EL PASO, January 12, 2021 – Today, the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) will lead a peaceful march repudiating President Trump’s visit to Alamo, Texas, to oversee the completion of a 400-mile section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in the area. During the event, local advocates will not only call for an immediate halt of […]
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BNHR Condemns Border Patrol Use of Force on Juarez Families Peacefully Swimming in Rio Grande
Aug. 13, 2019 – Statement by Border Network for Human Rights Executive Director Fernando Garcia: “It is very disturbing only a week after a mass shooting targeting Mexicans and people of color in an El Paso Walmart, that Border Patrol launched pepper balls against Mexican families swimming in the Rio Grande. The dehumanization of, and […]
Sixth Migrant Child Dies in Trump Administration Custody
May 20, 2019 – Statement by BNHR Executive Director Fernando Garcia “The chronicle of an announced death has just become a reality. We again hang our heads in mourning as what we dreaded, yet feared would be inevitable under the Trump Administration, has indeed come to pass. Another child has died in Federal immigration custody, […]