- Uphold Civil Liberties
- Redirect Tax Dollars
- Protect Minorities
Border Patrol Petition
Sign a petition opposing abusive Border Patrol activities & expansion plans inside our borders.
DOCUMENTATION PROJECT:
BP Incident Report Form
Use this form to describe any direct personal experiences you have with the Border Patrol and help document abuses and violations of civil liberties. We are gathering these facts to share information with our elected representatives. More info & download the form here.
Letter from Jefferson County Sheriff - 1/12/09
Letter to Blaine Sector Homeland Security Chief John Bates from Sheriff Mike Brasfield, turning down the DHS grant money offered in return for participation in “OPERATION STONEGARDEN”. See here.
Jefferson County Democrats Resolution - 1/27/09
Resolution On Expanded U.S. Border Patrol Activity on the Olympic Peninsula, passed unanimously. See here.
ACLU Considering Lawsuit Against Border Patrol
See here.
B O R D E R P A T R O L F R E E
racial profiling, expansion plans & waste of tax dollars
What is the
Border Patrol doing
on Washington’s
Olympic Peninsula?
While the Department of Homeland Security has told us that they are expanding their presence on the Olympic Peninsula to make us safer—that their primary objective is to stop terrorism and to stem the flow of illegal goods across our borders—their activities tell a different story...
Read the story here.
All of a sudden we have these random searches and seizures of everybody and this is happening within 100 miles of our borders. It just shocks me that this is legal, it strikes me that it’s immoral, and it violates our sense of community.
—Scott Wilson, Publisher of The Leader
They target people of color, specifically.
—Melisa Eyle, Native American
If you can explain to me why we should pay Border Patrol agents to strike fear into local families by staking out public buses, schools, grocery stores and Catholic churches when we don’t have money to provide drug and alcohol treatment to the families who cycle through the courts where I work every day, please justify this expenditure of money we don’t have.
—Ruth Gordon, Jefferson County Clerk
This toll-free Hotline facilitates rapid response to BP activities in East Jefferson County. Call to report a Border Patrol checkpoint, raid, arrest, detainment or surveillance.
Before you call, make sure
you have accurate information.
Spanish Subtitled version HEREcivil liberties, waste physical & financial resources, & do not enhance border security.