(EL PASO, Texas) – The shooting death of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, 16, at the hands of Border Patrol on October 10 at the border at Nogales, Arizona, is just the latest in a disturbing trend of agents using lethal force against migrants. The Border Network condemns this killing and the dozen that came before [...]
(EL PASO, Texas) — The Border Network for Human Rights on June 7 marked the second anniversary of the killing of 15-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca with a march for justice. About 250 people marched one mile from Downtown El Paso to the fence separating at U.S.-Mexico border to meet with Sergio’s family. There, Teresa [...]
EL PASO, Texas — The number of illegal border crossings from Mexico has dropped sharply in recent years, but that hasn’t slowed human-rights violations against border-area residents, according to community advocates marching in El Paso today. Two years ago, 15-year-old Sergio Hernandez Guereca was shot and killed for throwing rocks as border patrol officers were [...]
Dear President Barack Obama: You can sign this petition online at Change.org During the last 30 years our communities on the U.S.-Mexico border have lived with an unprecedented wave of enforcement policies, strategies, and programs. Some of those have been designed to protect our country from real threats. But the vast majority have been ill-conceived [...]
