Health Impacts of Deportation Report
A survey of deportees in Nogales, Sonora, shows elevated levels of stress, abuse, and trauma among people detained and removed from the United States. Read more about the report here.
No More Deaths Testifies Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
On March 27, No More Deaths volunteers presented testimony before for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights at a hearing in Washington, D.C. The hearing was convened in response to advocates’ long-standing complaints regarding the treatment of detainees in short-term Border Patrol custody along the U.S.-Mexico border. No More Death’s testimony focused on the findings...
Oprah Magazine Discusses Immigration Enforcement and Border Patrol Abuse
The April issue of Oprah magazine features an article about the hardship and family separation caused by immigration enforcement. Titled Hiding in Plain Sight: Inside the Life of an Undocumented Immigrant, the article profiles a Tucson woman named Anna and her struggles to keep her family together in the face of the heavy Border Patrol...
Shooting Case Confirms Lack of Accountability Within Border Patrol
A Border Patrol agent is facing a civil suit on behalf of Jesús Enrique Castro Romo, a resident of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico who was shot by the agent in November 2010 while he lay face down on the ground. The agent, Abel Canales, also faces a federal indictment on charges of accepting brides to repeatedly...
CNN Story Documents Dangerous Deportation Practices
A recent CNN story highlights dangerous deportation practices carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) along the U.S.-Mexico border. In 2010, 863,647 people were removed or returned (deported) by U.S. immigration authorities, the overwhelming majority repatriated to Mexico. With cartels consolidating their control of the border region, Mexican border cities are increasingly dangerous places for those...
New York Civil Liberties Union Releases Report on Border Patrol Abuses at Canada-U.S. Border
On November 9th the NYCLU released a new report called “Justice Derailed: What Raids on Trains and Buses Reveal about Border Patrol’s Interior Enforcement Practices” which is the first-ever publication to document Border Patrol transportation Raids in upstate New York and the human rights violations that occur in the process. Open this announcement and then...
Arizona ACLU Releases Report Documenting Abuses in Immigration Detention Centers
June 2011 Through the Immigrant Detention Advocacy Project, the ACLU of Arizona has worked for two years to document civil and human rights abuses in immigration detention centers in Arizona. Based on 115 face-to-face interviews with detainees held in Eloy and Florence, Arizona, the 36-page report, “In Their Own Words: Enduring Abuse in Arizona Immigration...
Purchase a Copy of the Report
Print copies of the report in English and Spanish are available for purchase at No More Death’s webstore hosted by Peace Supplies. Click here to order online or go to http://peacesupplies.org/No-More-Deaths/Report_A-Culture-of-Cruelty.html
