A vigil planned for the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 5 at Cristo Rey Catholic Church in Austin will mark Cinco de Mayo celebrations and the ongoing struggle for human and civil...
The Texas Observer published a story this week about the plight of migrant children on the border. A report released by the nonprofit Appleseed and its network of public justice centers details the failure...
Members of the Human Rights at Home Campaign, which includes BNHR, will examine the Obama Administration’s human rights record on Thursday and Friday. The members will join leading policy makers, practitioners, human rights experts...
BNHR’s own executive director, Fernando Garcia, spoke at the opening panel for the Rights Working Group’s Human Rights Training at American University, Washington College of Law in Washington, DC in March 2011. He briefly...
Very soon, the Texas Senate Higher Education Committee will vote on SB 1631, a bill that would force Texas to revoke in-state tuition for DREAMers. Obviously, any measure that attacks America’s students is attacking...
RITA’s policy director, Jose Manuel Escobedo, was interviewed by the McAllen Monitor about the passage of SB 9, an S-Comm bill last week. RITA has already stated that this bill is bad for Texas....
The U.S.-Mexico Border and Immigration Task Force is comprised of over 50 individuals and organizations spanning 4 states and comprised of local elected officials, law enforcement, faith leaders, business, labor, academics and community advocates....
The Border Network for Human Rights, founded in 1998, is one of the leading human rights advocacy and immigration reform organizations located at the U.S./Mexico Border. BNHR has over 7,000 members in West Texas and Southern New Mexico.
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