The Rational Middle

Perla Trevizo, an award-wining journalist with the ProPublica/Texas Tribune Investigative Unit, takes us inside her reporting on the long history of Texas's border spending; outputs vs. outcomes when it comes to judging efficacy; and the architecture of Texas's relation to its Southern border.

Sandra Sanchez, an award-winning journalist covering the Southern border at Border Report, speaks with Loren Steffy about her two-part deep dive into the ramifying effects of the Migrant Protection Protocols—also known as Remain in Mexico—on the lives of countless asylum-seekers.

Chief Andy Harvey, Chief of Police in Pharr, Texas, as well as its newly-appointed City Manager, joins Melissa Brannan to discuss some of the components of life in a border town: the blockade at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge, Operation Lone Star, what it's like being on the Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force, and more.

Athulya Rajakumar, a Documented Dreamer who recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety, takes us through the unique struggle of Documented Dreamers and the legislation that can make it better.

In Part Two of his exploration of immigration surveillance in the U.S., Asad L. Asad (Assistant Professor of Sociology at Stanford University), reflects on the unique effects of "everyday surveillance" on immigrants specifically, and how we might go about changing the system of immigrant detention.

Asad L. Asad, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Stanford University, takes us on a two-part exploration of immigration surveillance in the U.S.

Elizabeth Trovall, immigration reporter at the Houston Chronicle, takes us behind the scenes of her story on the Haitian migrant camp at Del Rio, and all the other stories that lay just out of sight.

Adam Estle, Vice President of Field & Constituencies at the National Immigration Forum, discusses his work with the Bibles, Badges and Business for Immigration Reform network, grasstops vs. grassroots advocacy, and the key to more robust conversations on immigration.

Stephen Klineberg, Founding Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University, takes us inside the Houston Area Survey—now in it's 40th year—and Houstonians evolving attitudes towards immigration.

Pamela Lizette Cruz, Research Analyst at the Baker Institute's Center for the United States and Mexico, gives us a deeper look into the Center's research on America's radical demographic shifts—and where immigration enters the picture.