SOUTHERN BORDER -- Christmas Eve, a time normally reserved for goodwill towards community and family, brought news of the second death of a child in U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) custody this month. Continue reading

SOUTHERN BORDER -- President Trump stuffed bricks in the country’s stockings as he proudly headed toward a partial government shutdown over his border wall starting tonight, possibly leaving hundreds of thousands of federal employees without pay during the holiday season. Continue reading

SOUTHERN BORDER --  The tragic death of Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin, a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl, who died of septic shock, fever, and dehydration while in Border Patrol custody is a stark reminder of the horrific human cost of militarizing the southern border with unaccountable agents and deadly walls. Continue reading

SOUTHERN BORDER -- Today, during a live televised meeting with Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, President Trump not only threatened to shut down the government, but also proclaimed he was “proud” to do it, if he is not given funding for his harmful, deadly and wasteful wall. Continue reading

    WASHINGTON - The Indivisible Project, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), the Southern Border Communities Coalition and United We Dream released the following statement: Continue reading

  MISSION, TX-- On Friday, the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC) filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to challenge its use of unlawful waivers to expedite border wall construction in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Continue reading

SAN DIEGO, CA --  Yesterday, on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, the Trump administration closed the San Ysidro Port of Entry as border agents fired tear gas and rubber bullets at men, women and children seeking asylum at the busiest border crossing in the world. Continue reading

Signers call on Congress to reject any funding deal that will allow a corrupted and abusive Department of Homeland Security to further militarize the border and harm immigrant communities. WASHINGTON, DC -- More than 200 non-governmental and advocacy organizations sent a letter to congressional leadership today in advance of the December 7th expiration of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) budget, calling for bold leadership in support of immigrant communities already suffering under the Trump administration’s bloated immigration enforcement apparatus. Continue reading

SOUTHERN BORDER -- On a press call today, experts from the four southern border states discussed the post-midterm election effects on the upcoming funding fight for Trump’s plan to further militarize border communities with more border wall, border agents, active-duty troops, and immigration detention beds. Congress has until Dec. 7 to fund the Department of Homeland Security for Fiscal Year 2019, and House Speaker Paul Ryan has promised to have a “fight” about it that could lead to a partial government shutdown. In addition, and surprisingly, the U.S. Department of Defense has been willing to reallocate funds to the construction of border walls and the deployment of active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading

SOUTHERN BORDER -- Today, President Trump resorted to a familiar theme of demonizing families and children seeking safety, threatening to hold them indefinitely in detention, and potentially deploying more troops to southern border communities than are stationed in 160 countries combined. Continue reading