Witness in the News

Biden must not bring back ‘baby jails’ 4/6/23

U.S. Flies Migrants Caught at Canada Border to Texas in Deterrence Effort 3/22/23

The Border: ‘Witnessing It Changes Your Life’ 12/24/22

Tension, confusion reign on the U.S.-Mexico border as Title 42 remains in limbo 12/20/22

From Texas to San Diego, activists drive length of border to call for more humane migration policies 12/19/22

Journey for Justice wraps up 2,200-mile trek along southern border 12/19/22

‘Journey for Justice’: Immigrants and Advocates Begin 2,200-Mile Pilgrimage Across U.S.-Mexico Border 12/11/22

https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/title-42/a-lot-of-hearts-breaking-due-to-extension-of-title-42-protesters-say/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral 5/23/22

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/21/leaders-human-rights-groups-urge-biden-safeguard-asylum-access-us 4/21/22

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/18/2075371/-Charter-airline-that-deports-Black-asylum-seekers-slammed-for-tweet-claiming-to-honor-MLK 1/18/22

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/11/15/2064280/-The-WRAP-African-Asylum-Seekers-Tell-All-Tale-of-ICE-Torture 11/15/21

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-donald-trump-joe-biden-health-af698c3434cc31dfbce43a66fbf43b49 11/3/21

https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/10/20/torture-and-cruel-federal-complaint-alleges-ice-officers-bounded-african-immigrants-for-hours-ahead-of-deportation-flights/ 10/20/21

https://thegrio.com/2021/10/14/black-migrants-tortured-ice-human-restraint/ 10/14/21

https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/14/ice-detention-dallas-texas-deportees/ 10/14/21

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/story/2021-10-13/ice-torture-asylum-seeker-deportation 10/13/21

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2021/10/13/civil-rights-complaint-says-african-migrants-were-restrained-shackled-in-cruel-inhumane-way/ 10/13/21

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58620147 9/20/21

https://www.justsecurity.org/78510/us-brutality-against-haitian-migrants-highlights-us-mexico-collusion-and-repositioning-in-latin-america/ 10/7/21

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/us/politics/biden-administration-haiti-texas.html 9/18/21

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57149721 5/24/21

https://elpasomatters.org/2021/05/20/critics-raise-concerns-over-expanding-fort-bliss-megasite-for-migrant-children/ 5/20/21

https://time.com/601us-expel-migrantsts-mexico-shelters/

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-17/cracks-open-in-bidens-border-closure-under-pressure-from-lawsuit-advocates-and-easing-pandemic

https://diario.mx/el-paso/con-marcha-abogan-por-los-menores-migrantes-detenidos-20210430-1789876.html?fbclid=IwAR2cmOXsj_VoF-Sy8ugzYQ2lscM0QCzfQ5ENjIV6aGaXkio64Fzljl7KYW8

https://cbs4local.com/news/local/walk-for-children-a-rally-in-honor-of-unaccompanied-minors-in-el-paso

https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-04-30/immigrant/opponents-of-u-s-immigration-policies-march-in-el-paso/a74124-2

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/a-trump-era-rule-is-still-turning-away-migrants-at-the-border-el-paso-activists-are-marching-to-demand-biden-end-it/

https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/immigrant-rights-group-hold-a-rally-in-honor-of-unaccompanied-minors-in-el-paso

https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/migrant-centers/advocates-to-biden-fort-bliss-no-place-for-migrant-children/

https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2021/03/24/ohio-lawmakers-debate-border-crisis 3/24/21

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-18/orange-county-organizers-urge-halt-to-deportation-of-vietnamese-refugees 3/18/21

https://prospect.org/justice/year-of-border-lockdown-and-counting-mexico-immigration/#.YFIL_KSgmIo.twitter 3/17/21

https://theintercept.com/2021/03/14/child-migrant-detention-biden-immigration/ 3/14/21

https://prospect.org/justice/deportation-as-usual-biden-struggles-to-reshape-immigration-policy/?fbclid=IwAR2qzcRQqnhm1TEsU4e8Ukg-daOs_PQ-9tk9-4paG4QiCQhriJ1Gs80Q3Dk 2/18/21

