Al Neal
LATEST ARTICLES BY Al Neal
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Protests take center stage at the Pan America Games
August 12, 2019Two American athletes abroad used their medal-winning ceremonies at the Pan American Games to call attention to the social issues.
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War on humanity: Inside the refugee camps of Ciudad Juárez, Part Two
August 6, 2019Regardless of the Trump administration and its vicious migration deterrents, each family here wanted nothing more than a shot at the American Dream, shattered though it may be.
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War on humanity: Inside the refugee camps of Ciudad Juárez
August 2, 2019"As the dust kicked up by our big trucks settled, we began to see the faces of small children and their parents peering out the broken windows."
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‘It’s nothing but intimidation tactics’: On the border in El Paso, Texas
July 30, 2019During daylight hours, the sprawling chain-link fence and razor-wired concrete walls of the detention center’s campus can be seen pushing up right along family farms and cattle ranches.
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On the border in Laredo, ‘No one seems to remember the history’
July 24, 2019This isn’t an issue about a few bad apples in the CBP; it’s the whole damn system—the Facebook screenshots prove it, too.
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‘You a U.S. citizen?’: Traveling under the watchful eye of the Border Patrol
July 22, 2019"I wasn’t crossing the border back into the United States, but, it sure as hell felt like I was a stranger in my land."
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‘We need to do more’: On the border in Brownsville, Texas
July 17, 2019"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me." Matthew 25:35
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‘We’re all human beings’: On the border in Nogales, Ariz.
July 11, 2019This isn’t about politics, it’s about people.
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