Whether most — or even a significant fraction of — corrupt federal border agents are caught and punished is an open question. Customs and Border Protection boasts of more stringent screening and monitoring of its agents but releases little data to back up its claims.
Neena Satija
Neena Satija worked at the Tribune from 2013 to 2019. She was an investigative reporter and radio producer for the Tribune and Reveal, a public radio program from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Previously, she was the environment reporter at the Tribune. A native of the Washington, D.C. area, she graduated from Yale University in 2011, and then worked for the New Haven Independent, the Connecticut Mirror, and WNPR/Connecticut Public Radio. She has also been a regular contributor to National Public Radio. As an East Coast transplant she is particularly thrilled with Austin tacos and warm weather.
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Bordering on Insecurity
Reveal Radio: When Border Watchdogs Become Criminals
This hour of Revealfeatures a joint investigation with The Texas Tribune on federal border watchdogs who turned criminal.
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Bordering on Insecurity
How Investigators Linked a Headless Body to a Border Patrol Agent
When Franky Palacios Paz was found naked and decapitated floating off South Padre Island, the local sheriff thought the murder would lead investigators back to Mexican drug cartel violence. He didn’t expect a U.S. Border Patrol agent to be among those arrested.
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Higher Education
Supreme Court Ruling Could Spur Changes to Top 10 Percent Rule
The U.S. Supreme Court may have upheld UT-Austin’s use of race in admissions, but the battle over the issue is just getting started. Thursday’s ruling could pave the way for scaling back the controversial Top 10 Percent Rule in the state.
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Higher Education
Race and UT-Austin Admissions: A Snapshot of the Past Five Years
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the University of Texas at Austin could continue to consider race as part of its application evaluation process. Here’s a graphical look at that process.
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Demographics
At A&M, Diversity Increases Without Affirmative Action
Texas A&M University sparked outrage when it decided in 2003 not to use affirmative action in its admissions process. But since then, the school’s black and Hispanic population has grown faster than that of the University of Texas at Austin.
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The Price of Admission
Reveal Radio: Nearly Neighbors, Worlds Apart
On this episode of Reveal, we explain how an attempt to boost diversity in Texas colleges could, paradoxically, end affirmative action. This is part of our Price of Admission series.
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Energy
Texas Congressman Working on Bill to Speed Hurricane Protection Plan
Two days after U.S. Sen. John Cornyn filed legislation seeking to expedite a hurricane protection plan for Texas, U.S. Rep. Randy Weber said he expects to introduce a companion bill in the U.S. House in the coming weeks.
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Energy
Cornyn Files Bill to Speed Texas Hurricane Study
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has filed legislation to expedite a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study that will determine how best to protect the Houston region from a devastating hurricane.
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Energy
Texans in Congress Largely Silent on Hurricane Protection
With a price tag sure to reach into the billions, building seawalls and floodgates to protect Houston and Galveston from a killer storm will almost certainly require a massive infusion of federal money, state officials agree.