Tag: Use of Force

September 1, 2020

September 23, 2020

A new report from a government watchdog office concluded that the U.S. Border Patrol complied with its use of force policy when it twice deployed tear gas to stop hundreds of mostly Central American migrants from rushing the border in San Diego.

Tags: Border and Migration Politics, Human Rights, U.S. Policy, Use of Force

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Compliance with Use of Force Policy for Incidents on November 25, 2018 and January 1, 2019

August 24, 2020

Published by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector-General on August 24, 2020.

Examines two incidents of cross-border use of tear gas and other crowd control measures during the arrival of a “migrant caravan” in Tijuana, and finds only minor wrongdoing. (Link at oig.dhs.gov)

Tags: Border Patrol, CBP, Crowd Control, Oversight, San Diego, Use of Force

Border Enforcement Developments Since 1993 and How to Change CBP

August 24, 2020

Published by the Center for Migration Studies on August 24, 2020.

A summary of recent experience with border security and migration, with a long list of recommendations.

Tags: Asylum, CBP, Civil Liberties, Detention, Use of Force

Report No. 198/20. Petition P-524-16. Admissibility. Anastasio Hernández Rojas and family.

July 23, 2020

Published by the Inter-American Human Rights Commission on July 23, 2020.

The Commission finds admissible the case of Anastasio Hernandez, a Mexican citizen who was violently beaten and tasered to death by CBP agents on May 31, 2010.

Tags: CBP, Human Rights, Inter-American System, Use of Force