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Archived Articles and Publications


GV-Sahuarita Group Aids Asylum-Seekers in Tucson   by Andrew Paxton
​Local organizations, including one in Green Valley, are helping clothe and feed hundreds of asylum seekers dropped off by ICE.
Green Valley News, December 30, 2018

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Naming the Borderland's Lost   by Maya L. Kapoor
Identifying migrant remains, specifically a young man who passed through Green Valley.
High Country News, August 17, 2018

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Protesters Block Port of Entry Over Border Policy    by Jonathan Clark and Arielle Zionts
Samaritans join others during a Keep Families Together march
Nogales International, June 30 and July 5, 2018

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Fargo Samaritan Saving Migrants     by C. S. Hagen
GVS Samaritan Kathleen Millard speaks about the present immigration situation and her experiences
High Plains Reader (Fargo, N.D.), May 30, 2018

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Border Patrol Highlights Search and Rescue in Safety Initiative     by Nancy Montoya
Randy Mayer of the Good Shepherd: Both BP and Human Rights Groups save lives
Arizona Public Media, May 4, 2018

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The Border Fetish: The Unsustainable World Managed With An Iron Fist    by Todd Miller
The U.S. frontier as a zone of profit and sacrifice
Common Dreams, April 25, 2018

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Waiting for Justice by Paul Ingram
Lonnie Swartz trial conclusion including brief interview with Nancy Bennett
Roads and Kingdoms, April 25, 2018

Thomas Kiefer: El Sueño Americano - The American Dream by Aline Smithson
Kiefer, past resident of Ajo, exhibits art he created from migrants' discarded belongings
Lenscratch (Fine Art Photography Daily), March 7, 2018

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The Immigration Prosecution Factory
The past, present and possible future of Operation Streamline
Kino Border Initiative website: www.kinoborderinitiative.org

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Family of Teen Killed by Border Patrol Denounces Trial Delays
 by Rafael Carranza
Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez' family have waited five years for justice
AZCentral.com (digital home of The Arizona Republic), October 11, 2017

Why This Church Is Providing Sanctuary To Undocumented Immigrants by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Tucson's Southside Presbyterian Church is a sanctuary to many
HuffPost (formerly Huffington Post), October 20, 2017

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Missing in the U.S. Desert:Finding the Migrants Dying on the Trail North by Alex Hannaford
Volunteers piece together stories of migrant searches in the southwest desert
The Observer Magazine, The Guardian, August 20, 2017

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The Border Wall is a Metaphor by Jason De Leon
The director of the Undocumented Migration Project shares his views on the border wall
The New American Story Project

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...A Desert Clinic Tries to Save Lives Without Breaking the Law by Eric Boodman
Locals saving lives at El Comedor and No More Deaths Camp
Stat News, July 6, 2017

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Desert Ordeal: Activists Walk the Punishing Migrant Trail by Danyelle Khmara
A local journalist reflects on the Migrant Walk 2017
Tucson Weekly, June 8, 2017

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Two Vets Honor the Dead and Save Lives at the Mexican Border by Avery White and Joseph L. Boswell
Highlights the work of local veterans Alvaro Enciso and Joel Smith
Vice, May 28, 2017

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Mexican Drug Smugglers to Trump: Thanks! by Ioan Grillo
Border walls do not keep out smugglers
New York Times, May 5, 2017

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Lidio Javier's Long Journey Home by Molly O'Toole
One young Mexican who died in the Arizona desert suggests Trump’s wall won’t do much to deter migrants
Foreign Policy, March 30, 2017

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​Life and Death on the Mexican Border by William Atkins
Historical background and present day perspectives on Sonoran border issues 
​The Guardian, March 1, 2017

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19,444 gallons of water in the desert: how volunteers save lives at the U.S. border by Carrot Quinn
Volunteer with No More Deaths shares his experiences.
The Guardian, February 9, 2017

A Theology of the Desert by Alex Nava
Local University of Arizona teacher writes an essay included in the book: La Vida No Vale Nada: Migrant Deaths in the Arizona Desert
Tucson Weekly, February 2-8, 2017

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A Tale of Two Walls by Todd Miller
Local author draws a connection between successful borderland restoration, the border wall and mass migration
Edible: Baja Arizona, Issue 22: Jan/Feb 2017

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Living in No Man's Land by Paul Theroux
Travel author compares U.S.-Mexican sister border cities. He interviews local Samaritan Peg Bowden.
Smithsonian, October 2016

​Introduction to Disappeared:
How the US Border Enforcement Agencies are Fueling a Missing Persons Crisis

Introduces: Part I - Deadly Apprehension Methods, Part II - Destruction of and Interference of Humanitarian Aid, and Part III - Emergency Nonresponse
La Coalición de Derechos Humanos and No More Deaths, December 7, 2016

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Making Crosses, Crossing Borders: ...     by Barbara Sostaita
About Alvaro Enciso's project of planting crosses in the desert to witness migrant journeys ending in death
Center for the Study of Material & Visual Cultures of Religion, 2016 

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Indefensible: a Decade of Mass Incarceration of Migrants Prosecuted for Crossing the Border
by Judith A. Greene, Bethany Carson, and Andrea Black
A report on the first decade of Operation Streamline
Grassroots Leadership, July 2016

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10 Shots Across the Border by Mark Binelli
The killing of a Mexican 16-year-old raises troubling questions about the United States Border Patrol
New York Times (Download the NYT VR app to watch it on your iPhone or Android)

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Legal Borders, Racial/Ethnic Boundaries: Operation Streamline and Identity Processes on the US-Mexico Border
Dissertation submitted to University of Arizona      by Jessie K. Finch

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In Harm’s Way: Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement Programs and Security on the US-Mexico Border
​(Migrant study conducted from 2009-2012)
Journal on Migration and Human Security   

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Life and Death: GV Samaritans comb desert for immigrants     by Dan Shearer
  • A peek at Samaritan work in 2012
  • Green Valley News, October 10, 2012
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