In 2022, the staff, organizers, and members of the Border Network for Human Rights continued with the mission to facilitate the education, organizing, and participation of marginalized border communities to defend and promote human and civil rights.
Since the early 2000s, we have documented abuses committed by law enforcement agencies operating in the El Paso-Southern New Mexico region through an annual Abuse Documentation Campaign (ADC). Check out the report.
by Border Network for Human Rights · Published January 31, 2022 · Last modified February 1, 2022
In 2021, the staff, organizers, and members of the Border Network for Human Rights continued with the mission to facilitate the education, organizing, and participation of marginalized border communities to defend and promote human and civil rights.
by Border Network for Human Rights · Published October 28, 2021 · Last modified October 29, 2021
U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar (D-TX) and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) join border delegation in press conference amid Senate introduction of bill demanding oversight of immigration enforcement agencies Next Tuesday, a delegation of...
“The abuse we are witnessing right now against Haitian asylum seekers in Del Rio is abhorrent. The images of Border Patrol officers on horseback chasing and whipping Black Haitians looking for safety following a...
On September 19, the Senate Parliamentarian issued a decision rejecting Congressional Democrats’ inclusion of a pathway to citizenship in the reconciliation proposal, which would have benefitted millions of immigrants, including Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status...
The following is a statement from Adriana Cadena, managing director of the Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance (RITA), on the Senate Parliamentarian’s decision rejecting the inclusion of a pathway to citizenship in the reconciliation...
by Border Network for Human Rights · Published April 20, 2021 · Last modified April 21, 2021
After 11 hours of deliberation by the jury, a verdict was reached in Minneapolis today on the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, finding Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. Read the statement from Fernando García, executive director of the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) on the verdict.
On Thursday, April 15, the New Ellis Island Border Policy Group convened dozens of stakeholders in a meeting with Anna Hinken, Senior Engagement Liaison at DHS, to facilitate ongoing dialogue on border communities’ major concerns as the Biden administration works to fix the broken immigration system and build a more just and humane border.
by Border Network for Human Rights · Published March 9, 2021 · Last modified April 16, 2021
EL PASO – On Sat., Feb. 27, 2021, the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) convened and estimated 70 community delegates from the border region spanning across Texas and New Mexico in the annual...
EL PASO – In a White House daily briefing today, Press Secretary Jen Psaki further walked back the Biden administration’s commitment to immediately terminate cruel and unjust policies implemented during the Trump presidency that...
On December 5th, 2020, the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) and other allied organizations will lead a caravan to launch the 2021 Immigration Reform Campaign at the Borderland to demand that Congress and...
by Border Network for Human Rights · Published November 16, 2020 · Last modified April 18, 2024
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The Border Network for Human Rights, founded in 1998, is one of the leading human rights advocacy and immigration reform organizations located at the U.S./Mexico Border. BNHR has over 7,000 members in West Texas and Southern New Mexico.
Offices Located at: 2115 N Piedras St, El Paso, TX 79930
