El Deportadoby Creighton Backpack Journalism Can you Imagine? / Puedas Imaginar?by Pete Burr Kino Border Initiative – the church without frontiers / La iglesia sin fronterasby Pete Burr …Read More
Teaching Immigration with the Immigrant Stories Project
Teaching Immigration with the Immigrant Stories Project, from the Immigrant History Research Center at the University of Minnesota and The Advocates for Human Rights. …Read More
No Guardrails: Border Patrol’s Widespread Pattern of Abuse and Impunity
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
We lament 10 years of justice denied for José Antonio Elena Rodríguez
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
“Surely, you don’t have kids. That’s why you speak to us like this.” – Iris shares her story of CBP abuse.
A better system for migration is possible. We must create the political will to enact it – and we know migrants play a key role in creating this will for change. Today, we are relaying a story from one of The Revolutionaries, a group of migrants who formed to organize marches and actions to press for migrant rights. Iris* is one of these courageous men and women, and she shared her own story of abuse at the hands of migration officials throughout her journey at our March for Migrant Dignity on …Read More
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