The Disturbing Reality of Border Patrol's Confiscation of Migrants' Belongings Border Patrol routinely trashes and confiscates migrants' medications, legal documents, religious items, and other essentials. ACLU Affiliate American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona Media Contact media@aclu.org (212) 549-2666 125 Broad Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 United States PHOENIX, AZ – Today, the ACLU of Arizona released From Hope to Heartbreak, a report detailing how inhumane …Read More
Arizona Advocates Denounce CBP’s Prolonged Closure of the Lukeville Port of Entry
For Immediate Release: January 4, 2024 Contact: Greer Millard, gmillard@firrp.org As organizations deeply committed to principles of humanity and justice at the U.S.-Mexico southern border, we are dismayed by CBP’s month-long closure of the Lukeville port of entry, which has adversely impacted the economies of our border communities and reinforced misleading narratives that asylum seekers are to blame. In truth, as the Biden administration has failed to allocate adequate resources at ports …Read More
Abuse and Lack of Accountability at the U.S.-Mexico Border
New Report Recommends Key Reforms for U.S. Border Agencies FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 August, 2023 CONTACT Wola Adam Isacsonaisacson@wola.org+1 202 329 4985www.wola.org Kino Border Initiative Zoe Martens zmartens@kinoborderinitiative.org+1-612-226-6187www.kinoborderiniative.org Border Patrol has the right to apprehend someone, but in the proper way, not wrongfully. Many people are afraid of the Border Patrol. Thanks be to God- He gave me the strength to endure and …Read More
August – September Media Report
KBI Joins 160+ organizations calling for CBP to be held accountable for pattern of abusive practices. The ACLU amplified humanitarian organizations’ call for investigations into CBP abuses and for greater accountability. Among these abuses are numerous documented cases of border officials confiscating migrants’ belongings and failing to return them. Confiscated items include everything from money to religious objects like rosaries. Uncertainty and desperation in Nogales: asylum-seeking …Read More