Borderland Talk When it comes to internal investigations, Border Patrol has an inside guy. In 2019, Daniel Altman became head of CBP and Border Patrol’s internal investigation unit. For six years, he covered up agent crimes from murders to sexual misconduct.
Borderland Talk Ideas on how to protest against ICE’s state sponsored violence. My thoughts on the question most asked by my readers: How do we resist or protest the state sponsored violence of forced disappearances?
Borderland Talk How ICE’s forced disappearances are state sponsored terrorism and have created a national police force. Uniforms, no uniforms, many different badges, some without badges…this is intentional, and it is state sponsored terrorism.
Borderland Talk How Border Patrol Agents Get Away with Murder Knowing that this system is designed by those leading these agencies in response to agents killing and maiming victims, I don't think it is going to far to say that our government is supporting and covering up state sanctioned violence.
Borderland Talk The ways Border Patrol hides its rape culture. All posts in this newsletter come with a CONTENT WARNING for sexual violence. Originally published May 2021.
Borderland Talk Are those really ICE agents? Questions abound about the true identity of the immigrant kidnappers. Is it ICE or militia or January 6 insurrectionists pardoned by Trump as many in social media are claiming?
Borderland Talk I can speak about my own rape, Senator Wyden. Twenty years after my hazing, my rape was being used without my permission, without my knowledge to try and take down former Chief Scott. I wanted to vomit.
Borderland Talk Court transcripts of Chief Rodney Scott’s public rape threat against me. CONTENT WARNING: The following involves violent sexual crimes committed by Border Patrol agents. As Chief Scott waits to hear about his confirmation, Senator Wyden has invoked my rape at the Border Patrol Academy while not using my name. Chief Scott testified before Congress today that he apologized to me, my
Borderland Talk Six months into fiscal Year 2025 and 121 CBP agents have been arrested for crimes they deport migrants for. According to CBP’s own stats, over twenty employees are arrested each month for crimes ranging from minor traffic violations to serious violent felonies.
Borderland Talk Yep, that secret Border Patrol FB group is typical agent behavior. This is the agency that had an officer arrested and convicted for being a serial killer. This is the agency that has multiple agents arrested for rape, pedophilia and possession of child porn every single year.
Borderland Talk “Do they take babies away from their mothers here in the United States?” I lied because I didn’t want to ruin that most joyous time a mother should have with her newborn baby. I didn’t want to tell her that we, this country of mostly immigrants, do take children away from their parents.
Borderland Talk I used to detain migrants at the border. Now I try and help them. When I look back, I don’t understand how I stayed. It took effort. I had to have willfully forgotten my core values.
Borderland Talk Our border policies are as dangerous to migrants as smugglers. I cannot help but wonder if they had a humane and orderly process at the ports of entry like other countries do, would that family with a baby have tried to cross the river? Would that baby still be alive? These questions are worth asking.
Borderland Talk Our Southern Border and Illegal Crossings Essentially, the problem we have today is that as demand for asylum went up, the federal government was not willing to increase nor build an asylum system that addressed that need.
Borderland Talk What Tucson is seeing today and what to expect from law enforcement The following is a lecture given at the Tucson Desert Art Museum on the current state of Tucson mass deportations and what is to come.
Borderland Talk Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams 101 This is the first of a series of articles to educate and expose the secret and illegal coverup teams used by the US Border Patrol.
