Living in the Southern Border region--one of the most diverse, economically vibrant, and safest areas of the country, home to about 15 million people--we've seen decade after decade, policymakers push to militarize our communities with policies that erase the civil and human rights and quality of life of those of us who live, work and travel through the borderlands. Now President Trump wants to finish building a border wall, further endangering people, communities, and the environment. Meanwhile, we know that #WallsDontWork, and here are 10 reasons why: Continue reading

Over 200 organizations signed and delivered a letter to bipartisan leadership in both the Senate and the House, urging congress to reduce funding for Trump's harmful border militarization and immigration enforcement policies.  Continue reading

  Download as a PDF The Southern Border region is one of the most diverse, economically vibrant, and safest areas of the country, home to about 15 million people. For decades, policymakers have pushed to militarize the southern border region with policies that are detrimental to the civil and human rights and quality of life of those who live, work and travel through the borderlands. Now President Trump wants to finish building a border wall, further endangering people, wildlife and the environment. As we have seen throughout history, #WallsDontWork. Continue reading

On November 1, over a hundred members of Congress sent a letter to Defense Secretary James Mattis requesting answers to the deployment of soldiers to the Southern border. Continue reading

Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC) launched a new video series called “Breaking the Green Line” featuring Jenn Budd, a former Senior Border Patrol Agent and San Diego Sector Intelligence Officer. Budd left the Border Patrol after witnessing firsthand the corruption and abuse that has become a staple of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and specifically Border Patrol, going back several decades.   Continue reading

  “I’m a small-town girl!” laughs Johana Bencomo, Director of Community Organizing at New Mexico Comunidades en Acción y De Fé (NMCAFé), a faith-based organization located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Though much of her life has been spent in small towns, Johana brings big goals and aspirations to her work within NMCAFé, and as the newly-appointed Co-chair of the Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC). Continue reading

SBCC joined over 200 civil rights, racial justice, and faith-based organizing groups in signing a letter sent to Congressional leaders this week, calling on elected officials to end the Trump Administration’s “Zero-Tolerance” immigration policy. The letter states that the “Zero-Tolerance” immigration policy, created by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, has resulted in the mass persecutions of immigrants, family separation, and the transfer of children to detention centers or federal foster care programs. The letter calls on Congress to repeal the policies that make migration a crime, and to oppose anti-immigrant legislation that expands these laws that would make it easier to convict and incarcerate immigrants for longer periods of time. Continue reading

House Republicans will introduce a border militarization and family separation bill this week that would waste more than $20 billion on Trump’s vanity wall and hire thousands of unaccountable border agents, while holding Dreamers and children at the border hostage. Trump is ripping children from their parents in the southern border region as a negotiating tactic to get his vanity wall and hire thousands of unaccountable border agents that only serve to further separate and terrorize communities. Continue reading

by Erwin Mendoza Graphic Designer Starting this week, the Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC) will have a new and vibrant logo! It was time for us to refresh our visual identity to better reflect the work we do in the southern border region, which is to promote policies and solutions that improve the quality of life of border residents. Continue reading

Andrea Guerrero, Co-Chair of the Southern Border Communities Coalition, recently sat down with the documentary film crew of “The Thin Green Line” to tell the real story of Border Patrol that the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see. “The Thin Green Line” is a critical examination of Border Patrol’s abusive practices and lack of oversight and accountability, and how living under the boot of Border Patrol has resulted in devastating losses for our communities, including the erosion of our rights and excessive use of force. Continue reading