Fandango Fronterizo music sharing event helps mends fences at US-Mexican border
Not much can get across the U.S.-Mexico border fence these days, but every year at Friendship Park, a security zone between San Diego and Tijuana, music is heard coming over the thick metal fence.
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Steller: Border Patrol union embraces hard-line politics
By Tim Steller Arizona Daily Star
People have put up anti-Border Patrol signs in Southern Arizona before, bashing the agency or telling agents not to trespass.
But a new sign, along the highway in St. David, is the first I’ve heard of that targets the agents’ union, the National Border Patrol Council.
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Ahead of a possible Trump wall, a look at one US border town
In the McAllen, Texas, region, trade and jobs are thriving.
By Heesun Wee
Donald Trump wants to deport millions of immigrants and erect a wall, funded by Mexico, along the southern border.
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Border Accountability & Justice Vigil: Stop CBP Violence
The San Diego coroner’s office classified Anastasio’s death as a homicide, recording in addition to a heart attack: “several loose teeth; bruising to his chest, stomach, hips, knees, back, lips, head and eyelids; five broken ribs; and a damaged spine.”
Border Accountability & Justice Vigil: Stop CBP Violence
Wednesday, June 1st at 12pm - 12:30pm
Please join the Southern Border Communities Coalition and the ACLU for a vigil to mark six years since border agents brutally beat and killed Anastasio Hernández Rojas, and to call for justice for Anastasio and all other victims of border brutality.
Where: Sidewalk near entrance to Customs and Border Protection Headquarters @ 14th Street NW side of Ronald Reagan Building, btw Pennsylvania Ave + Constitution Ave
What: Vigil outside CBP HQ with signs and placards. We will have some signs to share, but please make and bring your own!
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Survey: Tijuana, San Diego Students Lead Increasingly Binational Lives
By Jean Guerrero
San Diego and Tijuana students frequently cross the border and have close relationships with people on the other side, according to preliminary findings from a UC San Diego study announced Thursday.
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Black, Latino activists call for unity during forum
By Tatiana Sanchez
Black and Latino leaders stressed the need for their communities to band together to combat social injustices, at a forum last weekend in Barrio Logan.
A panel discussion at the Saturday event, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, highlighted the deaths of two unarmed men of color who died during altercations with law enforcement.
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Crowds Welcome Bernie Welcome Sanders in San Diego
May 22,2016 (San Diego) -- The Democratic presidential candidates’ campaigns both held rallies and other events in the San Diego region over the weekend in anticipation of California’s June 7th primary.
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ACLU alleges 'unchecked abuse' at U.S.-Mexico border
By Catherine E. Shoichet and Madison Park
A complaint filed Tuesday accuses U.S. officers of "unchecked abuse" at the border.
Several Mexican women claim they were arbitrarily detained and strip-searched, and never told why they'd been singled out. A U.S. citizen alleges that an officer yanked his 11-year-old son's arm, causing a hairline fracture. A legal permanent resident of the United States says an officer screamed at her and falsely accused her of being a fugitive.
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When Students Stand Against Border Patrol Presence at Career Fairs, Administrators Should Take Their Direction
By Pedro Rios
In late April at San Diego City College over two-dozen students quickly mobilized after learning that Border Patrol agents would have a booth at the career fair. The students solicited support from their professors, who also reached out to community organizations, and planned a public demonstration at the Quad where the career fair would be held. On the morning of the career fair, several students reported seeing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials setting up a booth at the Quad – (CBP is the Border Patrol’s parent agency). By midday, however, Macy’s store representatives occupied the booth originally assigned to the CBP officials. Border Patrol and CBP recruitment agents were nowhere to be seen.
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Border fence impact on wetland mixed
Water quality remains top concern in Tijuana River Valley
By Joshua Emerson Smith
As birds sing and lizards scuttle in the lush vegetation of the Tijuana River Valley, helicopters circle overhead, and Border Patrol agents on all-terrain vehicles comb the area looking to stop illegal border-crossers.
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