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San Diego: The San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium (SDIRC) expresses its concern about the H.R. 399, “Secure Our Borders First Act,” a border enforcement-only bill introduced on January 16, 2015 by Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), which seeks to further militarize border communities. The bill is a misguided attempt at addressing […]
Nobody ever thought keeping a little park open would be so much work. But protecting public access to Friendship Park has turned into a full-time job for members of the Friends of Friendship Park. After two weeks of uncertainty and an announcement from Border Patrol on March 18 that the […]
Southern Border Region | After years of advocating for the Federal Government to control the U.S. Border Patrol, the Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC) has learned that the Office of the Inspector General will be conducting an investigation that will look into cases of brutality or use of excessive force by Customs and […]
SAN DIEGO, CA – The Southern Border Communities Coalition condemns the Department of Justice decision not to prosecute the Border Patrol agent responsible for killing 15 year-old Ciudad Juarez resident Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca. The violent incident was caught on video by bystanders and sent shockwaves across the borderlands on […]
WHEN: Wednesday, February 9, 5:30 p.m. WHAT: Press Conference Unveiling of Proposed Design for Friendship Park WHERE: Marina Vista Community Center, 1075 8th St., Imperial Beach CA (MAP: http://mapq.st/hrUxOI) In advance of a Thursday event which will see the First Lady of Mexico inaugurate new developments at Parque del Mar […]
>San Diego Union-Tribune Sunday, February 22, 2009 Meeting place sealed off Border patrol agents prohibit access to Friendship Park by Penni Crabtree SOUTH COUNTY — In the end, immigration activists never made it to the site of yesterday’s planned demonstration, a plaza dubbed Friendship Park that sits on a bluff […]
Article published by SFGate.com, San Jose Mercury News, Monterey Herald, Modesto Bee By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, January 7, 2009 7 January 2009 18:50 PST San Diego, CA (AP) The Border Patrol will close a popular park on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean to make way for […]
Are We Being Fair to the Border Patrol? by Jill Holslin SAN DIEGO-TIJUANA | On Thursday, Sept 18, 2008 Border Meetup Director Dan Watman was detained by the Border Patrol in Friendship Park, a small concrete plaza and public park located along the border fence in Border Field State Park, […]
North County Times, 6 Aug 2008, By Edward Sifuentes A prominent immigrant rights activist was detained Tuesday for several hours by U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego for allegedly paying an illegal immigrant to cross the border. He was later released with no charges filed against him, a spokesman […]
