Border

• Migrant deaths for May 2004 and policy overview of US border security and its impact on migrants (pdf)
  
• July 30, 2003 Border Deaths:
  Vigilantism - An Extreme Response. Contains background on the rise
  of anti-migrant vigilante groups across the southwest border.
  Border Deaths
  
• The Border Patrol’s Environmental Impact Statement for the Arizona fencing project
  Read the only document that details US plans to build fencing in Arizona
  http://www.swf.usace.army.mil/ins/PublicReview/ENV-90.pdf
  
• Environmental Assessment Letter
  Letter Commenting on the Border Patrol's Environmental Assessment
  Environmental Assessment Letter
  
• Fencing Comparison
  A look at how the proposed Arizona fence will compare with other fences worldwide. Fence Comparison
  
• September 4, 2003 Border Deaths
  Information on migrant deaths for the month of August 2003.
  August Border Deaths (pdf format)
  
• Fencing Off America
  An introduction to the United States Border Patrol’s plan to build a 260-mile long wall between Arizona and Mexico
  Fencing Off America
  
• What is the Fence?
  LAWG's summary of the proposed Arizona fence construction project
  What is the Fence
  
• July 7, 2003 Border Deaths
  A twice-monthly educational flyer about migrant deaths along the border during the summer, with information about the victims. This is from the summer of 2003. Check back in summer of 2004 for updates to this series.
  July Border Deaths
  
• Border Patrol Feels the Heat
  An article recounting meetings between LAWG and other border NGOs and the Border Patrol's response.
  Border Patrol Feels the Heat
  
• Fencing Points
  A condensed read of concerns over the proposed fencing
  project in Arizona.
  Fence Points
  
• NGO sign-on letter to President Fox Regarding Safety Issues on the Border
  Sign-on Letter

Juarez Murders

• American tortured in Juarez investigations
  Letter from US organizations to the Secretary of State calling for actions to investigate allegations of the torture of an American citizen suspected of murder in Ciudad Juarez.
  Click here for letter
  
• Mexican Government Response
  Mexican federal government plan for coordinated action for improving the situation in Ciudad Juarez.
  Click here
  
• Mexican Government Response
  Summary of the Mexican monthly reports on progress they are making in the Juarez investigations.
  August 2003 report

Security Issues

• Legalized Injustice: Mexican Criminal Procedure and Human Rights,
  A comprehensive review of problems with the Mexican legal system, including an extensive discussion on the use of torture by the Lawyers Committee on Human Rights and Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center, May 2001.
  Legalized Injustice: Mexican Criminal Procedure and Human Rights,
  
• Commentary on Rudolph Guiliani’s role in helping reform the Mexico City police
  http://www.lchr.org/mexico_policing/mxp_06_eng.htm

Elections 2004:

• The Democratic presidential candidates on Mexico and Immigration Reform click here
  
• For questions on immigration and immigration reform for candidates, click here
  
• A review of President Bush's immigration reform proposal, click here
  
• Why does current border/immigration cause unnecessary deaths? click here for answers.

Take ACTION!

• Stop Border Fencing Now! Click Here
  
• Oppose the Dangerous "Full Seal" of the Arizona Border Click here
  
• Urge for Peace and Safety in Ciudad Juarez Click here
  
• Call your members of Congress and let them know that you refuse to sanction US Border Patrol policies that force migrants into inhospitable stretches of desert, where so many people have died. Tell them you support a comprehensive immigration reform plan as the only solution to ending the deaths in the desert. See sample letter and talking points on this issue below
  
  • Sample Constituent Letter Regarding Border Fencing
    Use this sample as a model for a letter expressing your concerns about border fencing
    Sample Letter
    
  • Fencing Talking Points
    A condensed read of concerns over the proposed fencing project in Arizona.
    Fence Points

Congress Watch

• Article about the congressional delegation to Juarez Mexico.
  Click here
  
• Objectives of congressional delegation to Juarez Mexico.
  Click here
  
• Congressional Letter on the Juarez Murders
  This letter, signed by 32 members of congress, was sent to President Fox in June of 2003 regarding the Juarez murders.
  Congressional Letter
  
• Congressional Letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell
  This letter signed by 65 members of Congress urges Secretary Powell to raise the Juarez murders with his Mexican counterparts.
  Letter to Secretary Powell
  
• Congressional resolution on the Juarez murders.
  Resolution (pdf format).
  
• Sample Constituent Letter Regarding Border Fencing
  Use this sample as a model for a letter expressing your concerns about border fencing
  Sample Letter