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ad8qd/why-bidens-ice-is-still-deporting-people 2/12/2021

https://prospect.org/justice/ice-cancels-controversial-deportation-flight-to-cameroon/ 2/4/2021

https://wgntv.com/border-report/theyre-noncitizens-not-aliens-biden-administration-says/ 1/22/2021

https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/immigration/with-covid-19-travel-restrictions-still-in-place-migrant-expulsions-will-continue-at-border/ 1/21/2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/in-one-of-its-last-acts-trump-administration-tried-to-deport-man-to-haiti-who-has-never-been-there/2021/01/20/738d88e4-5b49-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html 1/21/2021

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/01/theres-still-slavery-in-mauritania-that-didnt-stop-ice-from-deporting-people-there-on-tuesday/ 1/20/2021

https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/61226-trump-dumps-plane-full-africans-nairobi 1/17/2021

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/16/ice-african-deportation-flight-asylum-seekers-nairobi 1/16/21

https://historyteller.medium.com/ 1/12/2021

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/31/opinion/grim-stories-asylum-seekers-caught-up-americas-cranked-up-deportation-machine/ 12/31/2020

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/29/us-steps-up-deportation-haitians-coronavirus 10/29/2020

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2020/10/28/hundreds-deported-by-us-to-guatemala-during-pandemic-had-covid-19/5902239002/ 10/28/2020

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/story/2020-10-15/cameroon-congolese-deported 10/15/2020

https://www.ncronline.org/news/coronavirus/deportation-flights-helping-spread-pandemic-says-witness-border 9/1/2020

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/how-immigration-activism-group-witness-at-the-border-tracks-hundreds-of-deportation-flights-90695237895 8/26/2020

https://carbontrace.net/witness-at-the-border/ 5/31/2020

https://brooklynrail.org/2020/04/field-notes/Diary-from-a-Genocide-in-the-Making April 2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/11/814602596/asylum-seekers-reaching-u-s-border-are-being-flown-to-guatemala 3/11/2020

https://northamericanreview.org/open-space/witness-border-update 3/4/2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/remain-in-mexico-deportation-asylum-guatemala/2020/02/20/9c29f53e-4eb7-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html 2/27/2020

https://www.borderreport.com/top-stories/exclusive-police-protesters-clash-over-valentines-day-deportation-flights-at-south-texas-airport/ 2/24/2020

https://www.tpr.org/post/more-600-asylum-seekers-have-been-sent-guatemala-under-trump-policy 2/18/2020

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200214/gahanna-man-inspired-to-help-immigrants-at-border 2/14/2020

https://www.midvalleytowncrier.com/2020/01/22/hispanic-caucus-tours-migrant-camp/ 1/22/2020

https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/immigration/protesters-picket-migrant-judicial-courts-in-brownsville-texas-on-sunday-start-vigil-against-mpp-policy/ 1/12/2020

HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA

https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/08/05/all-children-have-been-moved-from-homestead-detention-center-theyre-not-coming-back/ 8/5/2019

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/these-groups-want-to-close-homestead-miami-child-migrant-camp-11228510 7/28/2019

https://miami.cbslocal.com/video/4123689-over-300-gather-to-protest-homestead-detention-center/ 7/13/2019

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-2020-homestead-immigrant-democratic-candidates-20190628-story.html 6/2

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-homestead-migrant-children-debates_n_5d1382abe4b01ab45fc182b4 6/26/2019

https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article230328259.html 5/12/2019

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article225602780.html 2/8/2019

TORNILLO, TEXAS

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-15/why-tornillo-s-migrant-youth-detention-center-closed

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2019/01/11/activist-who-camped-outside-tornillo-tent-city-warns-of-immigrant-childrens-upcoming-legal-battles/ 1/11/2019

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2018/12/24/beto-o-rourke-says-tent-city-no-longer-accepting-teen-migrants-and-seems-to-be-shutting-down/ 12/24/2019

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/24/carols-tornillo-protesters-sing-migrant-children-trump-tent-city 12/24/2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/12/22/outraged-by-family-separations-this-man-has-held-solitary-vigil-desert-two-months/ 12/24/2018

https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/el-paso/2018/12/15/beto-orourke-veronica-escobar-call-closure-tornillo-shelter-jeff-merkley-mazie-hirono-tina-smith/2323387002/ 12/15/2018