Protesters confront Border Patrol agents at Las Cruces headquarters
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There were several tense moments during the protest, which ended peacefully and without any arrests or citations. Continue Reading
Haussamen’s Border Patrol encounter featured in article about journalism in the borderlands
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An article published by Columbia Journalism Review details how an experience Haussamen and his girlfriend had at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint served as “a professional wake-up call for Haussamen.” Continue Reading
Trump’s pick for Homeland Security is inheriting a border agency known for human rights abuses
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Congress needs to make sure Gen. Kelly will reform Customs and Border Protection to prevent civil rights abuses. Continue Reading
NMSU won’t call itself a sanctuary campus or ban immigration officials
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New Mexico State University won’t declare itself a sanctuary for immigrants without legal status or ban federal law enforcement officials from campus, Chancellor Garrey Carruthers said Friday. Continue Reading
What are your rights at U.S.-Mexico Border Patrol checkpoints?
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Under federal law, checkpoints are legal. But officers do have limits in what they can ask you. Continue Reading
Border corruption often has family roots
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David Cruz joined the U.S. Border Patrol because he wanted to be “part of the best.” But family pressures, disillusionment, love and greed drove him to begin taking bribes to help immigrants enter the country illegally. Continue Reading
A border rancher explains the art of survival
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For more than two centuries, the Escobar family has ranched along the Rio Grande. For almost as long, smugglers have moved people and product across their property. Continue Reading
Unfair policy too often results in immigrants losing personal property
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We cannot neglect our responsibility to these detainees to treat them fairly, and we cannot neglect the responsibility we have to ourselves to uphold the values that make our country great. Continue Reading
The importance of civil education and assertion at border checkpoints
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If we as Americans feel like our rights are being violated we have a right to verbalize it. Continue Reading
Local Border Patrol union votes to support Trump endorsement
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The vote was close — 14-13 in favor of continuing to support Trump, according to an El Paso Times reporter’s tweet. Continue Reading
Local Border Patrol agents challenge national union’s Trump endorsement
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On Tuesday, the agents will ask their local union to reject the national union’s endorsement. Continue Reading
Some feel anxiety about Border Patrol checkpoints; others defend them
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My recent column prompted others to share their stories. Several expressed anxiety about the Border Patrol’s inland checkpoints. Others said the checkpoints are necessary. Continue Reading
An abuse of power at a border crossing
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But is it worth it to fight it in the moment? No. Their power in the moment is just words with threats of intimidation under the veil of justice. Continue Reading
This U.S. citizen demands better from the Border Patrol
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Had our daughters been with my partner and me as we drove through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on March 23, the agent we encountered would have taught them to be terrified of law enforcement officers. Continue Reading
Voices from the border: Illegal crossings and deportations
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Every month, busloads of deported undocumented immigrants arrive at the southern border, returning to Mexico after serving prison time in the United States. Meanwhile, other migrants prepare to attempt illegal border crossings. Here are some of their voices. Continue Reading