Accountability

To trust the DOJ or not to trust the DOJ.

There is a large part of me that wants to believe, wants to trust that the DOJ (Department of Justice) will do the right thing in regard...

Border Patrol Agent Shoots U.S. Citizen Point Blank

On March 14, 2023, the U.S. Border Patrol pursued a vehicle that agents suspected of smuggling undocumented persons. When the pursuit...

How Breitbart Helped Cause a Port Shutdown

Even before Joe Biden won the presidency, anti-immigrant right-wing media group Breitbart was on the Border Patrol beat. They have...

SCOTUS May Put Bad CBP Agents Back in Uniform

To read the various media reports about the U.S. Supreme Court hearing the 5th Circuit Appeals case of U.S. vs Rahimi that recently...

Biden Administration's Intended Coverup of the BPCITs

I was 50 years old when I learned that the Alamo was not fought over Texas independence but over slavery. I am a college educated woman,...

OPR Once Again Covers Up Border Patrol Misconduct in Horse Patrol Investigation

While Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Commissioner Chris Magnus would like Americans to know that he is dedicated to transparency...

Border Patrol Bragging about Brutality is Part of the Culture

Being sold by Old Patrol HQ , a Facebook group of current and former Border Patrol agents. Recently, media outlets have seized onto the...

Border Patrol's Gremlin Unit & Constitutional Rights

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided in Egbert v. Boule that Border Patrol agents cannot be held liable for violating...

Dona Taide

Dona Taide and husband Jose at their grandson's memorial. Photo taken by John Kurc. I first saw her in 2019 in Washington D.C. To those...

DNA Checks for Law Enforcement

There are certain rights we must willingly give up if we wish to be hired on for certain jobs. It is not uncommon for employers of...