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Borderlands Resource Initiative ensures that faith leaders, school administrators, nonprofit directors, and other community leaders understand and uphold Fourth Amendment protections and other legal rights to prevent unlawful immigration enforcement actions. Protecting Our Spaces Defending Arizona’s Community Spaces In January 2025, the federal government removed protections from immigration enforcement for sensitive locations like schools, faith spaces, and community organizations. In response to this drastic change, Borderlands Resource Initiative and partners across the region are working together to coordinate education, resources, and training to leaders of formerly protected spaces. With shifting immigration policies and increased enforcement tactics, knowledge is power. Organizations that serve as critical social safety nets must now take proactive steps to define and defend their public versus private spaces, train staff on response protocols, and develop emergency plans that uphold civil rights. Our program is designed to: Train school administrators, nonprofit leaders, faith leaders, and service providers on how to respond to immigration enforcement encounters. Provide essential legal resources and Know Your Rights materials to communities most impacted. Strengthen organizational protocols for handling enforcement actions while protecting the dignity and safety of all individuals. Connect local leaders to a network of legal experts, rapid response teams, and advocacy partners. Whether you lead a school, community organization, or place of worship, you have the right to protect your space and those you serve. Sign up for a training: Our workshops equip leaders with the legal knowledge and practical tools to create effective response plans. Join the Protected Spaces Working Group: Connect with organizations across Arizona who are working together to uphold rights and resist unlawful enforcement practices. Access resources: We provide preparedness worksheets, updates on legal guidance, and emergency response templates tailored to schools, faith-based spaces, and nonprofits. With shifting immigration policies and increased enforcement tactics, knowledge is power. Organizations that serve as critical social safety nets must now take proactive steps to define and defend their public versus private spaces, train staff on response protocols, and develop emergency plans that uphold civil rights. Whether you lead a school, community organization, or place of worship, you have the power to protect your space and those you serve. Sign up for a 4th Amendment Rights training for community spaces. Our workshops equip leaders with the legal knowledge and practical tools to create effective response plans. Schedule a Know Your Rights workshop for your community with Puente Human Rights Movement Access resources such as preparedness worksheets, updates on legal guidance, and emergency response templates tailored to schools, faith-based spaces, and nonprofits. Take Action. Protect Your Community. First name* Last name* Organization/Entity* Title/Role* Email* # of People Served:* Please send me the Immigration Enforcement Preparation Toolkit for my community: School Administrations Community Organizations Faith Spaces I'd like support to take the following steps to protect my community: Protected Spaces Training for staff and volunteers Know Your Rights training for my community/congregation Speak to my parent org/school district/association about endorsing the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act Organize my community to endorse the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act Submit No events at the moment

Borderlands Resource Initiative is always looking to partner with legal providers, immigration advocates, policymakers, and asylum seekers. To become a collaborating partner, get in touch. Phx Rapid Response Borderlands Resource Initiative is a proud member of Phx Rapid Response, a grassroots community defense network to protect the rights, dignity, and safety of migrants and immigrants in the Phoenix metro area. read more Rapid Response Training Accompaniment Protecting Our Spaces AQUI Legal Support Clinic Rapid Response Training Accompaniment Protecting Our Spaces AQUI Legal Support Clinic Rapid Response Training Accompaniment Protecting Our Spaces AQUI Legal Support Clinic Rapid Response Training Accompaniment Protecting Our Spaces AQUI Legal Support Clinic Rapid Response Training Accompaniment Protecting Our Spaces AQUI Legal Support Clinic Rapid Response Training Accompaniment Protecting Our Spaces AQUI Legal Support Clinic Rapid Response Training Accompaniment Protecting Our Spaces AQUI Legal Support Clinic Rapid Response Training Accompaniment Protecting Our Spaces AQUI Legal Support Clinic You can help. Borderlands Resource Initiative is always looking to partner with legal providers, immigration advocates, policymakers, and asylum seekers. To become a collaborating partner, get in touch. Contact Us First name Last name Company Email Write a message Submit Thanks for submitting! No posts published in this language yet Once posts are published, you’ll see them here. Events Community & Virtual Events Multiple Dates Rapid Response Training // Entrenamiento en Respuesta Rapida Nov 12, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM MST RSVP Multiple Dates Rapid Response Training // Entrenamiento en Respuesta Rapida Dec 03, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM MST RSVP Multiple Dates Rapid Response Training // Entrenamiento en Respuesta Rapida Jan 14, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM MST RSVP Never miss an update. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive news and updates. First name Last name Thanks for submitting! Enter your email here Subscribe

