Border security initiatives violate rights of migrants and residents, advocacy group says
Border Network for Human Rights releases findings from the 2022-2023 Binational Abuse Documentation Campaign
by: Fernie Ortiz
Posted: Jul 17, 2023 / 07:01 PM CDT
Updated: Jul 18, 2023 / 08:23 AM CDT
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — An immigrant advocacy group continues to see what it calls a systemic pattern of abuse and lack of accountability under which law enforcement agencies interact with migrants and border residents.
During its binational abuse documentation campaign, the El Paso-based Border Network for Human Rights identified 177 alleged cases of abuse, and it documented 52 cases of abuse allegedly committed by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies from El Paso and Southern New Mexico to Texas’s Rio Grande Valley.
Each year, volunteers interview migrants and members of the community, urging them to document instances of abuse, ranging from verbal, psychological and physical abuse to the denial of due process, racial profiling and gender discrimination.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-security-initiatives-violate-rights-of-migrants-and-residents-advocacy-group-says/
