Border Patrol

Border Patrol Policies Kill Hundreds Of Migrants Each Year

February 24, 2021 Tina Vásquez, Prism. Educate! Border Patrol, Migrants, State Violence

Each year, untold numbers of migrants disappear in the borderlands after being pushed into dangerous and remote terrain by Border Patrol, the same agency that is then tasked with responding to migrants’ search and rescue emergencies. A new report released Wednesday found that the federal agency does not respond to 40% of these emergency calls. In a series of reports published over the course of five years, the southern Arizona organizations No More Deaths and La Coalición de Derechos Humanos have cataloged and reported the specific Border Patrol policies and tactics that have fueled a crisis of death and disappearance in the borderlands. The first report, released in 2016, detailed the 1994 Border Patrol policy “Prevention Through Deterrence” in which the United States militarized

Threats to Due Process In US Immigration Courts

February 2, 2020 By Katherine Hawkins, POGO Educate! Border Patrol, Due Process, Immigrant Rights

The immigration court system has a long history of imperfectly meeting due process requirements, even though the due process clause of the Constitution applies to removal proceedings. There is a mismatch between the courts’ limited resources, their large and growing caseload, and the potentially devastating consequences of deportation decisions. These chronic problems have been compounded by a series of recent policy changes that have drastically curtailed immigration courts’ independence and immigrants’ rights to seek relief from deportation.

Former Customs And Border Protection Agent Blows The Whistle On Culture of Corruption

September 24, 2019 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. Podcast Border, Border Patrol, Corruption, Immigrant Rights

Customs and Border Protection is in the news with the recent article in the New York Times on the lowered morale among CBP officers. Much of it stems from public opposition to the detention and separation of families and mistreatment of adults and children, whether it be crowded cells with unsanitary conditions and inadequate food or sexual and physical abuse of children and deaths. Immigrant detention is being compared to concentration camps. We speak with Jenn Budd, a former CBP officer turned whistleblower, who speaks about the reality of CBP from the inadequate training to the compromising and corruption of officers, from the misogyny to the racism and what happens to officers who speak out. Budd describes the dysfunctional culture of the CBP in detail and shares her wisdom on whether or not CBP should continue to exist.

“Dirtbag,” “Savages,” “Subhuman”: A Border Agent’s Hateful Career And The Crime That Finally Ended It

August 31, 2019 AC Thompson, Blackagendareport.com Educate! Border Patrol, Immigration, Undocumented

It was late November 2017, and Matthew Bowen, a veteran Border Patrol agent, was seething. A fellow Border Patrol agent in Texas had just been found dead in the field, and Bowen was certain someone who’d been crossing the border illegally was responsible for murdering him. “Snuffed out by some dirtbag,” Bowen, stationed in Nogales, Arizona, said in a text later obtained by federal authorities. Bowen, if lacking in evidence, wasn’t alone in his anger and suspicion. President Donald Trump...

For True Climate Justice, Abolish ICE And CBP

August 14, 2019 By Josue De Luna Navarro, Inequality.org Strategize! Border Patrol, Climate Change, ICE

Last month, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Senator Kamala Harris released their Climate Equity Act – the first draft of a critical component of a Green New Deal. The act aims to protect marginalized communities as Congress attempts to “address” climate change by creating a system that gives environmental legislation an equity score based on its impact on “frontline communities.” By their definition, frontline communities include people of color, indigenous and low-income people, as well as groups vulnerable to energy transitions...

CBP Agents Interrogate US Citizen, Seize His Phone, After Venezuela Solidarity Trip

August 4, 2019 Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone Project. Educate! Border Patrol, Embassy Protection Collective, Human Rights, Venezuela

A US citizen has told The Grayzone that the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service detained him on his way home from Venezuela and violated his privacy. Sergio Lazo Torrez, a 31 year-old Nicaraguan-American, said the CBP forced him to open his cellphone, grilled him about his political beliefs, and demanded information about his contact with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Torrez was returning to the Washington, DC area on the evening of August 2 when he was detained by CBP at Dulles International Airport in Vienna, Virginia. He had just participated in a week-long tour of Venezuela with over a dozen US citizens, including this journalist and two other reporters for The Grayzone.

Are We Monsters?

