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

Second-ranking House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday that Democrats are willing to accept funding for President Trump’s harmful border wall in exchange for "Dreamer" protections. Young immigrants, particularly Border Dreamers, have repeatedly said they do not want to be used as bargaining chips to further militarize the southern border region. Border communities do not want or need more border militarization and Rep. Hoyer needs to know that this is unacceptable. Continue reading

Today, 45 civil rights, advocacy, and community organizations wrote to ask governors in all 50 states to reject President Trump’s plans to deploy the National Guard to the southern border by declining to send state troops. Noting the xenophobia and bigotry that are driving this action, the groups urged Governors to make a public statement condemning any vigilante violence at or near the border. Continue reading

Foolhardy. That’s how the vast majority of Americans feel about a border wall. And with good reason. Continue reading

On March 7, 2018, more than 350 organizations national, state, and local organizations released a letter urging Congress to provide permanent protections for Dreamers and reduce funding for immigration enforcement, border enforcement, and detention in the FY18 Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice appropriations bills. Together, the signers represent 39 states and the District of Columbia.  Continue reading

The Southern Border Communities Coalition has joined dozens of organizations including United We Dream, American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center, calling on Congress to reject President Trump’s $25 billion slush fund to build a harmful wall along the southern border. Continue reading

Today, the Southern Border Communities Coalition along with more than 250 national, state and local organizations sent a letter urging congressional leaders to enact permanent protections for Dreamers and reject the White House’s nativist wish list. Continue reading

More than 30 cities and counties in the four southern border states have passed resolutions against a border wall including: Continue reading

Trump’s wall would cut through the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge as well as other protected land including indigenous land, communities, and private properties. But Trump wants to waive over 20 laws that are set in place to protect these lands to start building a border wall. We can’t let him erase our people, our communities, our sacred land, and our wildlife. Continue reading

As negotiations continue to protect Dreamers, members of Congress such as Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Luis Gutierrez have recklessly opened the door to more border enforcement, specifically to more walls that hurt communities, commerce and wildlife. Continue reading