"Crossing the Line," a PBS Investigation of Border Patrol Brutality

April 23, 2012 - 12:35pm

The ACLU of New Mexico Regional Center for Border Rights and the Southern Border Communities Coalition has worked to shed light on Border Patrol brutality and rights abuses—including the eight men and boys agents have shot and killed over the past two years. On April 20, we shocked the nation with the exposé “Crossing the Line,” which aired on the PBS show Need to Know.

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"Crossing the Line," a PBS Investigation of Border Patrol Brutality

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