Infographics - Sarah Fox

I made these "infografics" after hearing a talk from Gene Lefebvre, visiting Border Patrol in Nogales, and visiting Operation Streamline in Tucson. I wanted a way to present some of what I learned visually, possibly to be included in future zines or made into posters to be distributed at Earlham or in other places. My hope is that they function as ways for people to quickly absorb information while also being able to make visual connections. For me, they were a good way to represent and reproduce the connections I am making during this semester. More to come...

These are 5 connections I learned about when visiting the Border Patrol facilities in Nogales, AZ.

1. Reading is FUNdamental

http://www.nogalesinternational.com/community/bp-agents-take-time-to-read-to-rd-graders/article_a6f50452-46a2-11e1-a40f-001871e3ce6c.html

Why would Border Patrol agents participate in Reading is FUNdamental? I was told by my tour guide that they don’t want kids to be afraid of them. It’s also obviously community service as a publicity stunt.

Should Border Patrol be allowed into school when in uniform? Most Border Patrol agents consider themselves agents even when they are off duty or plain-clothes. It is illegal for schools to inquire into children’s immigration status. The tour guide told me that one child at a school told him “You deported my uncle.” Schools are not safe spaces if Border Patrol is visiting in my opinion, even if they would not inquire into a child’s status.

2. McDonalds…or Burger King…(both tour guides said something different) brings in a truckload of lunches for the young people being detained at the facilities. I don’t know if Border Patrol thinks that we will think that is some kind of special treat for the children but I see it as nutritional torture techniques. These children have most likely gone weeks without a full meal, are not used to eating greasy, fatty fast food burgers in their places of origin, and their stomachs will probably not be able to handle these lunches. Part of degrading someone can be deteriorating their health.

3. Fords makes many of the vehicles used by Border Patrol.

4.Border Patrol uses Google Earth for training and in their surveillance facilities. They have a contract with Google Earth.

5. AT&T is called for an interpreter when someone who is being detained cannot speak English or Spanish. If a Border Patrol agent can't speak a language other than English or Spanish, such as Chinese, then they are constantly being called to do interpretations. Also, detainees are sorted by Mexican and OTMS=Other than Mexicans, and then are sorted by country.



Many people I have met in Tucson say “as goes the border…so goes the rest of the country” and that the border can be seen as a laboratory. For example, SB1070 was passed in AZ, then what happened? The same legislation popped up in Indiana, Georgia, and Alabama.

Read more on Operation Streamline:
http://www.borderbybicycle.blogspot.com/2011/11/operation-streamline.html



Read more:
http://www.southsidepresbyterian.org/
http://www.nomoredeaths.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_movement
http://www.tucsonsamaritans.org/
http://www.nomoredeaths.org/Information/civilinitiative.html