For nearly three decades, Arizona-based writer and journalist Todd Miller has immersed himself in the real-life people and policies defining the U.S.-Mexico border.
When the Department of Homeland Security took over immigration and enforcement after Sept. 11, 2001, he was crossing the border multiple times a week with BorderLinks, a community-based organization dedicated to education and social justice in the borderlands between Arizona and Chiapas. He later became a writer for the nonprofit organization North American Congress on Latin America, which analyzes and publishes trends in Latin America, and he wrote four books about the U.S. border. In 2021 Miller cofounded The Border Chronicles weekly journalism newsletter, where he writes stories and hosts a podcast with co-founder Melissa del Bosque, an investigative journalist and writer.
Much of this work provides a nuanced, stark contrast to the false and derogatory descriptions of Latin American migration that U.S. politicians have spread for many years.
During the current presidential campaign cycle, for example, former President Donald Trump has falsely insisted that “many, many terrorists” are entering the U.S. via the Mexico border – echoing violent depictions of immigrants that shaped his 2016 campaign. In reality, no known terrorists have ever entered the U.S. via the Mexico border, according to Miller and the U.S. Department of State.
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