Posted by Cristina Parker on February 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
(EL PASO, Texas) — The next national movement for equal rights is kicking off in El Paso. As part of the national Human Rights at Home campaign aimed at building a human rights movement, the Border Network for Human Rights has organized the El Paso Regional Human Rights Convention for February 18. The convention will [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on January 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“…I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on November 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment
EL PASO, Texas – Immigrant families and their supporters rallied in El Paso on Tuesday to call attention to what they describe as a “deadly combination”: U.S. deportation practices and Mexican cartel-related violence. Yanet Marquez, 24, spoke at the rally. Last month, the El Paso woman says, her husband was accidentally killed in a gang-related [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on October 10, 2011 · 1 Comment
Texas Public News Service EL PASO, Texas – Hundreds of border-community residents are expected to seek immigration reform commitments from three key congressmen this evening in El Paso. Illinois Representative Luis Gutierrez and California’s Joe Baca will join Silvestre Reyes of El Paso at the public forum, sponsored by the Border Network for Human Rights. [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on October 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
(EL PASO, Texas) — Recognizing the deepening crisis caused by a broken immigration system, the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) has convened a dialogue on immigration and border policy with Representatives Silvestre Reyes and Luis Gutierrez and Joe Baca. On Monday, October 10, these lawmakers will hear the concerns, ideas, recommendations of border residents [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on September 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
(ANTHONY, New Mexico) — In the end, the pressure was too intense. Of the several bills designed to restrict or repeal driver’ licenses for immigrants living in New Mexico, none passed in this special session. Lawmakers in Santa Fe were faced with more than five thousand petitions, hundreds of phone calls, multiple mobilizations and thousands [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The media has covered the fact that Gov. Susana Martinez’s family came to the U.S. from Mexico (gasp!) illegally at least a month ago. We have covered the issue here as well. But it looks like Martinez finally went on the record. The governor has tried to dance around the truth about her grandparents so [...]
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