Death in the Desert
Tucson Sector

​Last Year:     151  
YTD so far:     82       
JUNE 2018:     21
Entire Southwest Border (2014-15)  - 240

Humane Borders map of deaths
 You can search this up-to-date map by region, year, gender, name, etc.

What a donation buys

Gallons water jugs, socks, food packs, gasoline for desert trips, car repairs, all-terrain tires

UPCOMING TRAINING:
SUNDAY AUGUST 5  2018
SOUTHSIDE PRES/317 W 23rd
1:30-5pm

Volunteer

Desert Trips: drop water, food; also longer hikes (please attend a training session first)
Phone calls, medical aid, check cashing for deportees in Nogales
Donate supplies: water, food, clothing

Tucson Samaritans Meetings

EVERY TUESDAY @ 7pm
Southside Presbyterian Church
317 W 23rd St.  Tucson

Green Valley Samaritans

www.gvs-samaritans.org For information about Green Valley Samaritans.
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EVENTS
No More Deaths: Defend humanitarian volunteers facing federal charges!
Breaking News
These 4 Homeland Security Advisors Just Quit Because of Trump's 'Morally Repugnant' Family Separation Policy
By Gabe Ortiz, Daily Kos
The administration’s barbaric “zero tolerance” policy has resulted in as many as 3,000 migrant children being kidnapped from parents. READ MORE»
With new immigration policy, Trump administration gutting the right to asylum
The Hill
Announcing the decision last month, Sessions said it “restores sound principles of asylum and long-standing principles of immigration law.” Actually ...
Immigrant children describe hunger and cold in detention - Chicago Tribune
Cold, Hunger and Sleeplessness. Immigrant Children Describe Dire US Detention Conditions - TIME
A Primer on the Economic Benefits of Immigration - InsideSources
 
Domestic violence asylum explained by immigration lawyer
Courier Journal
Immigration attorney breaks down Attorney General Jeff Sessions' rescission of domestic violence asylum and what it means for women. Alton Strupp ...
 
The Trump Administration Is Working to Deport More Legal Immigrants
Mother Jones
Earlier this month, as outrage continued over the Trump administration's family separation policies, another immigration agency quietly introduced ...
 
Is the Trump Administration Making Immigrants Pay $800 for DNA Tests to Get Their Children Back?
Snopes.com
The Trump administration made immigrants pay $800 for DNA tests in order to get back children taken under its "zero tolerance" policy.
 
Federal Audit Outlines Lasting Impacts of Trump's Executive Orders on Immigration
Immigration Impact
President Trump wasted no time after assuming office in signing three executive orders which fundamentally changed the nature ofimmigration ...
 
Harris, Merkley, Cortez Masto Introduce Bill to Reunify and Protect Immigrant Families
Senator Kamala Harris
Harris, Merkley, Cortez Masto Introduce Bill to Reunify and Protect Immigrant Families. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris ...
 
Denaturalization, explained: how Trump can strip immigrants of their citizenship
Vox
In June, US Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. Francis Cissna announced that he was launching a team of investigators to complete the ...
 
Why attorneys represent immigrants for free
The Conversation US
Scores of lawyers, paralegals and law students are volunteering to help immigrant families caught in the crosshairs of the Trump administration's bid to ...
​What It's Like When ICE Detains You: 'They Own You. You're Impotent' 
Floricel Liborio Ramos, Anxy Magazine 
Ramos writes: "I spent 11 months in US immigration detention. Here's what happened." 
READ MORE
Deportation is an unworkable solution for migration
OHCHR
“If return programs do not go hand-in-hand with solid reintegration programs and the root causes of irregular migration persist, migrants, including ...
 
They Have a Mission in the Desert: Finding the Bodies of Border Crossers
By SIMON ROMERO
A group scours the southwest border for the remains of immigrants who perished trying to cross it. Most of the men and women searching are immigrants themselves.
 
Court Orders Temporary Halt to Migrant Family Deportations
By CAITLIN DICKERSON
A federal judge in San Diego granted a request to delay deportations of migrant parents who have recently been reunited with their children.
 
Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Deportation of Reunited Migrant Families 
Elliot Spagat, Associated Press 
Spagat writes: "A federal judge on Monday ordered a temporary halt to any deportations of reunited families who were separated by the Trump administration after crossing the southwest border." 
READ MORE
Donald Trump is ignoring the immigration laws that protect children and families
USA TODAY
The Trump administration is selectively enforcing immigration laws at the border. ... I teach and practice immigration law, and I am a mother.
 
Immigrants Called 'Animal,' 'Terrorist,' 'King Kong' in Detention Under Trump: Report
Daily Beast
More than 800 hate-related incidents have been reported in just 34 immigration detention centers since President Donald Trump took office in January ...
 
Deported From U.S., and Picking Up Pieces of a Shattered Dream
By KIRK SEMPLE
A Guatemalan family wanted to “leave behind everything bad.” Ahead, though, was “a huge torment” that still haunts them.
 