Asylum seekers deserve better. You can help. We can do better for asylum seekers. You can help. Join the fight to defend asylum & save lives. Impact the lives of thousands of asylum seekers and their children by supporting emergency humanitarian needs and advocacy for humane policy. Every day, asylum seekers arrive on the U.S./Mexico border in search of protection. These people from all over the world have sacrificed everything to flee their countries escaping violence, torture, and persecution. Their journeys are arduous, and although the process to claim asylum requires them to cross into the United States first, American border policy is constantly changing and many asylum seekers exhaust their resources while attempting to identify the legal process. These are complex problems, but they can be solved. You can be part of the solution. Borderlands Resource Initiative is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization funded and empowered by our generous supporters and frontline partners. Never miss an update. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive news and updates. First name Last name Enter your email here Thanks for submitting! Subscribe

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Borderlands Resource Initiative offers a powerful series of sliding-scale webinars tailored for schools, community-based organizations, businesses, and faith spaces. Community Education Educational Webinars on Immigrant Justice & Community Preparedness Build safer, more informed, and more compassionate community spaces. Borderlands Resource Initiative offers a powerful series of sliding-scale workshops tailored for schools, community-based organizations, businesses, and faith spaces. These customizable sessions equip your team with the tools to better understand the realities of immigration policy, build emergency response protocols, and provide meaningful support to migrant and asylum-seeking communities in times of crisis. Each session is grounded in legal frameworks, trauma-informed approaches, and real-world strategies to prepare your community to respond with dignity, clarity, and care. Schedule your workshop First name* Last name* Company/Organization name* Email* Phone* Please contact me about the following workshop(s):* 4th Amendment Rights The Long Road Home Active Shooter Training & Trauma First Aid Other (please explain) Write a message: (optional) Submit 4th Amendment Rights Workshop Ensuring Preparedness for Immigration Enforcement for Schools, Non-Profits, and Faith Spaces Onsite staff training + customized space assessment 2-3 hours This interactive workshop equips your staff with the knowledge and confidence to uphold constitutional and federal privacy protections during immigration enforcement actions- especially in light of the 2025 rescission of the “sensitive locations” policy. Participants will learn: How to identify and respond to administrative vs. judicial warrants The legal distinctions between public and private spaces How to develop site-specific protocols for handling enforcement encounters Following the training, we conduct a walkthrough of your space to map out areas that can be clearly designated as private, identify vulnerabilities (such as line-of-sight exposures), and provide signage recommendations. This ensures your site is prepared to respond legally in defense of your community. Community Defense in the Era of Mass Deportations Tackling Systemic Challenges and Grassroots Community Responses Virtual or in-person session 60–90 minutes This presentation introduces participants to the current landscape of U.S. immigration enforcement, including the impacts of the 2024–2025 asylum restrictions and the end of CBP One. Grounded in legal context and human rights framing, it highlights both systemic challenges and grassroots community responses such as accompaniment, legal observation, and the Phoenix Rapid Response network while centering migrant dignity, safety, and self-determination. Participants will learn: The truth behind the headlines regarding asylum and migration Current U.S. immigration policies and their impacts on families and individuals Forms of legal protection for people facing persecution, violence or death in their home countries How individuals and institutions can support migrant communities with dignity and solidarity Rooted in both data and lived experience, this session moves beyond myths and headlines to foster connection, compassion, and action. Active Shooter Training & Trauma First Aid Emergency Preparedness Training for Violent Critical Incidents Onsite training; Offered in collaboration with Empowered Safety Concepts 4-5 hours This hands-on training equips staff and volunteers with the tools to stay alert, act decisively, and protect others during violent critical incidents. Drawing from established safety frameworks (ALICE, Stop the Bleed), the session is tailored to community spaces and school settings, with a trauma-informed lens. Participants will learn: How to use the Cooper Color Code to maintain heightened situational awareness When and how to choose between evacuating, locking down, or countering What to communicate—and how—during an emergency How to apply real-world strategies for room control, crowd safety, and post-incident care Basic triage, tourniquet use, and response roles Each training includes scenario walkthroughs, certified practice equipment, and practical decision-making exercises to ensure your team feels ready to act with clarity and care in moments of crisis.

