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6 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
In our report, we show that search and rescue for migrants is separate and unequal. When citizens are lost, border counties respond with all resources at their disposal. When they suspect a missing person of being undocumented, the case is transferred to Border Patrol.
Border Patrol works alone with no transparency. In the cases we analyzed, 27% of emergency cases that BP responded to ended in disappearance. In contrast, local SAR teams boast a near 100% success rate of search and rescues for citizens and tourists in similar areas.
NMD along with the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a FOIA in April of 2019 seeking documents and data related to Border Patrols response to emergency cases, the quality of those responses, and the outcomes of those that were missing. ccrjustice.org/sites/default/…
Customs and Border Protection failed to provide a single document in response to the request, and on Wednesday NMD and CCR filed a joint lawsuit seeking a court order that will compel the agency to this bare minimum of transparency.
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