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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske sits under an image of New York's Ground Zero in his office in Washington. For him, it serves as a daily reminder of the security threats that have shaped his agency. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption
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Border Agency Chief Opens Up About Deadly Force Cases
July 18, 2014 • Gil Kerlikowske, head of Customs and Border Protection, tells NPR that he is reviewing scores of incidents. "We need to be better at admitting when we're wrong or where we've made a mistake," he says.
Jamil Ahmad, Who Published Debut Novel At 79, Dies At 83
July 16, 2014 • The Wandering Falcon received high praise and was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize. (This piece initially aired June 16, 2011 on Morning Edition).
Border Patrol Maintains Silence After Shootings
July 4, 2014 • Steve Inskeep talks to the mother of a 15-year-old boy who was shot under a bridge that spans the border from El Paso, Texas, to Juarez, Mexico. (This piece aired on June 9, 2014 on Morning Edition.)
Maria Guadelupe Guereca Betancourt, a resident of Juarez, Mexico, lost her son Sergio, 15, when he was shot under the black bridge that spans the border from El Paso, Texas, to Juarez. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption
After Shootings, Extended Silence: What The Border Patrol Hasn't Said
June 9, 2014 • The agency has repeatedly used deadly force along the U.S.-Mexico border while providing little or no information. Steve Inskeep describes four notable killings that have raised questions.
GM To Pay Record Fine Over Safety Recall
May 16, 2014 • The Department of Transportation on Friday announced that it's ordering General Motors to pay a $35 million civil penalty for the handling of its ignition switch problems.
Family members huddle at the fence to talk to loved ones living across the border. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption
Born From The Border, Tijuana Grows In New Ways
March 28, 2014 • The city is so close to the U.S. border fence that it practically leans on it. Even as Tijuana diversifies, its economy still relies on the frontier. Its residents are the perfect border citizens.
Parts of the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border might stop vehicles, but they don't keep out those making the journey on foot. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption
Crossing The Desert: Why Brenda Wanted Border Patrol To Find Her
March 27, 2014 • Initially, she ran from agents in her attempt to illegally enter the U.S. But after three days alone in the Arizona desert, Brenda lit a fire to get their attention. Her story is not uncommon.
Columbus, N.M., was raided by Pancho Villa in 1916 and by federal agents in 2011. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption
From Pancho Villa To Panda Express: Life In A Border Town
March 26, 2014 • Columbus, New Mexico, has a rich border history. Pancho Villa stormed across in 1916. Today, kids on the Mexico side take a bus — driven by the Columbus mayor — across the border to go to school.
Borderland: Dispatches From The U.S.-Mexico Boundary
Principal Encourages Immigrant Students To Aim For Middle Class
March 25, 2014 • At a rural high school outside El Paso, Texas, the principal tries to inspire poor immigrants or kids of immigrants to go to college, though many have never seen one.
Troncoso Family Finds Success On U.S. Side Of Border With Mexico
March 24, 2014 • Stories from the Morning Edition road trip along the U.S.-Mexico border continues with a stop in El Paso, Texas. The Troncoso family of Mexico crossed a quarter mile into the U.S. many years ago.
Workers arrive at an assembly plant located along the border. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption
On The Mend, But Wounds Of Violence Still Scar Juarez
March 24, 2014 • Juarez, Mexico — terrifyingly violent a few years ago — is quieter now. But life across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, is still difficult for many.
The Rarely Told Stories Of Sexual Assault Against Female Migrants
March 23, 2014 • Arun Rath talks with Steve Inskeep about his road trip along the U.S.-Mexico border. Sexual assault has become more common for women who make the perilous trip across the desert into the U.S.
Congressmen Are Bullish On The Borderlands
March 23, 2014 • The U.S.-Mexico border isn't just about immigration. Local politicians in El Paso, Texas, say their city is misunderstood. Being located across the river from Mexico is part of their potential.
Dob Cunningham (left) and his friend Larry Johnson look over the edge of Cunningham's 800-acre ranch in Quemado, Texas. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption
Always Watching: A Fragile Trust Lines The U.S.-Mexico Border
March 22, 2014 • Border Patrol agents seem to be everywhere along the U.S. side of the Mexican border, and residents are also on guard. Yet amid distrust and heavy surveillance, there is compassion.
Intocable's Music Straddles The Border
March 21, 2014 • Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep stops in Zapata, Texas, the hometown of the lead singer of Intocable, a band popular on both sides of the border.
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