Border Task Force Report

From Fernando Garcia:

Friends, colleagues and allies,

A Policy Priorities document developed by the US-Mexico Border and Immigration Task Force was presented to White House and DHS officials, and Congressional offices, in the recent trip of a border delegation to Washington (April 21-24, 2009). The Task Force offers a new paradigm for immigration and border enforcement. It challenges dated ideas about enforcement and recognizes that the “border” is a dynamic concept, that border communities have important ties to both the United States and Mexico, and that these ties create a unique set of opportunities and challenges that affect both the border areas and the broader national interest. The Task Force’s work is built around ideas grounded in the complex realities of border life and a practical understanding that border and immigration policies must be formulated and implemented in ways that respect the rights and needs of border communities.

The report, Accountability, Community Security, and Infrastructure on the U.S.-Mexico Border, can be downloaded here.

Fernando Garcia, Executive Director
Border Network for Human Rights
1101 E. Yandell
El Paso, TX 79901
(915) 577-0724
www.bnhr.org

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