Customs and Border Protection confirmed its agents arrested three people during a raid on a humanitarian aid camp operated by the group No More Deaths in the Arizona borderlands.
No More Deaths’ aid camp is stationed in the middle of the Sonoran Desert, a few miles from the border in southern Arizona. The group said that site was raided by Border Patrol agents the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
But unlike in past raids, in 2017 and 2020, they say this time agents entered the property and trailers within it without a federal search warrant — a difference Arizona Rep. Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat from the southern part of the state, condemned during a speech on the U.S. House floor Wednesday night.
In a statement Thursday, CBP said one Guatemalan and two Mexican nationals were arrested that day.
The spokesperson did not respond to questions about what precipitated the raid or whether a warrant was used, but said both Mexicans have since been deported and the Guatemalan is in ICE custody pending deportation.
