Border Patrol Use of Force Rules: Shooting at Rock-Throwers Still OK
Border Patrol Use of Force Rules: Shooting at Rock-Throwers Still OK
By Julianne Hing, Colorlines On Friday the Border Patrol released guidelines to officers outlining when the use of deadly force is permissable. The guidelines come after intense advocacy from immigrant […]
Dehumanizing the Border
By Aaron Cantú, Latino Rebels On the eve of World War II, the Nazis began to describe the European Jews as “Untermenschen.” The word literally means “subhumans”—a creature that resembles […]
Rio Grande Valley Becomes Epicenter of Growing Humanitarian Crisis
By Melissa del Bosque, The Texas Observer The U.S. Border Patrol recently released some stunning apprehension figures for the Rio Grande Valley. While the rest of the U.S.-Mexico border is still experiencing some […]
Border Patrol, Hospital Sued over Cavity Searches
By John Michaelson, Public News Service AUSTIN, Texas – A lawsuit has been filed against the University Medical Center of El Paso and a number of its doctors, along with Customs […]
Little-known immigration mandate keeps detention beds full
By Ted Robbins, NPR/KPCC Imagine your city council telling the police department how many people it had to keep in jail each night. That’s effectively what Congress has told U.S. […]
Border Patrol Will Continue Killing People Who Throw Rocks
By Elliot Spagat, Huffington Post Latino Voices/Associated Press SAN DIEGO — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Border Patrol agents may continue using deadly force against rock-throwers, the chief of the agency […]
Bodies Pile Up in Texas as Immigrants Adopt New Routes Over Border
By Associated Press/The New York Times FALFURRIAS, Tex. — By the time the woman perished, she had probably slogged 25 miles through dry ranch lands in her quest to enter […]
After brutal summer heat, border-crosser deaths up this year over 2012
By Elisa Cordova, Cronkite News TUCSON – Following brutal summer heat, deaths of border crossers in Pima County so far this year are up from 2012, the chief medical examiner […]
How Crossing The Border Can Get Your Laptop Confiscated
By Adrian Florido, Fronteras A report by The New York Times sheds light on how the United States government has routinely confiscated and searched the computers and electronic devices of people entering […]
Border Technology Contracts Take New Approach
By Jude Joffe-Block, Fronteras PHOENIX – In the coming months, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contracts will be finalized for new surveillance technology along the Southwest border. The federal […]
