Tag: Racism

Operation Lone Star: Racial Profiling in Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Traffic Stops and High Death Toll from DPS Vehicle Pursuits

Published by ACLU of Texas and the Texas Civil Rights Project, via the Texas Tribune, on July 28, 2022.

A complaint to the Justice Department about racial profiling and dangerous vehicle pursuits carried out by Texas state law enforcement personnel within the framework of the so-called “Operation Lone Star.”

Tags: Human Rights, Racism, Texas, Vehicle Pursuits

How the Mexican revolution of 1910 helped shape U.S. border policy

Published by NPR on July 5, 2022.

A conversation between radio host Terry Gross and Kelly Lytle Hernández, author of Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands.

Tags: Mexico, Organizational Culture, Racism

Bajo la Bota

Publicado por la Fundación para la Justicia y otras organizaciones el 24 de mayo de 2022.

A multimedia microsite about the increasing use of military force to confront migration in Mexico, the United States, and elsewhere in the region.

Tags: Asylum, Civil-Military Relations, Crimes Against Migrants, Mexico crackdown, Racism, Title 42