Texas Can Do Better: How Communities Stopped An Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Lessons Learned During the 2011 Texas Can Do Better Campaign by the Border Network for Human Rights

Border Policy Report, 2009

2009 Border Policy Report Final

Do You Feel Safe At The Border?

“Do you feel safe at the U.S.-Mexico Border?” Border Residents Respond.

REPORT: El Paso’s Newest Crime Epidemic: Wage Theft In The Borderlands

El Paso Wage Theft Report Draft 6.23.11 FINAL

Accountibility, Community Security and Infrastructure on the U.S.-Mexico Border

The U.S.-Mexico Border and Immigration Task Force is comprised of over 50 individuals and organizations spanning 4 states and comprised of local elected officials, law enforcement, faith leaders, business, labor, academics and community advocates. The diversity of the coalition finds its strength in the notion that that people from very different perspectives can agree when [...]

Respuestas: Encuesta sobre seguridad (Agosto 2010)

Respuestas: Encuesta sobre seguridad (Agosto 2010)

Reporte: Encuesta sobre la seguridad (Agosto 2010)

Reporte: Encuesta sobre la seguridad (Agosto 2010)

August 10, 2010:Border Security Report

If you were to believe the political rhetoric about the security situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, you would probably never want to live there. It is regularly described as a lawless war zone, not a place where regular people go to work and raise families. Recently, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer spoke of “murder, terror and [...]

U.S.-Mexico Border reports: 2000-2005

The Border Network for Human Rights has coordinated community-based campaigns to document cases of law enforcement misconduct.  Local residents were trained as Rights Promoters on how to identify and document law enforcement abuse.  More than 50 Rights Promoters from various border communities in the region have been the leading force in observing, educating and documenting [...]

2006 Migrant Deaths report

Immigrant advocates and human rights workers along the border have reported a drastic increase in migrant deaths since the inception of border enforcement strategies. Since 1994, the number of reported border deaths has exceeded 3,000.  Border enforcement policy is seen as a direct correlation to this increase, yet little has been done by the U.S. [...]

Report to the United Nations – 2006

Read the 2006 BNHR UN Report by clicking here.

2009 Abuse Documentation Campaign Report

It has been 10 years since we first started to record testimonials of police abuse in the community. Looking back now, we can see that our practice of educating the community about civil rights and at the same time engaging with law enforcement agencies to address problems has paid off. Over ten years, we found [...]

About BNHR

The Border Network for Human Rights is one of the leading immigration reform and human rights advocacy organizations in the U.S. BNHR has a membership of more than 800 families, or close to 4,000 individuals, in West Texas and Southern New Mexico.

Ongoing Campaigns

Accountable Border Security
Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Promotion and Protection of Civil and Human Rights

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Texas office: 2115 Piedras, El Paso TX, 79912
New Mexico office: 209 Lopez St, Anthony NM, 88021