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The Forest Service closed roads near the border wall in an attempt to stop public oversight on Border wall construction and add another layer of policing against aid workers and environmentalists. They have closed these roads in the name of "public safety"

“Colonial borders, barricades and police violence will not shake our obligation to these sacred places. We’ll continue to take care of this land. And the land will take care of us.” - Hon'mana Seukteoma, Tohono O’odham Land Defender

The Forest Service closed roads near the border wall in an attempt to stop public oversight on Border wall construction and add another layer of policing against aid workers and environmentalists. They have closed these roads in the name of "public safety"

Six years ago, O'odham land defenders were arrested by National Park Service rangers while protecting Quitobaquito springs, another sacred site, after NPS closed all access to the sacred spring.

The Forest Service closed roads near the border wall in an attempt to stop public oversight on Border wall construction and add another layer of policing against aid workers and environmentalists. They have closed these roads in the name of "public safety"

This perpetuates the cycle of death and disappearance, and continues to allow CBP to have no public oversight on the harms they do unto the people crossing and the land they continue to destroy.

The Forest Service closed roads near the border wall in an attempt to stop public oversight on Border wall construction and add another layer of policing against aid workers and environmentalists. They have closed these roads in the name of "public safety"

These road closures come after 64 days of border wall resistance in the environmentally sensitive and diverse region of the San Rafael valley, where land defenders have continued to halt border construction.

Land defenders are asking for you to join them. Folks on the ground in Lochiel, AZ / La Noria, MX have halted construction at the site of a 200 year old Cottonwood tree, yet construction resumed this morning just a few hundred yards from the last standing Cottonwood tree.

Activists are also halting border wall construction further down the road. This is a historic moment for anti-border activists everywhere. This is one part of the same struggle, towards a world free of borders.

As border wall construction expands across the borderlands, including the addition of the double border wall, we wanted to take a moment to say that WALLS DO NOT WORK. They do not deter migration, just make the crossing more deadly while desecrating the land that they stand on.

In this moment of resistance, we ask all of you to keep your hearts and eyes on the borderlands, that no matter what happens to the cottonwood trees in Lochiel, in Big Bend or at Quitobaquito, that you continue to fight and care.

As border wall construction expands across the borderlands, including the addition of the double border wall, we wanted to take a moment to say that WALLS DO NOT WORK. They do not deter migration, just make the crossing more deadly while desecrating the land that they stand on.

These deaths are not isolated tragedies. They reflect the human consequences of policies that seek to deter migration by increasing the risks people face. The border wall is not just a symbol of decades of border violence, but also a tool to cause harm, separation and death.

As border wall construction expands across the borderlands, including the addition of the double border wall, we wanted to take a moment to say that WALLS DO NOT WORK. They do not deter migration, just make the crossing more deadly while desecrating the land that they stand on.

While No More Deaths is not directly involved in these resistance efforts, we stand with those who are. The expansion of border infrastructure is not simply an effort to create a physical barrier; it is part of a broader strategy that has consistently relied on making migration more dangerous.

As border wall construction expands across the borderlands, including the addition of the double border wall, we wanted to take a moment to say that WALLS DO NOT WORK. They do not deter migration, just make the crossing more deadly while desecrating the land that they stand on.

As part of the Prevention Through Deterrence strategy, border barriers were intentionally constructed to push people into remote and rugged terrain, where they were more likely to become injured, lost, or abandoned and far less likely to encounter help when they needed it.

The 250 year old Cottonwood tree branches once stretched across the border into Mexico before the destruction began in Lochiel. Support the land defenders and protect the borderlands from further militarization and destruction.

Last week, Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, was struck and killed by a semi truck after fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Florida. The Department of Homeland security will say that this death was not foul play on their part, that the person fleeing should not have fled.

A 2019 LATimes report tracked 500 cases of BP vehicle pursuits between 2015 and 2018 and found that Border Patrol’s loose policies on when to initiate a chase and the strategies used in those chases meant that “1 in 3 ended in a crash,” counting at least 250 injuries and 22 deaths.

Last week, Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, was struck and killed by a semi truck after fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Florida. The Department of Homeland security will say that this death was not foul play on their part, that the person fleeing should not have fled.

In our 2024 report, "El Paso Sector Migrant Death Database" we analyze CBP's data on deaths in El Paso Sector against our own findings. We often found that BP's data significantly recorded less deaths across the board, especially when it came to death's resulted from law enforcement pursuit.

Last week, Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, was struck and killed by a semi truck after fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Florida. The Department of Homeland security will say that this death was not foul play on their part, that the person fleeing should not have fled.

In our 2019 abuse documentation report, "Deadly Apprehension Methods", we dive into the fatal method of chase and scatter. The deadly practices of this method are not limited to the US/Mexico borderlands, nor are they used solely against people actively crossing the desert.

Last week, Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, was struck and killed by a semi truck after fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Florida. The Department of Homeland security will say that this death was not foul play on their part, that the person fleeing should not have fled.

Today, ICE murdered Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine. Once again, a family, friends, and community are left carrying the unimaginable weight of a life taken. There are no words that can fully honor the gravity of this moment or the profound loss.

We cannot grow accustomed to this violence. We refuse a society where the loss of human life is met with resignation instead of outrage, compassion, and accountability. Every death like Joan’s demands our attention, our mourning, and our commitment to seeking truth and justice.

Today, ICE murdered Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine. Once again, a family, friends, and community are left carrying the unimaginable weight of a life taken. There are no words that can fully honor the gravity of this moment or the profound loss.

Deaths at the hands of ICE & Border Patrol have become so frequent that they risk being treated as just another headline, another statistic, another story that fades before the next one arrives. We refuse to accept this as normal.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by an ICE agent yesterday in Houston, exactly 6 months after Renee Good was murdered in Minneapolis. ICE has made the same "justification" for murdering Lorenzo Salgado Araujo as they did for Renee Good. These murders are not accidental nor are they justifiable.

We stand with the Tohono O'odham nation against the construction of a second border wall that would further desecrate Quitobaquito Springs and 62 miles of sovereign land. For centuries the Tohono O'odham people lived free of barriers, surveillance, and militarization.

The traditional territory of the Tohono O'odham nation is already severed in half by the US/Mexico international border, with families split across a line that crossed them. Many nation members experience heightened surveillance from border technology and violent policing from Border Patrol.

We stand with the Tohono O'odham nation against the construction of a second border wall that would further desecrate Quitobaquito Springs and 62 miles of sovereign land. For centuries the Tohono O'odham people lived free of barriers, surveillance, and militarization.

New article about the Migrant Death Map that No More Deaths released in 2025.

“I think when you recognize that every person on that database that we've collected is a person with a story and a name and a family. It does break your heart and I think it should break your heart." -No More Deaths volunteer

New article about the Migrant Death Map that No More Deaths released in 2025.