Steller: Border Patrol union embraces hard-line politics
By Tim Steller Arizona Daily Star People have put up anti-Border Patrol signs in Southern Arizona before, bashing the agency or telling agents not to trespass. But a new sign, along the highway in St. David, is the first I’ve heard of that targets the agents’ union, the National Border Patrol Council. “BORDER PATROL” the sign shouts at the top. “THE MEAN GREEN UNIONIZED KILLING MACHINE” “Shooting Unarmed Children Advances The...
ACLU: Tucson Traffic Stops for Immigration Checks Violating Rights
By Suzanne Gamboa American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona said Monday its review of Tucson police records found the department is, with help from the Border Patrol, prolonging traffic stops beyond necessary to check the immigration status of people it stops. The ACLU alleges the extended stops are constitutional violations and go beyond a requirement in Arizona’s SB 1070 law that officers make a “reasonable...
3 Arrested In Border Patrol Shooting, Including Suspected Rock Thrower
By Michel Marizco A U.S. Border Patrol agent is on administrative leave after he fired at a man the agency says threw rocks at him, Tuesday. This is the fourth agent-involved shooting in Arizona since October. The Border Patrol gave more details Wednesday about the agent related shooting. The alleged assailant was an 18-year-old man from Honduras who’d been previously deported. Officials say an agent fired on him twice after he threw...
US House OKs US-Mexico Border Threat Assessment
By Christopher Conover The U.S. House passed legislation Wednesday that would require the Department of Homeland Security to conduct a threat assessment of the border with Mexico. The bill sponsored by Rep. Martha McSally, R-AZ, includes a requirement for a five-year plan to improve border security. McSally said, Border Patrol officials told her the agency only has control of half of the U.S.-Mexico border. Read the full story...
Churches Cross International Borders To Help Migrants
By Stina Sieg The immigration crises in Europe and in the American Southwest have inspired powerful, polarized reactions. In this country, we’ve seen increased deportations and a groundswell of support for more fences and walls on the border. In Europe, borders have been closing, and anti-immigrant backlash has been building. There’s no easy solution to the suffering of refugees and the economic plight of many undocumented...
Otra vez… Arizona
By Christian Ramirez Arizona se convierte, por enésima vez, en escenario de conductas vergonzantes. Y es que el gobierno del estado vecino, no conforme con su siniestro legado de racismo e intolerancia, continúa en su afán de suprimir cualquier indicio de democracia en esa entidad fronteriza. Durante el proceso electoral que se llevó acabo en el estado del Gran Cañón, se registraron todo tipo de irregularidades: número reducido de...