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Description: A database of alleged abuses and improper behavior by US-Mexico border law enforcement, to encourage reform and accountability.
The Washington Office on Latin America, a U.S.-based research and advocacy organization, has operated a Migration and Border Security Program since 2011. We uncover information about the U.S.-Mexico border, visit often, and publish numerous analyses and weekly updates . Learn about our “Beyond the Wall” campaign here .
While doing this work, we’re barraged with firsthand testimonies, reports from partner organizations, media coverage, and government documents reporting or alleging abusive or improper behavior by members of the U.S. government’s border law enforcement agencies: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and its Border Patrol component.
The resource hosted here is an effort to gather and systematize credible allegations and documented cases. We are maintaining a database of troubling events that have occurred at the border since 2020. Each entry records the type of abuse allegedly committed, the geographic area in which the event occurred, the agency reputedly involved, characteristics of the victims, and the last known step taken to achieve accountability. (Those are in the boxes on this page’s right column, or at the bottom of this page
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