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As has been reported, a dead person was found Wednesday stuck to the buoys Texas officials installed at the Mexican border, per Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Alicia Bárcena

The DOJ is suing Texas to have the buoys removed.

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Some people who don't read our new report about CBP/Border Patrol human rights violations might view it as an attack on agents as people.

Wrong. The problem is the circumstances in which agents work, and the incentives that come with them.

Report is here—wola.org/analysis/accou…

Incredibly proud of Nicole Elizabeth Ramos #BurnItAllDown and the rest of the Border Rights Project team at Al Otro Lado for their critical work in bringing this lawsuit to fruition. Saving one’s life shouldn’t depend on a glitchy smartphone app

Our litigation director Melissa Crow spoke with Gustavo Solis about our lawsuit challenging the Biden admin's new turnback policy.

People fleeing for their lives have a right to seek asylum at the border. Full stop.
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A huge victory for the borderlands! Eagle Pass, TX unanimously votes to 'rescind and terminate' Gov. Abbott's militarized takeover of a riverfront park at the heart of the community.

Our homes will not be turned into warzones.

Judge Jon Tigar declines to extend the pause on his ruling against the Biden administration's effort to restrict asylum along the southern border.

Unless a higher court intervenes, his ruling will take effect on August 8, blocking the asylum restrictions.
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This is outrageous. For context Operation Lone Star until last month only targeted migrant men—an equal protection violation so severe a Texas appeals court ruled that it was unconstitutional.

Fathers arrested with kids were *supposed* to be exempt, but clearly weren’t always.

This is what #OperationLoneStar looks like in Eagle Pass at Shelby Park.

I didn’t see them while I was flying the drone but you can see men waiting by the banks of the river, in the heat, beside the concertina wire.

ICE Air deportation just left for Haiti. Almost beyond belief in the same week the US issues a do not travel notification and brings home staff for safety (see thread below). Guerline M.Jozef Brian Concannon Eleanor Acer Robyn Barnard #WelcomeWithDignity Witness At The Border Douglas Rivlin 🇺🇲

We are excited to partner with Little Amal on her Walk Across America, with American Immigration Council HIAS MomsRising NLG San Francisco Bay Area We Are All America #WelcomeWithDignity The Young Center & many other arts, govt, humanitarian & immigrants' rights partners! #WalkWithAmal #WelcomeWithDignity

1/3 This morning our crew was informed about a boat in distress. 41 people, including one baby in an overcrowded and unseaworthy iron boat were made stable by our crew with rescue equipment, water and medical assessments, whilst we tried to contact the Italian authorities.

The world’s 500 richest people collectively added $852 billion to their fortunes during the first half of 2023.

That's an average of $14 million a day for each.

It's not radical to tax the rich. It's radical to allow this level of extreme wealth concentration to continue.

It's been 5 yrs since the govt was supposed to reunite families torn apart by #FamilySeparation . We're defending families in court while Justice Department is defending this cruel policy.
📢 Join our call for #Justice4SeparatedFamilies !
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These farm workers in Mendota CA were busy picking tomatoes for 82 cents a bucket. By 9am it had reached 80° on its way to a high of 105° for the day. #WeFeedYou #CALOR

They escaped war....
faced perilous journeys...
only to fall into the hands of human traffickers.
This is the reality for too many refugees.
Join us in the fight to #EndHumanTrafficking .

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National Guard troops intimidating migrants looking for a safe spot to sleep away from preying crime groups by firing gunshots. Horribly dehumanizing behavior.

Another consequence of US immigration policy and externalization of immigration enforcement to countries like #Mexico .

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered state troopers to push migrants into the Rio Grande to prevent them from their legal right to seek asylum. This and the dehumanizing, anti-immigrant rhetoric from Republicans are connected

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Anna Gallagher, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, joined other Catholic leaders in applauding the decision of U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar to block the Biden administration’s asylum ban.

Read more: cruxnow.com/church-in-the-…

Over decades, a handful of Congress members - both Democrats and Republicans, but all men - who were also on the NRA’s board, helped the gun lobby pass laws, transform courts and pervert the Second Amendment, resulting in the deaths of millions in America. nytimes.com/2023/07/30/us/…