1ST ANNIVERSARY: Journey for Justice to show the immorality of the immigration policy

This December 2023 marks the first anniversary of the Journey for Justice / Peregrinaje por la Justicia organized by Witness at the Border. Dozens of human and migrant rights activists from around the country set off on their Journey for Justice on December 3, 2022, in Brownsville, Texas, and ended their trek in San Ysidro, California, on December 18, 2022. The caravan went along along the entire length 2000 of the US-Mexico border.

The Journey was to honor the lives of migrants and asylum seekers who have suffered and especially those who have died at the U.S.-Mexico border. Up to October 2022, there were a record of 856 deaths. The Journey also meant to highlight the need for just and humane immigration legislation.

Here we publish some of the many articles from Witness at the Border’s Journey for Justice. Please visit witnessattheborder.org for more information about Witness at the Border and the Journey for Justice.

We thank Nanzi Muro y Francisco Mendoza for the photos and videoclips taken of Journey for Justice. They are included in this special report.

El Tribuno del Pueblo and its sister publication the People’s Tribune partnered and participated in this journey. Our participation was made possible by donations from our readers and friends. Please donate to El Tribuno del Pueblo to continue this work of education and truth-telling that hopefully will lead to organization and action against human rights violations.

In this interview with the People’s Tribune recorded Dec. 4, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas, Joshua Rubin discusses the Journey for Justice that began on Dec. 3 in Brownsville, Texas. Rubin is the founder of Witness at the Border, which organized the Journey for Justice, a 2,200-mile pilgrimage along the US-Mexico border from Brownsville to San Ysidro, California, to document what is happening to migrants and refugees as the result of US immigration policy.

The People’s Tribune and El Tribuno del Pueblo are among the more than 40 partner organizations supporting and reporting on the Journey for Justice, which is scheduled to end Dec. 18 in California. (Interview conducted by Bob Lee, with video by Francisco Mendoza.) Visit Witness At The Border's Website for more info: www.witnessattheborder.org.

Marina Vazquez discusses how it feels to be back in Tornillo where the largest detention camp for migrant children exited. It was supposed to be a temporary solution, but a one-month contract to operate the camp stretched to two months, then three, then into the holidays as its population swelled to 6,000.

The People’s Tribune and El Tribuno del Pueblo were among the more than 40 partner organizations supporting and reporting on the Journey for Justice. (Interview conducted by Laura Garcia from El Tribuno del Pueblo.

On May 24, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen young students and two teachers were murdered that day while seventeen others were injured. In December 2022, el Tribuno del Pueblo and the People's Tribune met with some of the family members as the community continues to heal from this tragedy.

In May 2023, el Tribuno del Pueblo and the People's Tribune visited migrants at the open air corridor between San Ysidro and Tijuana. The corridor is under U.S. jurisdiction, meaning that Border Patrol has to meet certain requirements when it comes to ensuring the wellbeing of migrants. Pedro Rios from the American Friends Service Committee speaks on the conditions migrants face at the corridor and how the community has stepped up and where the U.S. has failed.

In this interview with the People’s Tribune recorded Dec. 4, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas, Joshua Rubin discusses the Journey for Justice that began on Dec. 3 in Brownsville, Texas. Rubin is the founder of Witness at the Border, which organized the Journey for Justice, a 2,200-mile pilgrimage along the US-Mexico border from Brownsville to San Ysidro, California, to document what is happening to migrants and refugees as the result of US immigration policy.

The People’s Tribune and El Tribuno del Pueblo are among the more than 40 partner organizations supporting and reporting on the Journey for Justice, which is scheduled to end Dec. 18 in California. (Interview conducted by Bob Lee, with video by Francisco Mendoza.) Visit Witness At The Border's Website for more info: www.witnessattheborder.org.