Welcome to the BNHR

  • The Border Network give its member the tools to speak for themselves and share their struggles and dreams with the public.
  • The Border Network organizes trips to the capital so community members can educate their representatives about comprehensive immigration reform.
  • Around 700 families are members of the Border Network in El Paso, Texas, and Southern New Mexico. These families often have mixed immigration statuses.
  • Many of our members had never engaged civically before their joined the Border Network.
  • The Border Network provides education in human and civil rights to its coordinators who, in turn, spread the information in the communities during weekly meetings.
  • The Border Network engages with law enforcement agencies (such as Customs and Border Protection) to find common solutions for a more sensible border policy.
  • The Border Network believes in changing policy from within the system and in reaching out to other sectors who can be loyal allies.
  • Each year, around 400 migrants die trying to cross into the United States. The Border Network honors these sons and daughters whose lives are needlessly lost.

The Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) is one of the leading immigration reform and human rights advocacy organizations in the United States. Based in El Paso, Texas, the BNHR has a membership of more than 700 families, or close to 4,000 individuals, in West Texas and Southern New Mexico. It also helps organize other civic-minded groups along the border and is the force behind the Texas-wide Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance.

The BNHR’s mission is to organize border communities through human rights education and to mobilize our members to ignite change in  policy and practice. The BNHR has three ongoing campaigns -Comprehensive immigration reform; Accountable and responsible border policy; and Protection and Promotion of civil and human rights.