Opinion: Raid on humanitarian group No More Deaths suggests government retaliation at the border

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'No one should be persecuted for offering humanitarian aid to someone dying in the desert. Nor should No More Deaths be disproportionately targeted for criticizing the national policy that makes such aid necessary.' (via latimesopinion)

As the sun set over the Sonoran Desert on Friday, U.S. Border Patrol agents geared up to raid a migrant aid camp in Arizona run by a faith-based organization called No More Deaths. Dressed in camouflage, the agents approached Byrd Camp — named for the 96-year-old children’s book author Byrd Baylor, who has allowed No More Deaths to operate on her property since the organization was founded — with rifles, an armored vehicle, three ATVs, two helicopters and a film crew.

Their goal? To arrest 30-plus undocumented immigrants who were receiving first aid and sheltering from the 110-degree heat. The agents also handcuffed No More Deaths volunteers with zip-ties, confiscated cellphones and medical records, anddisconnected power to the well — the only water source available in the remote desert camp.

This was not the first time No More Deaths has been raided. The humanitarian group, which provides water, food and medical care to migrants who make the dangerous trek across the Sonoran Desert, has frequently run afoul of Border Patrol. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents previously raided the camp in 2017, arresting four migrants who were receiving first aid.

 

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NoMoreDeaths opinion Article has factual error. It refers to the arrested illegal as 'undocumented immigrants' but the illegals did in fact have documentation, it was all fake documentation, but documentation none the less. Suggest changing article to 'illegally documented immigrants'

NoMoreDeaths opinion Suggests? The 2nd such raid on a humanitarian organization in two years? C'mon - this should be referred to The Hague for crimes against humanity.

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opinion We don’t need to complicate or burden our hospitals with an influx of illegals. Illegals have poor hygiene habits which would increase the spread of corvid19, like wild fire. Do we really want to subject ppl in America to a sunami of potential carriers of COVID19?

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