Our guest: Irasema Coronado, Professor of Political Science and Director of the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University

In this podcast, we will explore the complex issues surrounding the US–Mexico border. From the impact of border security on local communities to shared environmental challenges, such as water management, we’ll dive into the issues shaping the region’s social and ecological future. After a global overview of the US-Mex Border, the first part of the podcast will dive into the social challenges that define the region, including the effects of migration policies that shape cross-border movement, the hardening of the border through the Wall and increased enforcement. The borderland is also source of resilience, interdependent economy, and cultural creativity.

Time Markers

00:00 Introduction to Irasema Coronado

01:51 The complex US-Mex border region and its characteristics

05:19 Daily lives, resilience and creativity of borderlanders

08:58 El Paso-Ciudad Juarez as a quintessential borderland

12:00 Governance power and transnational political elites

15:13 Evolution of the Hardening Process of the US-Mex border

19:03 Effects of the Wall and the 2025 security and deportation policies

22:28 Border Mixed Feelings

26:15 Families, Women and Children live at the border

30:53 Social Justice Challenges in the Borderland

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