Resources for Activists

LAWG and NGO Partners' Joint Statement on President Calderón's White House Visit

In response to President Calderón's meeting with President Obama and address to Congress, LAWG, WOLA, and our counterparts in Mexico issued a joint statement urging our respective elected officials to move beyond the empty platitudes that typically characterize such meetings and instead capitalize on this historic visit to make concrete and meaningful commitments to transform the rhetoric of shared responsibility into reality.  Given the shared challenges posed by organized crime, arms trafficking and illicit drug use, it is critical that both countries move beyond ineffective and worn-out strategies and propose concrete, comprehensive solutions to address the root causes of these problems. 

To read the full statement, click here.

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LAWG's Priorities for Policy Towards Mexico and the Borderlands

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Border Legislation Introduced by Rep. Grijalva - Call Your Rep and Tell Them to Co-Sponsor HR 2076

Last week Representative Raul Grijalva (AZ-7) introduced HR 2076, The Border Security and Responsibility Act of 2009.  The purpose of this bill is to restore the rule of law to the borderlands, protect communities, federal lands, and wildlife habitat from the destructive impacts of the border wall.
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Urge DHS Secretary Napolitano to Protect Border Communities and Wildlife!

Join us in urging the new Secretary of Homeland Security to commit to humane and sensible border policy!
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Border Deaths, 2007

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