TELEPHONIC PRESS AND HILL BORDER BRIEFING
Border Communities Speak Up Ahead of House Border Security Hearing
Contact Hiram Soto, [email protected]. 619.630.0694
What: Next week, the House Committee on Homeland Security will be holding a hearing on border security to discuss security in the southern border as the nation debates President Trump’s proposed wall and further militarization of the region. Secretary John Kelly, the new head of the Department of Homeland Security, is expected to testify.
But before Washington D.C. discusses these reckless and unnecessary proposals to escalate enforcement along the border, people from the borderlands directly impacted by these policies will make their voices heard.
Join us this Monday, February 6 for a telephonic and hill border briefing featuring key stakeholders from California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. They will discuss how border enforcement affects their communities, and how the extraordinary powers granted to immigration enforcement officers impacts their daily lives.
Who?: Southern border communities will speak up leading up to the February 7 House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill.
When?: Telephonic Press and Hill Border Security Briefing is on Monday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. EST / 11 a.m. PST.
How to register?: Click here to get dial in directions
Lineup of speakers ?:
- Andrea Guerrero, Executive Director of Alliance San Diego in California and Co-Chair of the Southern Border Communities Coalition
- Ramon Batista, Assistant Chief of the Tucson Police Department, in Arizona
- John Anthony Sedgwick, Business owner and rancher in Nogales, Arizona
- Héctor Guzmán López, Organizer with Fuerza del Valle Workers’ Center in Alamo, Texas
- Jorge Rodriguez, Ph.D. student from New Mexico and expert on Border Patrol checkpoints
About SBCC?
The Southern Border Communities Coalition brings together more than 60 organizations from San Diego, California, to Brownsville, Texas, to ensure that border enforcement policies and practices are accountable and fair, respect human dignity and human rights, and prevent the loss of life in the region. For more information, please visit www.southernborder.org.
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