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June 19, 2017

Arizona: Border Police Raid "No More Deaths" Medical Encampment
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And in Arizona, a humanitarian aid group helping migrant border crossers
says U.S. Border Patrol officers raided their medical aid encampment,
arresting four migrants and endangering the lives of others. Last
Thursday's raid on the No More Deaths encampment about 15 miles from the
Mexican border reversed an informal policy under the Obama
administration that for years saw Border Patrol agents allow the group
to provide water, food, shelter and medical aid to migrants. In a
statement, No More Deaths said, "The targeting of this critical medical
aid is a shameful reflection of the current administration's disregard
for the lives of migrants and refugees, making an already dangerous
journey even more deadly."