US Borderlands Project

About CPT Borderlands

CPT Borderlands works along the US/Mexico border in order to reduce the number of migrant deaths in the border region. Since the US Government began a policy of border militarization as the answer to immigration flows, over 3,500 men, women and children have died in the borderlands attempting to find work, reunite with family, and pursue the “American Dream...."

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Borderlands Witness Drive

During July 2007 a four-person team enacted a Borderlands Witness Drive, from Tucson, AZ, to Brownsville, TX, and then to Washington DC, in an effort to:

  • collect stories
  • put a human face on immigration
  • connect with immigrant-rights groups
  • and advocate for immigration reform

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U.S./ MEXICO: CPT announces delegation to U.S./Mexico Borderlands, 27 May-5 June 2008

Members of CPT's Borderlands delegation will monitor human rights, meet with representatives of human rights groups and government officials, and carry out a nonviolent public witness confronting unjust immigration policies.

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