1/ As temperatures fall across the county, Border Patrol continues to hold asylum seekers outside in open-air detention sites. Some were held in San Ysidro tonight, and hundreds were held in Jacumba—where temperatures have taken an even more precipitous drop. 2/ Despite an in-custody death at one of these sites, Border Patrol has not provisioned so much as a tent. The aid comes from volunteers, and it has only come from volunteers for nearly one-hundred days.

1/ Hundreds rallied for Palestine in Pacific Beach today, calling for an immediate ceasefire and a free Palestine.
Speakers from a variety of backgrounds spoke about the genocide, and what this present moment means for oppressed people everywhere. 2/ A medical professional spoke in solidarity with Palestinians under siege, and shared that the average Palestinian killed is only five years old.
Others reflected on what this moment means for queer people, condemning the Israeli government’s pinkwashing efforts.

1/ Humanitarian aid workers held a press conference following the death of a 29-year old woman in Border Patrol’s open-air detention site. The presser occurred in front of Border Patrol’s 30-foot wall on the US/Mexico border, the location of one such open-air detention site. 2/ Speakers detailed Border Patrol’s profound and inhumane neglect. Speakers argued the agency failed to provide adequate water, shelter, running restrooms, and access to medical care—even according to the agency’s own standards for detention.

1/ Photo’d a rally and protest outside Border Patrol headquarters in #ChulaVista. Activists gathered to protest the construction of a thirty-foot wall that would severely limit the use of Friendship Park, a site for thousands of family reunifications per year. 2/ Border Patrol has stated “access to the Park will be coordinated with USBP through a gate in the secondary barrier, during designated periods of time, once it is operationally safe to do so.”
Activists say that a 30-foot wall is not necessary—the park already has an 18 ft wall