Tijuana Exodus Update Through a Queer Lens

Trans folks stand at the very front of this movement. As of yesterday morning, the last three members of the 60+ trans asylum seeking contingent successfully presented to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The trans womxn caravana strategically moved from Tijuana to ports of entry further east weeks ago and now are just waiting […]

Hunger Strikers Met by Riot Police at US Consulate in Tijuana

On November 29tha group of womxn announced they were going on a hunger strike until their demands were met. Their demands mainly being: Immediate Mexican temporary humanitarian visas while they wait for asylum in the US, the US to speed up the asylum process at the border, and, to stop to deportations of refugees from the […]

30+ Arrested in Civil Disobedience at the Border Wall

Direct actions and measures of civil disobedience have been happening weekly down here in Tijuana. A few days ago, faith leaders organized hundreds of people from all over Turtle Island to march along the beach to the San Diego side of the border wall where they were greeted by 30+ border patrol agents carrying snipers, […]

Divided People: connecting Black Mesa with the Central American Refugee Exodus

Coal transportation pipeline for Peabody’s Black Mesa Coal Mine Editor’s note: we intentionally chose to capitalize all uses of Indigenous, Native, Latinx/Hispanic, Dine, Hopi when referring to people(s) for consistency. Some names have been changed to protect the identities of the subjects. Sitting on a bench outside of a stone house, Zee smokes a cigarette […]

Troops Off The Border!

This morning, @hecatesociety helped a large group of people in Tucson shut down the intersection in front of the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base main entrance. The group demanded that US troops leave the southern border and stop terrorizing refugees. Indigenous people have the right to migrate across ancestral land. Esta mañana la sociedad Hecate ayudó […]

“Illegal” Meadows

Flowers were planted on the soil of the “forbidden” meadow, as a symbol that the people will bloom and thrive again with the collective feminine healing powers and determination to build a better world for our younger generations. After the die-in, fear was disarmed as people were dancing and celebrating on the meadow while music […]

Wondering If They’ll Ever Come Home

Yesterday morning, over a hundred people gathered on the US and Mexico sides of the border wall in Nogales to commemorate the 400+ people that have died or disappeared in the past year and thousands more in the years prior, when attempting to seek asylum and cross the border. While the names of the dead […]

Detainees Watched With Their Hands Pressed Up to the Outdoor Windows of Their Cells

On Friday night, hundreds of people gathered outside the barb wired gates of the Eloy Detention Center, in Eloy, AZ. With one unified voice, they told the refugees detained behind the fortified concrete walls, “Te quieremos, no están solos!” Dozens of ICE and cop cars shone their headlights across the massive group of dancing and […]

The US – MX border wall on a cold night in Nogales, AZ

Many moons have lit the way for thousands of refugees traveling to “El Norte” fleeing US backed violence. Just a few days ago this barb wire was put up on the wall as another layer of intimidation for the refugee caravans seeking asylum. This past weekend, Hecate Society traveled to the @SOAWatch #Encuetro2018 to build […]