{"id":1264,"date":"2014-10-31T10:55:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T17:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniondelbarrio.org\/main\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2014-10-31T11:18:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T18:18:37","slug":"link-the-green-monster-important-article-on-the-political-history-of-the-migra-impunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniondelbarrio.org\/main\/link-the-green-monster-important-article-on-the-political-history-of-the-migra-impunity\/","title":{"rendered":"LINK: THE GREEN MONSTER &#8211; Important Article on the Political History of the Migra &#038; Impunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although not at all written from a community perspective, the linked essay provides important information about the history of the Border Patrol and its massive uncontrolled expansion since 2001. It is especially important because\u00a0it points to the corruption, impunity and culture of violence that is dominant within this largest of all federal agencies (CBP). Of course\u00a0author fails to mention the anti-raza formation and evolution of the Border Patrol, nor is there any attention given to the human repercussions of its deployment within our communities. This is one of the most urgent\u00a0tasks of our movement\u00a0&#8211; to document this history of repression from our perspective, while at the same time we struggle to overturn it.<\/p>\n<p>This essay is a must-read for anyone that cares about migra\/ border violence, deportations, and the rights of our communities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/10\/border-patrol-the-green-monster-112220_full.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Green Monster<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/10\/border-patrol-the-green-monster-112220_full.html\" target=\"_blank\"> How the Border Patrol became America\u2019s most out-of-control law enforcement agency.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/10\/border-patrol-the-green-monster-112220_full.html\" target=\"_blank\"> By GARRETT M. GRAFF &#8211;\u00a0November\/December 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/10\/border-patrol-the-green-monster-112220_full.html<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uniondelbarrio.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Migra1948_2006.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1263\" src=\"https:\/\/uniondelbarrio.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Migra1948_2006-1024x439.png\" alt=\"Migra1948_2006\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uniondelbarrio.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Migra1948_2006-1024x439.png 1024w, https:\/\/uniondelbarrio.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Migra1948_2006-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/uniondelbarrio.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Migra1948_2006.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although not at all written from a community perspective, the linked essay provides important information about the history of the Border Patrol and its massive uncontrolled expansion since 2001. It is especially important because\u00a0it points to the corruption, impunity and culture of violence that is dominant within this largest of all federal agencies (CBP). Of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,21,34,36,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10","category-border-related-news-events","category-mexico","category-police-migra","category-san-diego-news-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LINK: THE GREEN MONSTER - Important Article on the Political History of the Migra &amp; Impunity - Uni&oacute;n del Barrio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uniondelbarrio.org\/main\/link-the-green-monster-important-article-on-the-political-history-of-the-migra-impunity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LINK: THE GREEN MONSTER - Important Article on the Political History of the Migra &amp; Impunity - Uni&oacute;n del Barrio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Although not at all written from a community perspective, the linked essay provides important information about the history of the Border Patrol and its massive uncontrolled expansion since 2001. 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