FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2019 Contact: communications@nlg.org NEW YORK—The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is in solidarity with the migrants’ rights group Pueblo Sin Fronteras (PSF), following an arson attack targeting their director, Irineo Mujica, yesterday. Last month, the NLG International Committee sent a delegation to Tijuana, Mexico to document human rights abuses and violations […]
(Photo: A portion of the documents leaked to NBC San Diego listing targeted journalists, activists, and an attorney.) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: communications@nlg.org TIJUANA, Mexico—Leaked US-Mexican government documents revealed both governments are maintaining a secret database targeting at least 59 journalists, activists, and an attorney as part of an intelligence-gathering mission under “Operation Secure Line,” […]
This letter was initiated by representatives of the Women’s Committee of the Central American Exodus with the support of activists from the U.S., El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico and was hand delivered by the authors to Mexican President López Obrador on January 7, 2019. Organizations may still show support by signing on by filling out […]
On December 11, 2018, members of the Central American Exodus sent this petition to President Trump, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and CPB officials urging they respect the rights of asylum seekers at the Mexico-US border: “If this situation is left unattended, the danger and vulnerability that members of this exodus are suffering in Tijuana will […]
The following is a list of demands issued by the Central American Migrant Exodus at the Mexico-US border that started on 11/28/18 . Scroll down for English and Spanish transcriptions of the PDF below. Related: 12/5/18: [BLOG] Refugee Caravan: A Legal Observer’s Report from Tijuana 11/29/18: [MEMO] “Deployed to the Border: A Test of Conscience for […]
The following is a press release issued by asylum seekers of the Central American Exodus the day after Border Patrol fired migrants, including children, with teargas on 11/26. Scroll below the PDF to read the transcribed press release. Download the PDF file . PRESS RELEASE AND DEMANDS BY CENTRAL AMERICAN EXODUS November 27th / Tijuana, […]
