Hard Knock Radio

US and Texas Border Wars and Prison Reform

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We discuss Governor Abbott’s harmful tactics at the Rio Grande River in an attempt to deter migrant crossings along the US-Mexico border. The state of Texas has begun deploying a marine floating barrier.

Guests:
Robbie Florez with the Eagle Pass Border Coalition
Adrianna Martinez, a professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Placido Salazar, is a local journalist
Michelle Alexander is the author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, an attorney, and civil rights activist