Press Advisory

Signatures will be Displayed this Monday June 2nd at a Press conference at the San Jacinto Plaza (Lagartos) at 12 Noon

Friday, May 30, 2008. During the last two weeks thousands of residents of our border region (El Paso County and Southern New Mexico) have been signing a community petition circulated by BNHR “to call upon the current administration to cease the construction of the Border Wall”, to support our local government efforts, city and county, on this issue and to call for a comprehensive solution.

The signature-collecting process will wrap up this weekend, and on Monday morning the completed petition will be presented to the El Paso County Commissioners Court, to DHS (local Border Patrol Headquarter), and to state and federal elected officials. On Tuesday, the petition will be also presented to the El Paso City Council.

This coming Monday June 2nd, at 12 Noon the thousands of signatures will be presented and displayed during a Press Conference at the San Jacinto Plaza.

The Border Network for Human Rights, along with many, members of our border community, believe this is an exercise of a long overdue community consultation process on the issues of the Border Wall and current enforcement strategies implemented in the southwest border.

Fernando Garcia, Executive Director
Border Network for Human Rights
1101 E. Yandell
El Paso, TX 79901
(915) 577-0724