Are We Doing Enough to Protect Journalists at the Border?

by We Hold These Truths | 8.8.19

A recent LA Times report revealed that border patrol agents have been stopping, searching, and in some cases detaining American journalist who have spent time in migrant caravans near Mexican border towns. Border Patrol officials maintain that these tactics are a necessary component of border security. Journalists and activists feel that these are intimidation tactics designed to deter the press from covering migrant caravans and border detention centers.

The U.S. tracked border activists, journalists and attorneys. Is it legal? 

If the US Border Patrol is unfairly targeting journalists and activists, then this would constitute a violation of First Amendment secured freedoms of press and assembly.

The Government Is Detaining and Interrogating Journalists and Advocates at the US-Mexico Border

Do you think the Border Patrol is unfairly targeting journalists?