Summary Border Militarization - Southern Border Communities Coalition www.southernborder.org
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The text describes the Southern Border as a heavily fortified and dangerous area with armed agents and a violent border wall.
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Key Points
- The Southern Border region has experienced a significant increase in border militarization.
- Construction of the border wall may continue, posing threats to communities, wildlife, and the environment.
- A virtual or smart wall is not a humane or benign alternative to a physical wall.
- Approximately 31% of congressionally appropriated funds were used for border wall construction.
- There has been a change in the demographic makeup of people arriving at the US-Mexico border, with more families and unaccompanied children from Central America.
- Illegal entry and re-entry cases strain the system and waste federal resources.
- Border Patrol agents have been observed destroying water supplies provided by volunteer organizations, putting lives at risk.
- Migrant deaths along the southern border region, particularly in Texas and Arizona, have increased.
Summaries
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The Southern Border has become a militarized war zone with armed agents and a violent border wall.
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The Southern Border region has seen a rise in border militarization, resulting in the transformation of the area into a war zone. This includes the presence of heavily armed border agents and the construction of a violent border wall. The review period for the wall has
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The Southern Border region has experienced a significant increase in border militarization, which has turned it into a war zone. This includes the presence of border agents armed with assault rifles and wearing tactical gear, as well as the construction of a violent and deadly border
The review period for the border wall has ended, and it is uncertain if construction will continue. Reports suggest that the administration may resume construction to fill gaps. However, further construction of the wall poses threats to binational communities, wildlife, and the environment
A virtual or smart wall is not a humane or benign alternative to a physical wall. It presents real harms for the environment, infringes on privacy rights, and can lead to more deaths as border crossers take more dangerous routes. The Biden Administration has
Approximately 31% of congressionally appropriated funds were used for border wall construction from fiscal years 2018 through 2021. President Biden's request to rescind unobligated border wall funding in Fiscal Year 2022 did not
The number of apprehensions in the Southern Border Region has sharply decreased since the early 2000s, with about 852,000 apprehensions in fiscal 2019. Mexican immigrants were pushed to cross in remote areas of the Sonoran Desert along
In recent years, there has been a change in the demographic makeup of people arriving at the US-Mexico border, with more families and unaccompanied children from Central America and other regions seeking protection in the United States. According to the most recent
Illegal entry and re-entry cases are the majority of cases prosecuted in federal courts, straining the system and wasting federal resources. Prosecutions for entry-related offenses reached a peak of 106,312 in FY 2019 but sharply declined in April
Volunteer organizations and humanitarian groups have long provided aid to preserve human life in the desert, including water stations. However, Border Patrol agents have been observed repeatedly destroying these water supplies, putting lives at risk. A recent report by No More Deaths and Coal
The excerpt highlights the increasing number of migrant deaths along the southern border region, particularly in Texas and Arizona. The data shows a shift in deaths from the Sonoran desert in Arizona to the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas, with deaths also occurring in California