Independent journalism by Samuel N. Gilbert

featuring reporting on immigration, border communities, international conflict, climate change, and Indigenous foodways. A portfolio of published work from leading global news outlets

Frito Pie-Eyed

New Mexico Magazine
IT ARRIVED IN A SMALL yellow bag, cut open lengthwise, with piping-hot red chile, ground beef, and beans poured directly over the corn chips inside, all topped with diced onions,
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One Widow’s Quest to Make Border Patrol Pay for Killing Her Husband

Vice

On May 31, 2010, Anastasio Hernandez-Rojas, an undocumented immigrant and longtime resident of San Diego, died after being beaten and tased by US Customs and Border Protection agents.

He was

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Juarez is waiting for you’: Violent city tries tourism

Al Jazeera English
Despite a rise in killings, the Mexican city has taken on a daunting task - to reinvent itself as a tourist destination. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - In the early 1970s,
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The Immigrant Crackdown Is a Cash Cow for Private Prisons

VICE
An inmate in a GEO-run prison in California in 2013. Photo byJohn Moore/Getty Images Earlier this month Daniel Ragsdale, the second-in-command at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), confirmed
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This Formerly Undocumented Woman Is Teaching Her Fellow Immigrants to Know Their Rights

narratively.ly
My analyst and I grew more intimately connected each week of treatment...but I never saw this indecent proposal coming. It’s the waning moments of my fourth session with a new
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Families Are Reuniting with Their Deported Loved Ones in the Middle of the Rio Grande

VICE
Last week, 22-year-old Denise Gomez and her mother waded into the Rio Grande River, straddling the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico. Their feet were wrapped in trash
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Voices from the border: Opposing Trump’s wall

Al Jazeera English
On Wednesday, John F Kelly, the head of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the department tasked with implementing President Donald Trump's immigration policy, laid out the administration's vision
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Oaxaca: Mourning those killed during teacher protests

Al Jazeera English
In Oaxaca, the battle over education - and the view of Mexico it presents - has often turned violent. Oaxaca, Mexico - It is November 2, the Day of the
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US immigration policy: To build walls or bridges?

Al Jazeera English
As construction of the border wall continues, so does the flow of undocumented migrants hoping for a better life. On the night of Halloween in 1999, Carmen Caballero, who was
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