General Info
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| Updates & Announcements |
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 No More Deaths is seeking to fill the position of 2010 Volunteer Coordinator. Please see the description of the position and the application for the position. Applications are due by February More... |
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Monday, 25 January 2010 No More Deaths is proud to be conducting its third consecutive Alternative Spring Break program. The program runs for three weeks from March 6 to 27, on a Saturday-to-Saturday schedule. More... |
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Sunday, 24 January 2010 Check out the reorganized Donate page, which now boasts a Vehicle Donation Form. If you have a used car or truck you would like to see used for a good cause, please consider offering it to us as a tax-deductible More... |
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| News Releases |
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Friday, 04 December 2009 At a hearing on Friday, December 4, No More Deaths volunteer Walt Staton was threatened with 25 days imprisonment for leaving clean drinking water More... |
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Monday, 31 August 2009 Tucson, AZ: On Wednesday, September 2, 13 volunteers from the humanitarian groups No More Deaths, Samaritans and Humane Borders will be arraigned on More... |
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Wednesday, 12 August 2009 Tucson, AZ: On Tuesday, August 11 No More Deaths volunteer Walt Staton was sentenced to 300 hours of community service and 1 year unsupervised More... |
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Newsletter: December 2009 |
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The December 2009 edition of the No More Deaths newsletter is available for download (pdf, 1.2 Mb). |
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Take Action: Ask Sec. Salazar to Sign Memorandum of Understanding |
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Please write to Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, asking him to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with humanitarian groups to prevent needless death and suffering on public lands.
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Read more... [Take Action: Ask Sec. Salazar to Sign Memorandum of Understanding]
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Background: Operation Streamline |
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Operation Streamline is one of the key components of the United States policy of “deterrence” of unauthorized immigration. Unlike border militarization, it requires the active cooperation and participation of the US Department of Justice. Like the militarization of the border, there are serious questions about its legality.
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Read more... [Background: Operation Streamline]
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San Francisco Bay Guardian: “Crossing the line” |
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“As a volunteer with No Mas Muertes (No More Deaths), a humanitarian camp in Arizona, SF Pride member Molly Goldberg has seen firsthand what being deported and trying to cross the border means to immigrants in terms of loss of dignity and life. ... ‘They are bottle-necking it so folks cross in the most difficult, deadly area,’ she said. ... ‘The Border Patrol is using the desert as a weapon and harassing people who go to the border to give humanitarian aid,’ [Service Employee International Union Local 1021 organizer Robert] Haaland said.”
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Read more... [San Francisco Bay Guardian: “Crossing the line”]
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Catholic News Service: “Humanitarian group, Refuge at odds over aiding migrants in desert” |
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“Defying Staton’s conviction, 13 humanitarians from No More Deaths, Tucson Samaritans and Humane Borders went out to the wildlife refuge to leave behind water jugs for migrants. All 13, including Franciscan Father Jerome Zawada, received littering tickets.”
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Read more... [Catholic News Service: “Humanitarian group, Refuge at odds over aiding migrants in desert”]
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