BRI’s vision is a society transformed by the strength and resilience of asylum seekers and migrants. Meet our Leadership Team Beth Strano Co-Founder & Executive Director Beth Strano is deeply committed to advocating for the rights and welfare of migrants and asylum seekers. Beth's expertise in human rights advocacy is backed by over two decades of community organizing, and a decade spent working directly with asylum seekers. Before her current role, Beth worked for four years at the International Rescue Committee, where she developed the Asylum Seekers & Families Program and founded the first asylum seeker emergency shelter in Phoenix, Arizona, known as the Welcome Center. Her initiatives have since provided critical support and a safe haven for more than 100,000 individuals and families navigating the challenges of forced displacement and migration. Beth's impact on the sector was highlighted in April 2021, when she testified before the U.S. Senate U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs’ Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management. Her testimony underscored the vital importance of informed, compassionate policies that uphold the dignity and rights of migrants arriving at the southwest border. Residing in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and their four teenagers, Beth’s vision is to continue fostering partnerships across state and national borders, and work alongside other advocates to make a lasting impact on the lives of asylum seekers. Tyler Southwell, MD Co-Founder & Board Member Dr. Tyler Southwell is a personal physician and family medicine specialist based in Paradise Valley, Arizona, with over 22 years of experience in the medical field. Dr. Southwell practices at Southwellness Medical, a facility renowned for offering a broad range of medical services including pain management and aesthetic medicine. His approach combines medical expertise with a strong focus on community health needs, ensuring that his patients receive the most effective and compassionate care possible. Dr. Tyler Southwell played a foundational role in establishing ProtectAZ Health, a medical organization dedicated to providing free medical evaluations, medications, and, during the pandemic, COVID-19 testing, vaccinations, and treatments. This organization established a full service medical clinic offering a vital first point of care for medically vulnerable asylum seekers in Arizona. This clinic is instrumental in providing urgent medical services to a diverse group of patients from around the world, including those with critical conditions such as HIV/AIDS and diabetes, and pregnant women in need of immediate care.

