This article by Nancy Myers appears in our fall newsletter.
Shortly after No More Deaths began going into the desert to help rescue migrants 11 years ago, legal-team member Margo Cowan, with help from Maryada Vallet and other volunteers, realized that something needed to be done to help deported migrants. Continue reading Nogales project evolves to aid dispossessed migrants
This article by Dorothy Chao appears in our fall newsletter. Chao attended the July 20, 2015 sentencing of 12 local people (some of them No More Deaths volunteers) who chained themselves to the wheels of two buses carrying undocumented migrants to federal court in Tucson on October 11, 2013. The protesters stopped federal marshals from taking the group to Operation Streamline, a fast-track proceeding that sentences migrants to prison for illegal entry. In March, Pima County Justice Court Judge Susan Bacal found the defendants guilty of obstructing a highway and creating a public nuisance.
Continue reading Streamline bus stoppers speak out at sentencing
This article by Denise Holley appears in our spring newsletter.
Spring break doesn’t mean beaches and parties for students who come to the No More Deaths camps in March. Continue reading Spring break campers experience the desert reality for migrants
This article by Denise Holley appears in our spring newsletter.
Volunteers with No More Deaths hoisted signs that declared “We Stand with Rosa” as they launched a campaign in February to free a Tucson mother from the threat of deportation. Continue reading NMD rallies support for immigrant in sanctuary
The No More Deaths personnel committee invites applications for the following paid position. Continue reading Position available: logistics coordinator
Come work with us in June and July for our Summer Volunteer Program. We are happy to announce that we have opened up applications for volunteer sessions in June and July! Please review the program and application information.
On February 20, 2015, the men imprisoned in the Willacy County Correctional Center in Raymondville, Texas, took it over en masse and destroyed it. This was the most recent in a string of uprisings that have taken place since the government began incarcerating immigrants on a mass scale for “improper entry” and other minor offenses: Continue reading After Raymondville: A call to support incarcerated immigrants in resistance
For migrants in Arizona who call 911, it’s Border Patrol on the line
Puck Lo, Al Jazeera, March 25, 2015
TUCSON, Ariz. — Ely Ortiz, 42, spends many of his weekends combing Arizona’s sprawling deserts on foot, searching for people whom 911 rescue workers didn’t, or won’t, look for: lost and distressed undocumented migrants making the perilous journey from Mexico into the United States. Continue reading Al Jazeera: “For migrants in Arizona who call 911, it’s Border Patrol on the line”
Booted across the border with bogus checks
Marlen Garcia, Chicago Sun-Times, March 12, 2015
The first step for immigrants deported from the U.S. to Reynosa, Mexico, is to check in with Mexican authorities at the Tamaulipeco Institute for Migrants at the end of their walk on the International Bridge. Continue reading Chicago Sun-Times: “Booted across the border with bogus checks”
