New World Border

Migrant Deaths Increase in Remote Regions

September 10, 2012

Migrant Deaths Jump

Although unauthorized border crossings are down to 40-year lows on the
United States’ southern border, the deaths of migrants trying to reach
the Promised Land are on the upswing in at least one section of the
region. That’s according to Miguel Angel Isidro, Mexican counsel in
Laredo, Texas. In remarks to the Mexican press, Isidro said 60
migrants have perished in the zone surrounding Laredo and its sister
city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, so far this year.

Of the 60 deaths, 34 were registered on the U.S. side of the border
and 26 on the Mexican side. According to Isidro, all the deaths in
Mexico were due to drownings in the Rio Grande. The deceased persons
recovered in the U.S. succumbed mainly to dehydration, though some
drowned in the river or were killed in vehicular accidents, he said.

“The (death toll) is higher than last year’s, when 52 dead migrants
were registered, according to Mexican consular sources and reports
from the authorities in Nuevo Laredo”  Isidro said. “Of those deaths,
30 happened in the desert of Laredo, Texas, and 22 on the Mexican side
of the Rio Grande.”

The Mexican diplomatic official attributed the increase in migrant
deaths to the tightening of U.S. border security across from
once-popular crossings between the Mexican state of Coahuila and the
highway that connects to the metropolitan center of Monterrey, Nuevo
Leon. The blocked access, Isidro said, has forced migrants to  attempt
dangerous crossings in areas with extremely high temperatures or
treacherous waters. The Mexican consulate, he added, has issued
warnings advising of the dangers in crossing the territory.


Sources: El Diario de Juarez/Notimex, September 10, 2012. New York
Times, September 7, 2012. Article by Julia Preston.


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Resource Center for Nonviolence hosts New World Border, Santa Cruz, CA

Resource Center for Nonviolence to host “New World Border” poster art show.
“First Friday” March 2nd through March 30th
Special Reception opening night presentation with Francisco Dominguez,
Photographer, Artist and co-organizer of “New World Border” at 5pm.

Resource Center for Nonviolence
612 Ocean Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Contact: call 831-423-1626

To raise awareness about the human rights abuses, environmental
destruction, and gross violation of civil rights along the US/Mexico
Border and establish our new facility as one that is supportive of the
arts, the RCNV is hosting the “New World Border” traveling art show.  “New
World Border” is a collaborative effort from 30 artists throughout the
U.S. to express concern about the US/Mexico Border Fence between the two
countries both the sections already constructed and the newly proposed
routes.  Opening Night will feature a special photo slideshow presentation
with Francisco Dominguez, artist and co-organizer of “New World Border” on
the effects of the US/Mexico border wall.

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Spray Booth Gallery, Kansas City Review

http://arttattler.com/archivenewworldborder.html

Spray Booth Gallery  130 West 18th Street  Inside Volker Bicycles Kansas City
New World Border: Artists Respond to the U.S./Mexico Border Wall  
August 5-August 27, 2011 

Building a wall not only demarcates a boundary, but it separates and unites simultaneously. A wall is a symbolic rift that reflects a human tendency to define difference, demarcate geography and property. Border walls shore up nationalist identities with erected structures, rhetoric and policies intended to define an exclusive culture of “us”. The people residing on the other side of this shared boundary often become a scapegoat for fears, frustrations, and insecurities. Such is the case with the construction of the U.S./Mexico border wall. It is like a knife severing interconnected neighbors, wildlife, indigenous peoples, and families. The wall inflames hatred and contributes to an atmosphere of vigilantism and oppression. While the US walls off its territory in the name of “security” what is it sacrificing?

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New World Border Approaches One Year

New World Border has been on the road for less than a year and has visited sixteen venues, in nine states. Take a look at the schedule so far. Contact us to book a showing. 

Greg Kelly, Musician Against the Wall

Greg Kelly is a musician who lives in Gallup, New Mexico and played his song about the US/Mexico border wall at the New World Border show reception on December 15, 2011. 

Here’s a sample of the lyrics

On the border with our southern neighbors
There stands a monument to our greed
Built from the aluminum landing strips
Of the flying Gulf War machines
And it rises from the desert
Shrouded in barbed wire and pain
The border of an economic prison camp
Where the poor labor for our gain

New World Border in Santa Cruz, CA

Migrant Death Rate on Arizona Border More than Double in Two Years

Press release from Coalición de Derechos Humanos in Tucson

January 24, 2012
Contact:  Kat Rodriguez: 520.770.1373

Migrant Death Rate on Arizona Border More than Double in Two Years While DHS Plans Expansion of Deadly Criminalization Policies

Arizona- Despite continued claims by the Department of Homeland Security that the number of migrant deaths has reached an all-time low, data show that the actual rate of migrant death on the Arizona border has actually almost doubled in the last two years. This information comes as DHS announces plans to eliminate voluntary removals and criminally prosecute, incarcerate, and formally deport all apprehended immigrants, a move that is clearly spurred by the need to boost detention numbers to justify a grossly bloated DHS budget.

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UNM - Gallup Reception

On December 15, 2011, a reception was held at the New World Border show at the University of New Mexico Gallup. Below are some photos of the show and the reception. 

The gallery from the student union lobby. 

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Show Reviews

Here are some of the reviews of the New World Border show, gathered in a bit of forensic internet searching. 

Turnstyle News
http://turnstylenews.com/2011/04/15/artists-from-across-u-s-respond-to-new-world-border/

University of New Mexico Gallup, News
http://unmgnewsevents.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-world-border-exhibition-set-at-unmg.html

Deep Dish TV Uprooted
http://deepdishtvuprooted.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/new-world-border-exhibit-in-arizona-new-jersey-and-missouri/

City Weekly, Salt Lake City
http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/event-99880-new-world-border.html