Why Media, Politicians & Border Patrol Got Title 42 End Wrong
Ever since President Biden was sworn into office three years ago, the Border Patrol Union, republicans, right-wing media, legacy media...
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Jenn Budd
Former Senior Patrol Agent turned immigration rights and Border Patrol accountability activist.
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Apr 17, 2023
Rodeo, New Mexico: A town under siege by reckless Border Patrol pursuits.
On March 23, 2023, a vehicle suspected of smuggling migrants was spiked by Lordsburg, New Mexico Border Patrol agents according to the...
Apr 14, 2023
Border Patrol Agent Shoots U.S. Citizen Point Blank
On March 14, 2023, the U.S. Border Patrol pursued a vehicle that agents suspected of smuggling undocumented persons. When the pursuit...
Apr 12, 2023
How Breitbart Helped Cause a Port Shutdown
Even before Joe Biden won the presidency, anti-immigrant right-wing media group Breitbart was on the Border Patrol beat. They have...
Apr 7, 2023
SCOTUS May Put Bad CBP Agents Back in Uniform
To read the various media reports about the U.S. Supreme Court hearing the 5th Circuit Appeals case of U.S. vs Rahimi that recently...
Mar 30, 2023
Sundown McAllen
I love small border towns. There is a unique community of shared cultures and experiences that exists on both sides. My time as an Border...
Dec 15, 2022
Border Patrol Agent Suicides
I guess you could say that I am somewhat of an expert on Border Patrol agent suicides. I have lost many a good friend in the agency to...
Oct 25, 2022
Biden Administration's Intended Coverup of the BPCITs
I was 50 years old when I learned that the Alamo was not fought over Texas independence but over slavery. I am a college educated woman,...
Jul 17, 2022
OPR Once Again Covers Up Border Patrol Misconduct in Horse Patrol Investigation
While Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Commissioner Chris Magnus would like Americans to know that he is dedicated to transparency...
Aug 29, 2021
Dona Taide
Dona Taide and husband Jose at their grandson's memorial. Photo taken by John Kurc. I first saw her in 2019 in Washington D.C. To those...
Jul 16, 2021
They are Still Separating Families
Las Americas in El Paso, Texas I recently spent ten days driving the southern border from San Diego, California to El Paso, Texas. I made...
Jul 7, 2021
There is No Asylum
Photo by John Kurc. Twitter @MoiDarwin I am always hopeful when I visit migrant shelters. When Linda Rivas, attorney for Las Americas in...
May 17, 2021
Changing the Border Narrative
Much of the public discussion of our southern border today is one-sided. It is most often created by those with the most power and the...
May 17, 2021
The Border Patrol is the Crisis
It’s no surprise that there are claims of a new crisis on our border. A new year, a new administration, new policies in regard to who can...
May 17, 2021
Border Patrol Running Media Campaign Against Biden Administration
When the sun came up this morning on day two of the new Biden/Harris administration, I scrolled through the list of new CBP (Customs and...
May 17, 2021
The Ways Border Patrol Hides Its Rape Culture
I wish I could have said I was surprised, but I wasn’t. When ProPublica released their infamous article about Border Patrol’s private...
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