Expanding capacity for humane reception is a crucial aspect of effective border management, ensuring a prepared and sustainable plan for handling arriving migrants. Asylum seekers often face dangerous conditions during their journeys and need immediate care, including shelter, food, and medical assistance. Humane Reception on the Border and Beyond Expanding capacity for humane reception is a crucial aspect of effective border management, ensuring a prepared and sustainable plan for handling arriving migrants. Asylum seekers often face dangerous conditions during their journeys and need immediate care, including shelter, food, and medical assistance. Strengthening this infrastructure helps prevent uncoordinated street releases of vulnerable people and ensures safe, orderly transitions into communities. Intentional Capacity Building Stabilize Centralized Reception Many border communities are small and rural, and human services resources are limited. Consolidating emergency reception partners into one collaborative location helps ensure that all arriving migrants benefit from triage services prior to moving on to shelter or onward travel into the interior, while building a robust and resilient community network. Assess Trauma-Informed Intake Trauma-informed intake and data collection are essential for ensuring the well-being and safety of asylum seekers who have often endured extreme hardship. A supportive environment that reduces retraumatization while gathering critical information not only promotes trust but also leads to more accurate data, helping to inform better services.. Heal Acute Medical Services Providing healthcare alongside emergency reception is essential to address the immediate needs of asylum seekers, many of whom arrive in fragile conditions after dangerous journeys. Early medical attention helps treat critical conditions, preventing escalation to emergency care, and providing critical intervention for unmanaged chronic conditions and injuries. Transition Transitional Case Management Effective case management during the transitional phase is vital to ensure asylum seekers without U.S. family members move onward into safe and supportive housing. Coordinating resources and providing individualized guidance helps migrants secure stable living conditions, and reduces the risks of long-term homelessness while their legal process proceeds. Southwest Border Shelter & Reception A small but dedicated network of shelters and reception partners forms the backbone of emergency triage services for asylum seekers arriving at the southern border. These organizations provide critical support, offering food, shelter, and medical care immediately after migrants are released from federal custody. Their coordinated efforts are essential for ensuring that vulnerable individuals receive the care they need during the initial stages of their journey.

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AQUÍ Legal Clinic Seeking Justice, Together The AQUI Legal Clinic is a frontline effort to provide dignified, culturally competent, and community-centered legal support for asylum seekers and immigrants navigating a complex and often hostile immigration system. In partnership with Phoenix Legal Action Network (PLAN) and Puente Human Rights Movement , we are not just providing services- we are co-creating pathways to safety, stability, and justice. “AQUI,” meaning “here” in Spanish, reflects our core belief: that every person deserves support, advocacy, and belonging- right here, right now. What We Do The AQUI Legal Clinic offers free legal services for people seeking asylum, humanitarian relief, or facing deportation. We work in deep collaboration with directly impacted individuals and local partners to ensure that our approach is holistic, trauma-informed, and responsive to the lived realities at the border. Our services include: Asylum & Deportation Defense- Legal screenings, pro se support, and free consultation with immigration attorneys when capacity allows. Know Your Rights- Community-based legal education for individuals, families, and service providers. Rapid Response Support – In coordination with movement partners, we mobilize legal resources during enforcement actions, detentions, and border policy shifts. Legal Navigation & Referrals – We help individuals understand their options and connect them to trusted immigration attorneys and community-based organizations. How You Can Help If you would like to support the AQUÍ Legal Clinic, please consider donating at the link below. Since all of our services are provided free of charge, all donations go directly to printing and other program costs. Donate November 2025 Today Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6:00 PM Rapid Response Training // Entrenamiento en Respuesta Rapida +1 more 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 6:00 PM Rapid Response Training // Entrenamiento en Respuesta Rapida +1 more 4 5 6 7

Borderlands Resource Initiative's vision is a society transformed by the strength and resilience of asylum seekers and migrants. The "crisis" is entirely preventable. This is America's opportunity to defend our founding values. 1/41 The crisis is — Migration is not a crisis. About Borderlands Resource Initiative Borderlands Resource Initiative is transforming how Phoenix responds to immigration enforcement- centering compassion, knowledge, and solidarity. We build coalitions, expand community capacity, and work directly with impacted migrants to protect their rights and preserve family unity. BRI’s vision is a society transformed by the strength and resilience of asylum seekers and migrants. Our role in this vision is to demonstrate the possibilities when our communities and policies are rooted in dignity, respect, and transformative justice. Eddie Chavez Calderon Campaign Director Arizona Jews for Justice, P hoenix, AZ "The Borderlands Resource Initiative will be a beacon of hope for migrants navigating complex circumstances. Beth Strano's dedication to migrant rights and her instrumental role in driving impactful initiatives are a testament to the transformative potential of compassionate leadership within migrant advocacy. As a formerly undocumented migrant, I wish I had a Beth when my mother and I were on our migrant journey. Her hands-on approach, coupled with a deep understanding of the challenges faced by migrants, ensures that our initiatives address immediate needs and also contribute to lasting solutions." Astrid Dominguez Executive Director Good Neighbor Settlement House, Brownsville, TX "Beth Strano [from Borderlands Resource Initiative] is great! She is a thought partner, and someone you can trust to explain the processes and help you analyze what improvements can be made in your programs. Her support has allowed me to identify new opportunities for Good Neighbor Settlement House, including enhancing current practices and implementing new ones." Be the first to know Subscribe to our newsletter to receive news and updates. Enter your email here First name Last name Subscribe Thanks for subscribing!

