Every day, ICE scoops up people of Mexican origin from federal, state, and local jails and takes them to the border. Their funds do not go with them. In the first half of 2017, people deported to Nogales recovered $117,532.04 from their jail accounts through our unique “check-cashing service.” Volunteers have developed multiple recovery methods to use based on whether a person was deported with an unusable check, debit card, or neither. Continue reading Where is ICE leaving Nogales deportees’ money behind?
Stepped-up efforts to fight disappearance
- Our help line for lost border crossers and their families launched July 10. Five trained search-and-rescue/search-and-recovery (SAR) operators field the calls. There have been almost 300 calls so far.
- Volunteers worked with Águilas del Desierto, the Ajo Samaritans, and migrant-rights advocates in Sonora to bring about the recovery of 20 individuals’ remains.
Fall fundraising appeal
Dear friends of No More Deaths,
The Border Patrol raided our camp on June 15. Armed agents entered the clinic and took four patients from under our medical team’s care. The raid was a violation of a long-standing agreement not to interfere with our work, but it drove home the fact that our government—at the highest levels—is determined to go after undocumented people no matter their circumstances. Continue reading Fall fundraising appeal
Support the Trans-Gay Migrant Caravan
On August 10, a caravan of seventeen LGBTQI migrants presented themselves at the port of Nogales to claim their right of asylum in the United States. Five remain in detention and need your support. Continue reading Support the Trans-Gay Migrant Caravan
Work goes on in multiple desert corridors despite obstruction by the government
We are witnessing the effects of the harshest border and immigration policies yet. Figures from the International Organization for Migration show a 17 percent increase in deaths on the US–Mexico border. The need for a civilian, humanitarian response grows. Continue reading Work goes on in multiple desert corridors despite obstruction by the government
In memory of Father Jerry
Jerry Zawada—nuclear resister, peace-and-justice activist, Franciscan friar—died on the morning of July 25 at the age of eighty. Father Jerry started the Dignity Bag project, a collaboration between No More Deaths and other groups. The project raised money to buy sturdy canvas tote bags, made by the women of the DouglaPrieta Works sewing cooperative, for use by people deported to Nogales. Continue reading In memory of Father Jerry
Newsletter: Fall 2017
Here is our fall newsletter! Click to download.
Position available: logistics coordinator
The No More Deaths personnel committee invites applications for the following paid position. Continue reading Position available: logistics coordinator
Position available: volunteer coordinator
The No More Deaths personnel committee invites applications for the following paid position. Continue reading Position available: volunteer coordinator
No More Deaths stands in solidarity with Charlottesville
We stand in solidarity with all our friends and comrades in Charlottesville who went into the streets to take a stand against white supremacy. We oppose white nationalism and racism in all of its manifestations and extend our love to all those who are the daily victims of white supremacy, as well as those who confronted the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville at great personal risk and at a great cost. Heather Heyer presente! We will continue our resistance in her memory.
Love and rage from the borderlands,
No More Deaths/No Más Muertes
