fauna.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fuchsia-orchids-south-texas-botanical-gardens-corpus-christi-texas-wayne-moran.html

#Orchids #Flowers #BotanicalGardens #gardens #NatureCenter #nature #PadreIsland #Texas #SouthTexas #FineArt #CentralTexas #HillCountry #landscape #photography #travel #travelphotography

In stark contrast to dramatic border thrillers like Sicario, where a cartel shootout breaks out on the El Paso international bridge in broad daylight, boredom is often the worst-case scenario for people who actually live along the #border at least on the U.S. side. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-border-new-frontier-film/

“People are scared to go out because they go out with their kids, and they don’t want to go to a place where (people are) going to show up with guns to check whether they’re a U.S. citizen or not. That was very upsetting for a lot of people.” https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-raids-abbys-bakery-valley-los-fresnos/

"When you cross this bridge here, you can see turtles in the water."

In our magazine: A fresh crop of #Texas films are changing how cinema views the politically charged border region:
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-border-new-frontier-film/

“Somehow this little town, Los Fresnos—it’s become a part of this huge conversation that I don’t think anyone really expected. Maybe this is a chance for people to really look at what’s happening.”

Earlier: In Cameron County where 8.5 percent of the population is undocumented, controversial raids at this popular eatery have rocked an already divided community. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-raids-abbys-bakery-valley-los-fresnos/

“What we are witnessing is the deliberate abduction of individuals as they are being uprooted from their lives. #Trump’s deportation machine knows no bounds, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.” https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-raids-abbys-bakery-valley-los-fresnos/

“It changes your life when you get arrested and you see everything that you ever had about to go away because you were trying to provide a living. A lot of these people provide work for people because nobody else wants to do the job.” https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-raids-abbys-bakery-valley-los-fresnos/

“People are scared to go out because they go out with their kids, and they don’t want to go to a place where (people are) going to show up with guns to check whether they’re a U.S. citizen or not.”

New: ICE raids at Abby's have divided an already politically shifting community in South #Texas. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-raids-abbys-bakery-valley-los-fresnos/

Sylvia Garcia's South Texas roots have shown in both her advocacy for outdoor #workers—she’s pushed legislation requiring rest breaks nationwide for construction laborers—and in her staunch defense of immigrants. https://www.texasobserver.org/sylvia-garcia-interview-immigration/

Cotton pickers in south Texas

#Cotton #Texas #CASABANCO #DorotheaLanges #SouthTexas #American #theGreatDepression #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763188/

Housing for cotton pickers. South Texas

#SouthTexas #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763184/

Tally. Cotton field in South Texas

#SouthTexas #second #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763183/

Cotton picking in south Texas

#Cotton #Texas #SouthTexas #DorotheaLanges #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763182/

Cotton weighing. South Texas

#Cotton #SouthTexas #DorotheaLanges #America #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763181/

Featured story: For the past three years, ENTRE has collected photos, home movies, and oral histories of Boca Chica from Valley residents, who’ve visited the free-access beach for generations to fish, barbecue, and even camp overnight. https://www.texasobserver.org/remembering-boca-chica-beach-before-spacex/

“On my first trip, I asked how I would know what a human bone looks like. They told me I would know. On the second day, I found a femur. After four months, I learned to spot chalky white remains from 50 to 100 feet away.” https://www.texasobserver.org/death-in-the-desert/