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Tucson, AZ: On Monday, July 11th at 12:00 noon at Southside Presbyterian Church, individuals of conscious, religious leaders, human rights advocates, and grassroots organizers affiliated with the No More Deaths campaign gathered to express their deep outrage over the arrest of two volunteers who were saving the lives of three migrants near Arivaca, AZ.
The No More Deaths camp encountered three individuals, two of whom were ill and had severe blisters, and the third who was vomiting and had severe diarrhea on Saturday, July 9th at the Arivaca Camp. After consulting with two doctors and one nurse, it was assessed that the individuals were in need of immediate medical attention and evaluation. The volunteers were advised to take the migrants to the nearest medical facility.
While medically evacuating the distressed migrants, the No More Deaths volunteers were stopped and arrested by U.S. Border Patrol. They have each been charged with one felony count of transportation of an undocumented person and one felony count of obstruction of justice.
Community members are outraged by this shameless injustice of arresting individuals while providing emergency medical aid. People of conscience stand together in solidarity with those arrested, insisting that these volunteers were following a faith-inspired moral code of ethnics; no human being should have to die a gruesome death in search of work in the United States. U.S. Border Patrol should be applauding the efforts of these volunteers for their heroic efforts of aiding human beings in emergency medical distress.
Since the fiscal year began on October 1, 2004, the total number of migrant deaths that have occurred in Arizona have reached an alarming 151 deaths by June 30, 2005. In the month of June alone, the No More Deaths campaign has rescued 175 migrants in distress in the Arizona desert. Without these humanitarian efforts, there is no doubt that the migrant death count would be even higher in the state of Arizona.
The No More Deaths Movement is a diverse coalition of individuals, faith communities, human rights advocates, and grassroots organizers who are engaged in direct and symbolic action to save lives, advocate for immigration policy reform, and raise public awareness about the present-day crisis of migrant deaths in the deserts of the Southwest. For more information on the No More Deaths campaign, visit www.nomoredeaths.org.
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