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Life Near the Mexican Border

The long term vision is an end to all suffering and death in the desert...

(TUCSON) - “You have no rights here!” barked a U.S. Border Patrol agent to a resident of Arivaca, AZ who was passing through a Customs and Border Protection checkpoint 23 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

This remark confirms a sense of violation of rights that many borderlands residents have when encountering one of the 71 permanent or tactical checkpoints scattered across the southwestern U.S. These off-border sites were condoned by the U.S. Supreme Court more than 40 years ago.

Undocumented Oregonians Take Great Risks to Return Home

Maria Angela Zapoteco Juárez plans to return to her family in Oregon this March through Bring Them Home.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Between March 10th and 12th, 150 undocumented mothers, fathers, children, and students will cross into the United States from Mexico as a part of the Bring Them Home project.

They will cross at the San Ysidro point of entry.

National Bus Tour for Immigration Reform to Arrive in Bend on March 3rd

Fast For Families Across America to bring message of urgency for passage of Immigration Reform with a path to citizenship.

(BEND) - Community members and organizations from Central Oregon will gather on March 3rd to welcome the national bus tour visiting 100 congressional districts.

They are engaging constituents in a dialogue about the moral crisis caused by our broken immigration system.

Thank you, Thai Authorities!

A credible, independent investigation into the alleged January massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is needed.

(JEDDAH Burma Times) - Rohingyas from Arakan, Myanmaar used to escape and flee to neighboring countries because they are/were not safe in their homes and land.

They are still facing several kinds of atrocities not only in own land but also in other countries.

The Deportee Chronicles: The Girl from Guajajalmiton

A former Marine, Veteran of the war in Afghanistan, deported to Mexico.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - She moves between the tables with the grace of the dolphins that sometimes delight the bayside diners of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Greeting customers in Spanish and English, the server has the poise, the demeanor and the intellect to work with an international clientele.

Human Rights News: Mexico Forced Displacement on OAS Agenda

Since 2007, violence from organized crime has transformed forced displacement into a national phenomenon.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - The growing issue of people forcibly displaced by violence in Mexico is getting scrutiny from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).

At a November 1 session of the Organization of American States’ commission in Washington, D.C., a representative of the IACHR asked the Mexican state to enact “specific” policies for forcibly displaced persons.

Hindus Urge `Uniform & Kinder` EU Migration Policy

Rajan Zed urged Pope Francis and other religious leaders of the world to take up this issue with EU as religion told us to help the helpless.

(RENO) - In view of recent tragic incidents resulting in deaths of migrants, Hindus want European Union (EU) to come up with a uniform and kinder EU-wide migration policy.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that the loss of migrants’ life heading to Europe, with one shocking incident after another, was not acceptable. How many more people needed to die before EU took the issue seriously and fixed the policy, Zed asked?

Kurt Schrader Puts Obama`s Shutdown Ahead of National Security: Voted Against Securing America`s Borders

Kurt Schrader Voted Against The Border Safety And Security Act.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Kurt Schrader continued his outrageous commitment to the Democrat government shutdown by voting against funding to secure America’s borders. Schrader voted against the Border Safety & Security Act, which immediately funds border security programs within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). America’s national security depends on funding found within the legislation.

“Kurt Schrader’s reckless vote against funding America’s border security programs puts our nation at risk for terrorism and drug violence,” said NRCC Communications Director Andrea Bozek.

Immigrant Advocates Score Major Legal Wins

“This week’s decisions are a powerful reminder that our Constitution protects immigrants from harassment and scapegoating by state and local governments” - ACLU’s Omar Jadwat

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - While a comprehensive immigration reform waned in the U.S. Congress, significant developments on the immigration front occurred in the courts in July.

In three back-to-back decisions, federal courts struck down state or local laws that attempted to regulate housing, employment and other matters based on a person’s immigration status.

Manus Island, the New `Promised Land` for Refugees Seeking Australia

From now on, political asylum (refugees) seekers will not be able to land on Australia's shore. All will be sent to Papua, New Guinea.

(PAPUA, New Guinea) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has come up with his own Papua New Guinea Solution to deal with boat arrivals containing people seeking asylum in Australia.

In doing so he has scrapped predecessor Julia Gillard’s Pacific Solution Mark II and embarked on a bold move towards border protection while still operating within the parameters of the UN refugee convention.