A New Campaign to Get the Border Patrol to Stop Trashing Asylum Seekers’ Possessions

“There’s really no reason for what they’re doing other than to strip people of their humanity.”

Asylum seekers line up in Yuma in April. Border Patrol only allows a small plastic bag for their possessions. (Photo credit: Melissa del Bosque)

In May, I wrote about how Border Patrol agents in South Texas and Yuma, Arizona, are trashing asylum seekers’ personal possessions, including their passports and confidential documents, which are crucial for fil…