Zero-tolerance policy is cruel, immoral.

Separating children from their parents at the border ‘breaks my heart’ By Laura Bush June 17 at 8:45 PM Laura Bush is a former first lady of the United States. On Sunday, a day we as a nation set aside to honor fathers and the bonds of family, I was among the millions of Americans

Brightness of Noon Airs on ABC-TV this Sunday February 18th

This Sunday, February 18th, ABC will air a documentary on the border issue called “Brightness of Noon,” featuring our very own Stephen Lee Saltonstall! Check out a clip from it here, and watch the documentary at 9 AM Mountain Time this Sunday! Watch a Video Clip of Presentation

HUMANE BORDERS SAYS VANDALISM OF WATER STATIONS IS DEADLY

For Immediate Release January 18, 2018 A lock was shot off of the Cemetery Hill Water Station and was discovered by Humane Borders volunteers on Sunday. According to Juanita Molina, the Executive Director of the Tucson-based humanitarian organization Humane Borders, vandalism of that organization’s water stations, designed to stop undocumented migrants from dying of thirst

WE’RE GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE BORDER

January 27 @ 9:00 am Anyone who wants to help clean up Humane Border’s mile should meet in front of Humane Borders at 9 am Rancho Sierra Vista de Sasabe, the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance and Arizona Department of Transportation are at it again this year! Bring your sturdy shoes, gloves and your trusty trash-pickers

Migrant Death Continues, Even in Areas Served by Humane Borders

– by Stephen Lee Saltonstall The Desert Fountain Humane Borders December 2017 One of the sad realities that Humane Borders volunteers must face is that migrant deaths continue despite our best efforts, including in areas where we maintain water stations. We can’t predict exactly the routes migrants will be walking, and the patterns of migration

Humane Borders Calendar

Get your Humane Borders’ 2018 Calendar. Monthly Calendar – 12 images: beautiful shots of the borderlands, water stations and volunteers . . . The price is a mere ten dollars with three additional dollars for shipping and handling. Please mail your check for $13.00 to: Humane Borders, PO BOX 27024; Tucson AZ 85726; ATTN: Calendar.

SIXTH ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE FLEET

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE SIXTH ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE FLEET AT HUMANE BORDERS SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2018 5:00 pm 243 West 33rd Street (corner of West 33rd St. and S. 9th Ave.) Please join us for light refreshments following the ceremony

Humane Borders T-Shirts

For the first time in almost a decade, Humane Borders has new t-shirts. They come in blue only and we have women’s and men’s sizes S to XXL. The price is a mere twenty dollars with three additional dollars for shipping and handling. They’re chic, trend-setting and stylish. Be the first kid on your block

We Still Need Volunteers

by Dinah Bear, Humane Borders Board Chair “Hasn’t most of the migration stopped? It doesn’t look like there is much water use at your stations. Why do you still need volunteers?”Questions like these are being asked by some individuals and they are fair and understandable questions. Whatever side of the political spectrum people you are

Connecting people with the resources to find their missing loved ones in Arizona

ABSTRACT: Undocumented Border Crosser (UBC) deaths in Arizona are a major issue faced by medicolegal authorities. Currently, the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner (MCOME) is in possession of over two hundred unidentified individuals, more than half of whom are presumed to be UBCs. The primary goal of this study was to address the