Statement on Boston Attacks and the Need for Immigration Reform from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and the Border Network for Human Rights. Immigration Reform is Needed to Strengthen our National Security
March for Immigration Reform! When: Wednesday, April 10. March starts at 12 p.m. Where: Marchers will meet at Armijo Park at the corner of 7th St. and Campbell at 11:30 a.m. The march to San Jacinto Plaza in Downtown El Paso for a rally for immigration reform. (EL PASO, Texas) – This Wednesday, April 10 is a national [...]
Border Leaders and Communities head to D.C. to set the border security story straight More than 200 people are traveling to D.C. to make sure that the voices of the border are brought into the immigration reform debate WHAT: Press conference for Border Advocacy Day WHO: Border congressional leaders, border local elected officials and border families. WHEN: Wednesday, [...]
Communities from the southern and northern borders are traveling to Washington, D.C. to protect the rights of our border communities in the struggle for immigration reform. Poster for Border Advocacy Day
(EL PASO, Texas) – Today a bi-partisan group of 8 U.S. Senators released a set of principles to shape, pass and implement long overdue comprehensive immigration reform. The principles, drafted by Sens. Schumer, McCain, Durbin, Graham, Menendez, Rubio, Bennet, and Flake, represent a mixed bag of immigration policies, with some representing rational, humane and overdue [...]
A group of law enforcement executives, faith leaders, business leaders, academics, lawmakers, members of the media and human rights organizations will gather this Saturday in El Paso to examine the misconceptions about the Border region. For months now, allies of BNHR in law enforcement, academic, religious institutions, community and advocacy organizations, and local, state and [...]
The Supreme Court issued its mixed decision today on SB 1070, Arizona’s notorious anti-immigrant law. BNHR, in conjunction with various social sectors in our region, held a press conference Monday to provide reaction and commentary on the decision and to announce a new strategy to end the spread of racial profiling laws like SB1070 in [...]
