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Arrested at Gunpoint for not Speaking English?
Daljeet Singh and Mohammed Chotri were on a Greyhound bus headed from Phoenix to Indianapolis. The two were arrested at gunpoint outside Amarillo, Texas, and held for thirty hours because a fellow passenger thought they were speaking Arabic.
CBP Called Her “A whore”: How Border Officers Violate Rights and Strip People of Dignity at Ports of Entry
“You’re a whore.”
By Cynthia Pompa
Watching Out
“Look, but do not stare,” I tell myself, as our group was walked into a circle of hell.
4 Ways Border Patrol Union’s Trump Endorsement Is Filled With Lies and Misinformation
The National Border Patrol Council claims it gets no support from Washington despite bigger budgets and more agents.
By Astrid Dominguez
The Texas Border Surge is Backfiring
The influx of law enforcement officers in the Rio Grande Valley makes residents feel less safe.
Tell the President to Stop Targeting Families
Our government is going after mothers and children trying to escape bloody violence.
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses... No More?
Our Government Continues to Blatantly Ignore Horrors of Families' PlightThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security rang in the New Year by casting a nationwide dragnet targeting Central American asylum seekers for deportation to their home countries. In addition to the raids, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson likewise announced an "expanded messaging campaign" that would "educate those considering the journey north... about the dangerous realities of that journey."
By Terri Burke, Executive Director, 2008-2020
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