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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
February 6, 2009

No More Deaths volunteer to be arraigned for littering

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News

The Catholic Sun has been reporting on the efforts of No More Deaths for a few years now. No More Deaths is a humanitarian organization of volunteers that provide food and medical assistance to immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. I learned yesterday that Walt Staton, a volunteer that’s been a source for our stories, [...]


September 24, 2008

No More Deaths: ‘Our system is broken’

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News

U.S. Magistrate Judge Bernardo P. Velasco issued his ruling against Daniel Millis Sept. 21. He’d been weighing a decision since a trial July 25. “The verdict is in,” said Laura Ilardo of No More Deaths in an e-mail, “and is more evidence that our system is broken.” The Arizona Daily Star reported that Millis had [...]


July 29, 2008

No More Deaths volunteer cited for littering

Posted by : J.D. Long-García
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News

TUCSON – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement officers charged a humanitarian aid volunteer with littering after he left jugs of water in the desert for immigrants crossing the Arizona-Mexico border illegally. No More Deaths volunteer Dan Millis has entered a plea of not guilty for the Class B misdemeanor of littering on a national [...]