CBP Must Value Life in Order to Improve Facilities
By ChaKiara Tucker
Recently, I, along with various members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from across the country and a handful of immigration attorneys were given tours of CBP’s Processing Center and Ursula, a short-term detention center where migrants are housed until they are sent to family members.
Although I wasn’t expecting a 5-star facility with quality amenities, I, along with my colleagues, were in no way prepared for what we saw. Disgusting, deplorable and dehumanizing seem to be the most fitting adjectives to describe the conditions of these facilities.
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Students protest Border Patrol, Chick-fil-A
By Gary Warth
OCEANSIDE — Dozens of MiraCosta College students protested the presence of U.S. Border Patrol recruiters and the fast food chain Chick-fil-A on campus Thursday afternoon.
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Lost items on US-Mexico border become art
By Julia Hutton
Two Oakland artists are taking an innovative look at the US-Mexico border conflict in Border Cantos, an exhibition now on display at The San Jose Museum of Art.
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ACLU: Tucson Traffic Stops for Immigration Checks Violating Rights
By Suzanne Gamboa
American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona said Monday its review of Tucson police records found the department is, with help from the Border Patrol, prolonging traffic stops beyond necessary to check the immigration status of people it stops.
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In this New Mexico town, you can see where Pancho Villa turned history on its head
By: Catherine Watson
COLUMBUS, N.M. — As you drive into this dusty little village just three miles north of the Mexican border, you wouldn’t guess that a bloody event here would have affected a world war and kept the town’s name in the history books for more than a hundred years.
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Border Patrol’s campus visit causes controversy
By Alex Birnel
“They mentioned gathering up illegals at UTSA and sending them off in a van,” says senior Anthropology major Viktoria Zerda. “They said it in a joking manner.”
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Mexican shoppers surge across the border for lower prices in US
By Molly Bilker
NOGALES, MEXICO — The pedestrian crossing line into the United States winds out of the port of entry building and into the city on an early weekday afternoon. As those waiting mingle in line, others return to Mexico coming the other way, arms heavy with shopping bags.
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Americans with no passport at border face fines
EL PASO - U.S. citizens returning to the country without a passport could soon face fines.
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Border Patrol releases statistics on fatal border crossings
LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - More people are dying in their attempts to cross the border illegally reports the Laredo sector Border Patrol.
It's part of the statistics they released on Friday, which also shows one drug's rise in apprehensions.
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Former congressman: Border Patrol Union endorsement of Trump could hurt border security
By Tomas Hoppaough
A former congressman says the National Border Patrol Council's endorsement of presidential candidate Donald Trump could hurt border security.
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