Humane Borders

 

A.      Title of agency or organization?

Humane Borders

 

B.      Where is home base (city/state/country)?

First Christian Church, Tucson, Arizona

 

C.      Date founded?

June 11, 2000

 

D.      Names of key spokespersons/officers

Rev. Robin Hoover, Ph.D/President

Tim Holt, Treasurer

Paul Fuschini, Vice President

Sister Elizabeth Ohmann, Secretary

Corporate Officers: Rev. Randy Mayer and Sue Ann Goodman

 

E.       What/who is key constituency or audience?

Federal, State, Tribal, county organizations, agencies, individuals, churches, humanitarian groups, and anyone who agrees with the group. Any people of good faith.

 

F.       What are the agency’s main activities?

The maintenance of the water stations out in the desert so when immigrants get thirsty attempting to cross the hot desert, they have a place to go and not be one of the many that die.

 

G.      Mission statement?

        

They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat upon them. He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water."

     

H.      What are the key im/migration issues of concern to this agency?

To help the immigrants stranded out in the desert with no food or water by supplying them with the necessary nutrition to live and prevent deaths of immigrants trying to cross the border.

 

I.        As best as you can determine, on what evidence/sources/research/community does this agency base its informational statements issued, press releases, reports, etc.?

That too many people are dying trying to cross the border of thirst and hunger. Humane Borders is willing to help the immigrants out by providing with water and food to save lives.

 

J.        Any publications? (what types, sample titles; if online, give links)

www.humanebordersblogged.blogspot.com         

 

K.      Give at least one citation about this agency from a newspaper article (preferably an Arizona newspaper). Use a citation index to research this e.g., Lexis Nexis, available from the Migration Course Web Page made by the Fletcher Library:  http://library.west.asu.edu/subjects/SOC/soc331.html  Briefly state what the article is about, and provide a quote from the article that includes the agency’s name and gives a good idea of this agency’s perspective on im/migration.  Note: not a quote from agency’s own web site

“The maps, which were designed by Humane Borders, show mountains, towns, roads, railroads, and the location of water stations and rescue beacons where migrants can summon help. They also show the location of each migrant death over the past four years”

 

They are discussing if this is a good idea to give out maps of where the stations are so the immigrants can find them easier if they are crossing the desert and get thirsty.

 

L.       Any other issues of interest about the agency?

Mainly to help illegal immigrants trying to cross the border through the desert in search of a better life by supplying them with food and water in their time of need.

 

M.     Is the agency noticeably pro or con immigration?

This agency is not really pro or con immigration. They are just trying to help out the people that do decide that they want to migrate to the United States. Their main focus is to reduce the deaths that occur of hydration when immigrant try to cross the hot desert in search of a better life.

 

N.      Web site? Give URL

www.humaneborders.org