Early on July 15, a man waved down agents from the Border Patrol’s Tucson sector patrolling near Arizona highway 289 and told them his brother was sick and convulsing. Agents found the man nearby, unresponsive; they called paramedics, but the… Read moreMore border deaths in Arizona
From July 16 to 20, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 274 immigrants in the area of Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Those arrested included 233 men, 28 women and 13 children, said ICE spokesperson Carl Rusnok. Of the 274, 99… Read moreHundreds arrested in Dallas area ICE raids
From the Arizona Star, July 25: Two ex-Army men receive 4+ years in drug sting A crack-addicted Army National Guard sergeant who corrupted his underlings and a Tucson Army recruiter who corrupted his soldier brother were sentenced to federal prison… Read moreFBI sting National Guardsmen in border coke busts
From Northern California’s Redding Record-Searchlight, July 13, via BoingBoing.net, which notes “The D.E.A. working with National Guard troops and Blackhawk helicoptors set upon Shasta County, California this week to deal with the domestic terror threat of… pot growers”: John P…. Read moreDrug Czar: pot growers are terrorists
An unauthorized migrant drowned in a border canal in El Paso, Texas, on June 27 after a US Border Patrol agent trying to rescue him was hit in the head with a rock thrown by a suspected smuggler, Border Patrol… Read moreMigrants die on Mexican border
On June 23, some 500 activists marked World Refugee Day by gathering outside the T. Don Hutto Residential Center, an ICE detention center holding immigrant families with children in Taylor, Texas. The facility holds more than 500 immigrants, including hundreds… Read moreTexas activists protest ICE prisons
On July 5, De La Salle High School in Concord, California, was locked down for 15 minutes while ICE sought to arrest a construction worker on the school grounds. Confusion erupted after two Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officers… Read moreICE arrest locks down California school
First Nations activists held protests across Canada over the Canada Day holiday weekend in a National Day of Action against the Conservative government emphasizing land claims and other disputes. In Ontario, camouflage-clad Mohawks, some reportedly armed, blocked Highway 401 between… Read moreCanada: Mohawks block roads, rail lines in National Day of Action
On June 24, several thousand demonstrators, many carrying US flags, marched through Hollywood, California, to demand full rights for immigrants. Police estimated the crowd at 1,100. Organizer Raul Murillo said the marchers want lawmakers in Washington to know immigration reform… Read moreLos Angeles: protesters defend immigrant rights
On June 28, the US Senate defeated a measure that would have limited debate on immigration reform and cleared the way for final passage of a proposed “compromise” bill. The measure to end debate and move forward with the bill… Read moreImmigration bill fails
Early on May 31, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Benito A. Gonzalez after trying to handcuff him in an unincorporated area north of Escondido, California, just east of Interstate 15. Gonzalez was an out-of-status immigrant who lived in… Read moreUndercover border agent kills migrant
On June 15, a federal judge in Trenton, New Jersey, ruled that officials at the Monmouth County jail in Freehold can use intravenous or feeding tubes to force feed immigration detainee Samuel Izrailovich Shevaniya, who is on hunger strike. Shevaniya… Read moreHunger-striking immigration detainee force-fed in NJ
