Opinion: Growing up, Border Patrol harassed my community. I now work to hold the agency accountable.
I have been arrested, threatened and harassed many times by federal agents for bearing witness to their abusive actions.
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I have been arrested, threatened and harassed many times by federal agents for bearing witness to their abusive actions.
Alejandro Ramos made his final trip home inside a coffin. In early 1997 Ramos was one of 14 people who died after exposure to the freezing weather in East County after crossing illegally into the U.S. A reporter and a photographer followed Ramos' coffin on his final trip home to Ignacio Ramirez, a coastal community in Chiapas, Mexico.
Nearly 50 people have drowned over the past six years in the All-American Canal, which runs along the southern border in Imperial County. Advocates say simple safety measures that could save lives aren’t being taken.
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's 1993 immigration bill is a blueprint for what sensible immigration reform could look like.
In May 2018, as Trump’s family separation policy became a major scandal, former Obama speechwriter and “Pod Save America” host Jon Favreau tweeted a photo of two migrant girls sleeping on the floor of a cage. “Look at these pictures. This is happening right now, and the only debate that matters is how we force our government to get these kids back to their families as fast as humanly possible.” As a number of his replies pointed out, the photos were actually from 2014, when his boss was still President. As with Biden’s response to the recent assault on Haitians, Favreau was fixated...