Border agents beat Anastasio to death in 2010 in the first case of its kind brought before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights SAN DIEGO, CA -- Family and friends of Anastasio Hernández Rojas will gather at Chicano Park this Thursday May 31st on the 8th anniversary of his death at the hands of border agents to announce a mural honoring his life by local artist Victor Ochoa. Continue reading

SOUTHERN BORDER REGION --  A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a woman in Rio Bravo, Texas on Wednesday. While details of the incident are still emerging, a neighbor was able to capture on camera the disturbing moments following the shooting in which she asked an agent “Why did you kill that woman? You killed her!" Continue reading

SAN DIEGO, CA -- Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions visited the southern border region to announce the Trump Administration’s intention to separate children from their parents and criminally prosecute all unauthorized border crossers, regardless of whether they are applying for asylum or not. Continue reading

SOUTHERN BORDER -- Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz, who shot and killed a 16-year-old Mexican teenager, Jose Antonio Elena Rodríguez through the border fence in Nogales in 2012, was found not guilty of second-degree murder. In addition, the jury was unable to find consensus on the charges of voluntary or involuntary manslaughter.   Continue reading

SOUTHERN BORDER REGION -- U.S. Congressional Reps. Jeff Denham (R-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Will Hurd (R-TX) and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair, Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), announced today that they had enough votes to potentially force a debate and vote on several bills that could protect Dreamers, including the bipartisan DREAM Act of 2017. Continue reading

SOUTHERN BORDER REGION - In another round of the President Who Cries Wolf for a Wall, Donald Trump announced plans to deploy U.S. troops on U.S. soil. Continue reading

SOUTHERN BORDER REGION -- Congress reached a $1.3 trillion budget deal to fund the government for the next six months and potentially avoid another self-inflicted shutdown. The deal includes $1.6 billion in border enforcement measures that would fund a limited amount of new and replacement border wall barriers in the southern border region, but excludes the hiring of more Border Patrol agents for Trump’s deportation force. Continue reading

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is notorious for its violence and corruption WASHINGTON DC / SOUTHERN BORDER -- Today, the U.S. Senate voted 79 in favor and 19 against to consider the appointment of Kevin McAleenan as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner, with a final vote scheduled for Monday. Continue reading

President Trump’s proposed border wall is wasteful, harmful and irresponsible   SAN DIEGO - Today, President Trump visited San Diego, CA, the largest city in the southern border region, to inspect his prototype border walls. Much like his border enforcement policy, Trump persists on using falsehoods --not facts-- to justify his border wall, which is hateful, wasteful and irresponsible. Continue reading

The fight to protect young immigrants, who are Americans in all but paper, will continue until a pathway to citizenship is found   Continue reading