Local group informs people crossing border into the U.S. about their rights
By Erika Cervantes
People who cross the U.S.- Mexico border to shop in San Ysidro or visit family in the area say they’re living in fear. They say it’s because of President-Elect Donald Trump and his promise to crack down on immigration.
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Sign-on Statement by Elected Officials to Uphold Constitutional Protections Throughout the United States
We, state and local elected leaders and legislative bodies, charged with serving and protecting our constituents, do hereby express our concern that federal police powers to act without a warrant, granted to federal immigration authorities in perimeter states including California, Michigan, New York, Florida, and Texas, erode the integrity of the U.S. Constitution, jeopardize our communities, and undermine public safety for all.
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La nominación de John Kelly para el Departamento de Seguridad Interna preocupa a las comunidades fronterizas
Activistas y líderes comunitarios temen que Kelly genere más militarización en la frontera y afirman que 'los generales pertenecen al campo de batalla y no a las comunidades'.
TUCSON, Arizona - Organizaciones fronterizas expresaron su preocupación por la nominación del general jubilado del USMC John Kelly para dirigir el Departamento de Seguridad Interna (DHS), el cargo con más responsabilidades en el control de la frontera y las deportaciones.
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An Arizona-based advocacy group is accusing US Border Patrol of using the desert's harsh terrain as a ‘weapon'
By Rory Carrol
The US Border Patrol agency has engineered the death and disappearance of tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants by using the desert wilderness as a “weapon”, according to an advocacy group.
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Ex-Internal Affairs Chief Criticizes Border Patrol Training
By Astrid Galvan
PHOENIX (AP) — The former head of internal affairs at U.S. Customs and Border Protection says in a Supreme Court filing that an agent who killed a Mexican teen in a cross-border shooting should be held accountable.
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Views from Alongside a Border
By Michael Seifert
Last week I was helping clean up the small room that serves as a clinic at the Sacred Heart Respite Center in McAllen, Texas. Looking for a broom, I noticed a woman seated in a chair in the corner of the hallway, her ankle monitor plugged into a wall socket. She looked nervous and sad, and so I introduced myself. Our conversation was halting—she was from the Quiche region of Guatemala and Spanish was her second language, as she had grown up speaking her mother tongue.
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Lawmaker proposes state legal help for noncitizens, as Trump adminstration draws near
By Kate Morrissey
State Sen. Ben Hueso, D-San Diego, introduced a bill Monday in the state legislature that would fund legal representation for noncitizens facing deportation.
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Warrants detail alleged smuggling scheme by Customs and Border Protection officer
By Kristina Davis
To U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Jose Luis Cota, the unauthorized immigrant women he fingerprinted and processed before their return to Mexico weren’t just detainees — they were potential customers, investigators say.
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Court Orders Government to Fix Inhumane Conditions in Border Patrol Holding Cells
Washington D.C. - A federal district court today found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is violating the constitutional rights of people detained in holding facilities in Arizona and ordered the government to take steps to improve conditions in these facilities, known as hieleras. This is the latest turn in a legal challenge filed in June 2015 by the American Immigration Council, National Immigration Law Center, Morrison & Foerster, the ACLU of Arizona, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights.
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Cities Vow to Fight Trump on Immigration, Even if They Lose Millions
By Jennifer Medina and Jess Bidgood
LOS ANGELES — Here in Los Angeles, where nearly half of the city’s residents are Latino, Mayor Eric Garcetti has vowed to do everything he can to fight widespread deportations of illegal immigrants.
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