Redwood Curtain CopWatch, based in the north coast of California, is part of a larger movement of self organized CopWatch groups throughout the US. Our local efforts seek to intervene in the drastic rise of the presence, militarization, and violence of the police, and build support networks based on self-determination, caring, and concrete needs.
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No More Deaths / No Mas Muertes: SPRING BREAK 2011- End Death & Suffering on the U.S./Mexico Border
According to the Arizona Daily Star more bodies of undocumented people were found in the summer of 2010 than have ever been recorded before.
The recent elections have put increasingly hateful legislation on the table that jeopardizes the lives of many people living in the United States.
No More Deaths needs you now more than ever to join us in our mission to end death and suffering.
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U.S. Border Patrol Killed Mexican Teen Migrating Into Arizona
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 3:11pmJan 6, 2011 Immigration Crackdown: Mexico - Teenage Migrant Dies at Border
*We will track this story to see how it is clarified and confirmed. But cracking down in a military manner leads to such events. A teenage Mexican boy was killed by the Border Patrol last year.
Mexico - Teenage Migrant Dies at Border - NYTimes.com: "The Mexican police say that a United States Border Patrol agent shot at a 17-year-old trying to cross illegally into the United States at the Arizona border and that the youth died. The Mexican teenager, Ramsés Barron, was found dead outside a hospital in Nogales early Wednesday after three men left him there, the police said. A Border Patrol spokesman said that an agent was involved in a shooting but that the events were unclear and that no injuries seemed to be involved." Jan. 5, 2011, Reuters
Humboldt County Adopts Racist "Secure Communities Program"- SECRETLY
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 09/26/2010 - 2:58pm
Humboldt County, on August 10, 2010, signed onto the Secure Communities Program [S-Comm] with ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], an agency of the Department of Homeland Security. The public had no say in the decision to adopt the invasive, unjust, and racist program for Humboldt County; the Board of Supervisors has not elicited public opinion about adopting this program, nor has it done anything to inform the public about it.
What is the "Secure Communities" Program? If you are booked into jail, your fingerprints are taken and forwarded to ICE. The fingerprints are crosschecked with immigration and FBI databases. ICE evaluates each fingerprint scan to see what enforcement action, if any, will be taken against you. Enforcement actions can include arrest by ICE, transfer to ICE custody and/or initiation of removal proceedings (AKA deportation).
National Day of Action Against Racist SB 1070: May 29, 2010
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 05/28/2010 - 2:27pmEND BORDER MILITARIZATION CONTINGENT
DEMANDING DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR INDIGENOUS & MIGRANT COMMUNITIES
O'odham Solidarity Across Borders Collective sends you greetings from occupied O'odham lands,
This Is O'odham Land: No Borders! Free Movement! Indigenous/Migrant Solidarity!
O'odham Solidarity Across Borders Collective (OSABC) stands in solidarity with anti-SB 1070 convergence at the Arizona State Capitol last weekend
NO BORDERS! Migration is NOT CRIMINAL!
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Behind the Redwood Curtain, ICE (Dept of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has terrorized many individuals and families. Even before the creation of ICE, cruel U.S. policies and U.S. invasions throughout the world have paved the way for local toxic industries (for example: cut flowers-Sun Valley Floral Farms and corporate logging using pesticides-Simpson, Sierra Pacific, Pacific Lumber) to exploit the labor and hurt the lives of many people who have migrated to the North Coast from all over the world.
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Over Raided, Under Seige
U.S. Immigration Laws and Enforcement Destroy the Rights of Immigrants