July 19, 2019 Staff, Historicly.substack.com Educate! Border Patrol, Immigration, Repression

Lyudmilla Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper who was known for her accuracy. She had killed nearly 300 Nazis. During World War Two, she was also given the harder task of being a diplomat and coordinating with the US. Having never seen a woman in such a high-level military rank, Eleanor Roosevelt took a liking to her and invited her to stay in the White House. At that point, an American journalist asked her "How does it feel to kill 300 men?" She responded with "they weren't men. They were fascists."

What To Do In An Age When Crossing The Border Is A Crime

July 8, 2019 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. Podcast Border Patrol, Detention Centers, ICE Raids, Immigration

It wasn't always a crime to cross the border, but now it is not only a crime but we are also housing immigrants in concentration camps under severe conditions and prosecuting those who try to assist them. As awareness of the inhumanity of immigration policy in the United States grows, people are taking action to change it. We speak with immigration attorney Heather Benno about how the laws have changed (hint: it started way before Trump) and practical advice for immigrants and human rights advocates about how to handle ICE raids, plus information about upcoming actions. Being a human and seeking asylum are not crimes.

Trouble At The Border, American Concentration Camps

July 6, 2019 Robert C. Koehler, Common Wonders. Educate! Border Patrol, Immigration, Militarization, Racism

Yes, we have a serious problem at the border — indeed, at every border we create and defend with force of arms and bureaucratic indifference. “‘If you want water, just drink from a toilet.’ That’s what border patrol told one thirsty woman we met on today’s #DemsAtTheBorder trip. These are the same CBP personnel who threatened to throw burritos at members of Congress. Changes must be made.” So tweeted U.S. Rep. Judy Chu in the wake of a visit by congressmen and women to Texas border facilities last week, stirring even further incredulity and disgust about the nature of these American concentration camps for immigrants. The problem we have is ourselves.

Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths And Post Sexist Memes

July 3, 2019 A. C. Thompson, Pro Publica. Educate! Border Patrol, Facebook, Racism, Sexism

Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Texas on Monday and posted a vulgar illustration depicting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in oral sex with a detained migrant, according to screenshots of their postings. In one exchange, group members responded with indifference and wisecracks to the post of a news story about a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in May while in custody at a Border Patrol station in Weslaco, Texas. One member posted a GIF of Elmo with the quote, “Oh well.” Another responded with an image and the words “If he dies, he dies.”

#NoKidsIn Cages

June 16, 2019 No Kids In Cages. Resist! Border Patrol, Immigration, Migrant Children

Over 3000 children were separated from their parents at the border. They live in cages. Sleep on the floor. They cry out and are not comforted. They’ve spent an average of 154 days away from their parents. They’ve been shuttled around between 17 different states. They sleep under $0.68 blankets in freezing temperatures. This is not history. This is happening now. Hundreds more have been separated. 6 children have died. #NoKidsInCages is about the children. We cannot be a nation that separates families. For those who’ve forgotten, it’s time to remember and raise our voices. For those who didn’t know, it’s time to understand the plight of these innocent children.

Trump Wants Mexico To Become His Own Border Patrol

June 8, 2019 David Brooks, La Jornada Educate! Border, Border Patrol, Mexico, Trump Administration

Donald Trump, head of a political party whose symbol is an elephant, accuses Mexico of taking advantage of the United States for decades, allowing an “invasion” of people and drugs, and he says there is nothing to talk about with his Mexican counterparts unless they fulfill his orders. This is nothing but the same storyline he used for his presidential campaign and which seems to work for his internal political electoral purposes. This has nothing to do with facts, data and reasons about one the most complex bilateral relations in the world.

Border Official Admits Targeting Journalists and Human Rights Advocates With Smuggling Investigations

May 18, 2019 Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept Educate! Border Patrol, Mexico

When first confronted with evidence that it was collaborating with Mexican law enforcement in a sweeping intelligence-gathering operation targeting journalists,

Students Face Criminal Charges After Calling Border Agents ‘Murderers’

April 7, 2019 Katherine Mangan, The Journal of Higher Education. Resist! Border Patrol, Free Speech, Higher Education, Immigration

Two University of Arizona students who protested an on-campus presentation by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency last month by calling the agents "murder patrol" and "an extension of the KKK" have been charged with misdemeanors, university officials confirmed on Tuesday. The case is being closely watched by free-speech advocates who say it is unusual for arrests to follow a nonviolent campus protest. They say tougher crackdowns on student protests can be expected in light of President Trump's executive order threatening to withhold federal money from campuses that fail to protect free speech.

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