Posted by Cristina Parker on November 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
(EL PASO, Texas) – Living on the border, almost any day can be a day of the dead. Dia de los Muertos is a holiday to remember and honor the dead. But for border residents, the day has a unique and tragic meaning. The outdated and broken U.S. system leaves the vast majority of immigrants [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on April 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Department of Justice Announced Friday that the U.S. will not pursue charges in the 2010 shooting death of 15-year-old Sergio Hernandez-Guereca by a Border Patrol agent. The agent, standing in El Paso, shot and killed Hernandez-Guereca, who was standing in Mexico. The Border Network for Human Rights has been publicly demanding justice and accountability [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on August 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Let it be known to all in the U.S. that killing citizens of other countries is legal, so long as the victim dies on foreign soil. The decision of Senior U.S. District Judge David Briones to dismiss a $25 million suit against the U.S. filed by the family of a 15-year-old Juárez boy who was [...]
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In case you missed it during the excitement of Barack Obama‘s visit to El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday, House Speaker John Boenher was telling lies about border communities in a desperate attempt to undermine the growing immigration reform movement. Boehner said that Congress needs to focus on border security and decreasing border violence before turning [...]
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