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Nogales International: “Border city battles fluctuating influx” |
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“In a dusty triangle just south of the Mariposa Port of Entry, a group of Mexican men sit on plastic chairs at a makeshift camp, watching a World Cup soccer match on TV as darkness approaches on June 30. The U.S. Border Patrol picked up the men in Arizona, California and even Canada, they said, and deported them to Nogales, Sonora. The majority are originally from the Mexican interior and strangers to this border city.”
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AlterNet: “Immigrants' rights groups say AZ lawsuits are just the beginning” |
“Danielle Alvarado, a spokesperson for No More Deaths, which works to provide humanitarian aid to migrants, said, while the DOJ lawsuit was a first step, SB 1070 was only ‘a symptom of the anti-immigrant sentiment. It is not just about one piece of legislation.’”
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Amherst Bulletin: “Human rights at the border: Young local man joins efforts to stop deaths of migrants” |
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“SHUTESBURY, MA—Remy Fernandez-O'Brien just returned from the Arizona-Mexico border, where he got a perspective on the immigration question that few lawmakers have.”
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Local TV Coverage of Anti–S.B. 1070 Actions |
