Posted by Cristina Parker on November 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment
(EL PASO, Texas) — On Tuesday, BNHR members shared stories of loved ones lost and demanded justice from the U.S. and Mexican governments. Deportations under Barack Obama have continued at a record-breaking pace. And on the border, a deportation can be a death sentence. This fact ripped through the families of BNHR members Janet Marquez [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on October 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Texas Public News Service EL PASO, Texas – Se espera que esta tarde en El Paso cientos de residentes de comunidades fronterizas busquen lograr el compromiso de los congresistas clave con la reforma migratoria. El representante Luis Gutiérrez, de Illinois, y el de California, Joe Baca, se reunirán con Silvestre Reyes de El Paso en [...]
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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 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment
A new report from Tucson, Ariz., organization No More Deaths (NMD) finds U.S. Border Patrol systematically deprives detainees of basic rights, medical care, and food and that such abuses represent a “culture of cruelty.â€Â This culture is fostered by a lack of oversight and accountability for the agency, part of the largest federal law enforcement [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on September 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment
(LAS CRUCES, New Mexico) — Holding photos of their children and families, hundreds of southern New Mexico residents gathered in the Plaza in Old Mesilla Monday to tell Sens. Steve Fischmann and Mary Kay Papen that enough is enough. “She keeps talking about terrorists getting fake licenses,†said Araceli Alvarado, of Las Cruces, of Gov. [...]
Categories: News · Tags: anti-immigrant, bnhr, border, border communities, border issues, Border Network, border network for human rights, civil rights, drivers license, family values, Gov. susana martinez, human rights, immigration reform, las cruces new mexico, new mexico drivers license, senator mary kay papen, senator steve fischmann