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You may have read our front page story from the Nov. 19 issue, “Lifesavers or desert desecrators?” The feature detailed the troubles of a humanitarian group working on the border. This summer, 13 No More Deaths volunteers were cited for littering after leaving behind water for migrants trekking across the desert illegally. The Tucson 13, [...]

Tomorrow 13 volunteers from the humanitarian groups No More Deaths, Samaritans and Humane Borders will be arraigned on littering charges in federal Court. The 13, including Franciscan Father Jerome Zawada, were cited on July 9 for placing clean drinking water along known migrant trails in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, which lies along the [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

This is our video report of the Kino Border Initiative, a binational effort to provide innovative social, pastoral, and educational ministries to migrants and the communities most affected by them on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border of southern Arizona. You can read our story, which appeared in this weeks issue, online. You can also visit [...]