06 Feb 2012
Report compiled on Border Patrol activity in Pac. NW
"Armed with cellphones and cameras, Forks Human
Rights Group members say they documented 162 alleged Border Patrol
encounters with mostly Latino West End residents from April 2008 through
mid-January. The immigration-related encounters, which often
involved more than one person, left 106 children without one parent —
and 13 children with no parent at all — after the parents were arrested
for immigration violations, according to the group's two-part Analysis
of Border Patrol Activity In/Around Forks, WA, the second part of which
was released in mid-January. [ Read the full two-part report here: http://tinyurl.com/forksrpt ] The
children whose parents were arrested were without at least one parent
between almost a day to a few weeks, Forks resident and medical
interpreter Lesley Hoare, a group organizer, said last week." - Peninsula Daily News, Feb. 4, 2012.