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For Native Americans, US-Mexico border is an 'imaginary line'

  • Written by Christina Leza, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Colorado College

Immigration restrictions were making life difficult for Native Americans who live along – and across – the U.S.-Mexico border even before President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to build his border wall.

The traditional homelands of 36 federally recognized tribes – including the Kumeyaay, Pai, Cocopah, O’odham,...

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