We mourn the killing of José Antonio Elena Rodriguez. We lament and decry the absence of justice, and we are wholeheartedly dismayed by the fact that the abuse that killed him is commonplace among CBP officials, especially Border Patrol. In this piece, we will relate the patterns of abuse, including accounts we have heard directly from migrants. After years of hearing these stories, scrutinizing policy, and scouring data, we have concluded that CBP is either unwilling or unable to rectify …Read More

Injustice is felt at the human level. When we talk about our priorities and values - like justice, equity, and policy change, they can seem like lofty or nebulous ideas. The reality couldn’t be further from the truth. Our empathy and our primary orientation is for people. We know and we listen to our siblings in migration. It’s precisely because we listen that we care about injustice and policy, because we see the effects on individual lives. One of the worst outcomes injustice can have …Read More