Sexual Assault Inside ICE Detention: 2 Survivors Tell Their Stories
By EMILY KASSIE
Maria and E.D. are among the thousands of migrants who have said they were abused in the past 10 years while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Dispatches From Mexico’s Southern Border: First in a Series
Immigrant Kids Held in Shelters: 'They Told Us to Behave, or We'd Be Here Forever' 
Miller writes: "When the 8-year-old stepped off a plane here earlier this month with freshly cut bangs and a shelter-issued sweatsuit, she was met by crowds and television cameras and finally, in a carpeted airport conference room, by the mother who had been taken from her two months earlier at the border." 
Immigration Poll Finds Deep Divide Over Trump's Agenda
Many of President Trump's immigration policies are deeply unpopular, including recent efforts to deter illegal immigration by separating migrant ...
Poll: Where You Watch TV News Predicts Your Feelings On Immigration
When it comes to immigration policy, Americans' attitudes often break down along party lines, with most Republicans supporting President Trump's ...
Poll: Where You Watch TV News Predicts Your Feelings On Immigration - NPR
Immigration Poll Finds Deep Divide Over Trump's Agenda - NPR
Parents waiting to be reunited with their children write heartbreaking letter: "We are desperate"
A group of adult detainees at an immigration detention center have signed an open letter appealing to the American people to help them be reunited ...

They Have a Mission in the Desert: Finding the Bodies of Border Crossers

American Companies Should Be Able to Hire Foreign Seasonal Workers – Trump’s Businesses Do
The for-profit, private Florida club—which the president has dubbed the “Winter White House”—has plans to hire 61 foreign workers to serve as cooks and waiters for the winter social season.
Why Rescinding the International Entrepreneur Rule Is Bad for the American Economy
This regulation allows international entrepreneurs to temporarily enter the United States to grow businesses—yet the Trump administration wants to end it.
Trump Administration Misses the First Deadline to Reunite Children With Parents
A federal judge gave the Trump administration 30 days to reunite all families and 14 days to reunite children under the age of five. The government has currently identified 102 children under the age of five and as many as 2,900 children over five who it had separated from their parents under the zero tolerance policy.
Federal Investigation Finds ICE Fails to Address Sexual Assault, Abuse in Immigrant Detention Centers
Many immigrant detainees are held in conditions that threaten their health and safety, or which fail to respect their basic rights.
USCIS Is Slowly Being Morphed Into an Immigration Enforcement Agency
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued new guidance to initiate deportation proceedings for thousands of applicants denied for any immigration benefit. This policy change will have far-reaching implications for many of those interacting with the agency, but also signals a major shift in how USCIS operates.
Rights Group Claims Family Separations Continue at Border, Despite Trump's Executive Order 
 "The federal government continues forcibly removing minors from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, in violation of President Donald Trump's executive order calling for an end to the practice, as well as a court ruling asking his administration to reunite the families, a Texas migrants rights group alleged Friday." 
‘It’s Like Each Day Is a Year’: A Migrant Mother’s Wait for a Reunion
By MANNY FERNANDEZ and MITCHELL FERMAN
For thousands of migrants separated from their children at the border, the trauma comes in the waiting.
 
Judge tells US to pay costs of reuniting immigrant families
Reuters
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge in California on Friday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to pay the costs of reuniting immigrant parents with ...
Judge Orders 12-Hour Notice to Reunite Immigrant Families - Wall Street Journal
More than 2500 immigrant kids are awaiting reunification with parents - CNN
Government says it will reunite up to 200 migrant children a day with their parents - Washington Post
 
Judge Demands `Straight-Forward' Process to Reunite Migrants
Bloomberg
The judge overseeing the reunification of thousands of immigrant children and parents who were separated as part of U.S. border enforcement put the ...
Majority Of Youngest Migrants Reunited With Parents, Trump Administration Says - wgbh.org
 
Will Parents Separated From Their Children at the Border Be Forced to Separate Again to Win Asylum? 
Amy Goodman and Renee Feltz, Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "Two days after a court-imposed deadline, the Trump administration said Thursday that just 57 of more than 100 children under the age of 5 have been reunited with their parents after they were separated at the border under the 'zero tolerance' policy." 
READ MORE
Even with a green card, an immigrant can be deported under new guidelines
Miami Herald
The main public benefits that immigrants with legal residence permits, ... of immigration policies, will increase and speed up deportation procedures, ...
 
Detaining Immigrant Kids Is Now a Billion-Dollar Industry
TIME
(SAN ANTONIO) — Detaining immigrant children has morphed into a surging industry in the U.S. that now reaps $1 billion annually — a tenfold ...
The billion-dollar industry of detaining immigrant kids - CBS News
Detaining immigrant kids is now a billion-dollar industry - ABC News