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El Paso Times Staff
Article Launched: 02/12/2008 12:00:00 AM MST
The lawsuit by the parents of a Mexican teenager who was shot and killed by an El Paso Border Patrol agent in 2003 was postponed, court documents showed.
The civil trial in the suit filed by Cesar Peraza Barraza and Ramona Irene Quijada Soto, parents of Juan Patricio [...]

Family sues Border Patrol for death of son. After being shot, Peraza fell onto the pavement and Billings tried to handcuff him but other agents pulled him away. I never once thought in shooting this kid. Another BP Agent said.
The parents of a Mexican teenager who was shot and killed by an El Paso Border [...]

by Dunya Cope
Every year, tens of thousands of people from around the country and world gather in Fort Benning, Georgia, to call for the closure of the School of the Americas/Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (SOA/WHINSEC). The SOA gained its notoriety in the 1980s, serving as a training ground for armies and paramilitaries of [...]

by Caitlyn Smith

As a volunteer, it has been difficult at times to identify with guests who stay at Annunciation House. I always knew of the differences between us, beyond color, height, education and economic background. I knew that I was a person attempting to understand and gain entry into Mexico, and they were working to [...]

From the Interfaith Worker Justice website, www.iwj.org

The New Sanctuary Movement is a coalition of interfaith religious leaders and participating congregations, called by our faith to respond actively and publicly to the suffering of our immigrant brothers and sisters residing in the United States.

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By David Chiles

There are few things we U.S. citizens value more than options. Look at our malls or grocery stores, and you’ll find a multitude of options from which to choose what we want. And how much we want. We can have it all.
How can this be a bad thing? After all, we work hard [...]

By Amy Joyce
 
Recently a good friend sent me a postcard that listed the “ingredients” for building a global community. “Know how your lettuce and coffee are grown” was one of the ingredients listed. In researching the reality of migrant agricultural workers in the United States, I have come to understand the importance of that statement; [...]

by Ruben Garcia

Every year, tens of thousands of people from around the country and world gather in Ft. Benning, Georgia, to call for the closure of the School of the Americas/Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (SOA/WHINSEC). The SOA gained its notoriety in the 1980s, serving as a training ground for armies and paramilitaries of Central and [...]

By Charles Vernon
 

Undocumented immigration presents a complex and nuanced political issue in the United States. One of the most contentious aspects of the debate related to this issue is how undocumented immigrants affect the U.S. economy. Some of the prevailing myths used to fuel anti-immigrant sentiments in the United States are myths about the economic [...]