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Border Patrol Holding 15,500 Unaccompanied Migrant Minors

Virginia IsaadMarch 23, 2021

by Virginia IsaadMarch 23, 202107054

President Joe Biden assumed office with the promise of making sweeping changes to the border crisis and about two months into his presidency little has changed. While this is undoubtedly a lengthy process the fact that it seems the situation...

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Latinas Settle Lawsuit with CBP After Being Stopped for Speaking Spanish in Montana

Virginia IsaadNovember 25, 2020

by Virginia IsaadNovember 25, 202004603

U.S. citizens Ana Suda and Martha “Mimi” Hernandez, were detained in 2018 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for speaking Spanish while shopping at a local convenience store in Havre, Montana, and this week they reached a settlement in...

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Border Patrol Agents Taser Undocumented Man in El Paso Burger King

Virginia IsaadFebruary 14, 2020July 22, 2020

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 14, 2020July 22, 202001973

A viral video showed U.S. Border Patrol agents tasering a man they suspected of human smuggling and now they’re addressing concerns of the agent’s use of excessive force through the use of stun guns. The encounter happened inside a Burger...

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This Migrant Won in Immigration Court and Was Sent Back to Mexico Anyway

Virginia IsaadJanuary 10, 2020July 18, 2020

by Virginia IsaadJanuary 10, 2020July 18, 202002927

Jesus, a migrant from Venezuela, sought asylum in the U.S. and a judge granted him protection from deportation but he was still sent to Mexico as part of the Remain in Mexico program. He joins the more than 55,000 migrants...

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CBP Officer & Navy Vet Fired Over Mexican Birth Certificate

Virginia IsaadNovember 27, 2019July 16, 2020

by Virginia IsaadNovember 27, 2019July 16, 202001952

Raul Rodriguez, 51, worked for U.S. Customs for 18 years and last year he was shown his Mexican birth certificate and then fired by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in July. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Rodriguez...

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Border Patrol Detains 3 U.S. Citizen Children Traveling to Mexico

Virginia IsaadJuly 19, 2019August 3, 2020

by Virginia IsaadJuly 19, 2019August 3, 202001391

Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents detained three young girls for about 13 hours at Chicago O’Hare International airport after traveling with a cousin from Mexico on Thursday. The girls, 9, 10 and 13, were detained around 3 a.m. Thursday...