Immigration Article of the Day: “Gruesome Logic”: The Tucson No More Deaths Prosecutions and Religious Liberty by Kristina M. Campbell
“Gruesome Logic”: The Tucson No More Deaths Prosecutions and Religious Liberty by Kristina M. Campbell, 5 N.C. Cvl. Rts. L. Rev. 1 (Spring 2025)
Every year, hundreds of migrants die crossing the desert in the American Southwest on their journey to safety in the United States. In response, groups of humanitarian volunteers of faith and conscience united by the belief that “humanitarian aid is never a crime”-came forward to provide lifesaving water, shelter, food, and medical aid to those in need of assistance in the desert. Instead of being lauded for their life-saving actions, humanitarian volunteers were threatened, harassed, and in the most extreme cases, criminally prosecuted by the federal government for harboring undocumented immigrants. In this Article, I review the recent criminal alien smuggling prosecutions of humanitarian volunteers for the Arizona nonprofit organization, No More Deaths, also known as No Más Muertes.
KJ