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Every day, immigrants walk into ICE and USCIS appointments uncertain of what awaits them—some never walk back out. Families deserve to be prepared, informed, and supported. Our Accompaniment program ensures that no one navigates these moments alone. Accompaniment Program Every day in Phoenix, immigrants attend ICE check-ins — moments that can determine their future. With immigration enforcement intensifying, these check-ins carry deep uncertainty and risk. Yet, many immigrants attend alone, without legal representation or community support. Borderlands Resource Initiative and Puente Human Rights Movement believe that no one should face these moments in isolation. We’ve partnered to lead the Accompaniment Program, creating a community-led response to ensure support, connection, and advocacy for immigrants navigating this process. Together, we are: Ensuring a constant presence at ICE check-ins, and immigration court appearances so that no one has to attend these meetings alone. Providing Know Your Rights information and pro se support to people attending court hearings. Expanding emergency response for detained immigrants, including activating safety plans and mobilizing advocacy networks immediately when someone is taken into ICE custody. Laying the groundwork for pro se legal clinics and case management, helping immigrants assert their rights and prevent unjust deportations. In May 2025, ICE officers were told to meet a quota of 250 arrests per day Multiple Dates Wed, Nov 12 Rapid Response Training // Entrenamiento en Respuesta Rapida / Location shared upon registration RSVP Nov 12, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM MST Location shared upon registration Learn how to show up, stand up, and keep our communities safe from unjust immigration enforcement. Aprenda cómo presentarse, defenderse y mantener a nuestras comunidades a salvo de la aplicación injusta de leyes migratorias. Multiple Dates Wed, Dec 03 Rapid Response Training // Entrenamiento en Respuesta Rapida / Location shared upon registration RSVP Dec 03, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM MST Location shared upon registration Learn how to show up, stand up, and keep our communities safe from unjust immigration enforcement. Aprenda cómo presentarse, defenderse y mantener a nuestras comunidades a salvo de la aplicación injusta de leyes migratorias. Multiple Dates Wed, Jan 14 Rapid Response Training // Entrenamiento en Respuesta Rapida / Location shared upon registration RSVP Jan 14, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM MST Location shared upon registration Learn how to show up, stand up, and keep our communities safe from unjust immigration enforcement. Aprenda cómo presentarse, defenderse y mantener a nuestras comunidades a salvo de la aplicación injusta de leyes migratorias. Upcoming Events Multiple Dates Rapid Response Training // Entrenamiento en Respuesta Rapida Wed, Nov 12 Learn how to show up, stand up, and keep our communities safe from unjust immigration enforcement. Aprenda cómo presentarse, defenderse y mantener a nuestras comunidades a salvo de la aplicación injusta de leyes migratorias. RSVP

Asylum Explained Some people cannot obtain a visa because they are political dissidents or their government has failed. They have to seek asylum by arriving at a port of entry or crossing into the United States by land or sea. These asylum seekers will be processed through government custody & possibly detention. They will have to plead their asylum case in immigration court. Some people are able to obtain a temporary visa to come to the United States as a student, worker, or tourist. Once they are safely here, they apply for asylum. These asylum seekers do not have to plead their case in court, and will not be detained. They can file their asylum case directly with the United States Citizenship & Immigration Services and receive a decision within a few weeks.

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