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Documents Show Attorneys, Journalists And Advocates Monitored By Border Officials | Kate Morrissey

Episode Summary

Documents published Wednesday indicate that the federal government has monitored a group of journalists, attorneys, advocates and activists who interacted with a migrant caravan that arrived in Tijuana late last year. NBC7 in San Diego published leaked documents Wednesday indicating that the U.S. government has kept dossiers on a group of 59 advocates, activists, attorneys and journalists it is investigating in relation to the migrant caravan that arrived in Tijuana in November.  Many of those in the dossier appeared in previous articles by The San Diego Union-Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and The Intercept talking of frequent interrogations at the border or being denied entry to Mexico. The published documents indicate that officials placed alerts on some of the people in the group and canceled visas or SENTRI passes for others. Read the full story: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/sd-me-border-crossing-20190301-story.html In other news: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/sd-me-rockcoons-plea-20190308-story.htmlp

Episode Notes

Documents published Wednesday indicate that the federal government has monitored a group of journalists, attorneys, advocates and activists who interacted with a migrant caravan that arrived in Tijuana late last year.
NBC7 in San Diego published leaked documents Wednesday indicating that the U.S. government has kept dossiers on a group of 59 advocates, activists, attorneys and journalists it is investigating in relation to the migrant caravan that arrived in Tijuana in November. 
Many of those in the dossier appeared in previous articles by The San Diego Union-Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and The Intercept talking of frequent interrogations at the border or being denied entry to Mexico.
The published documents indicate that officials placed alerts on some of the people in the group and canceled visas or SENTRI passes for others.
Read the full story: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/sd-me-border-crossing-20190301-story.html
In other news: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/sd-me-rockcoons-plea-20190308-story.htmlp