THE EL PASO, TEXAS CASE

El Paso, Texas. 83% Mexican-American, the largest city on the U.S. Mexico border
1. A city that has consistently tried to shed its Spanish-Mexican heritage.
2. Control of local politics by a strong, ultra-conservative Paso del Norte Group
3. Discrete vs underground racism
4. El Paso as a microcosm of Texas in 2015

75 years of immigration, legal and undocumented, from Mexico to the United States
through El Paso, Texas
1. El Segundo Barrio
Jesus B Ochoa

75 years of Border Patrol misconduct which began in El Paso and spread to throughout
the whole of the border with Mexico
1. Murder, rape, and crimes committed against immigrants
2. Other abuses against citizens and immigrants
Rosemary Martinez
Maria Angelica Ochoa

Department of Homeland Security - ICE

1. Misuse of asylum and overt racism against Mexican applicants
2. Detention of women and children, treatment as criminals
3. Privatization of detention facilities
4. Denial of legal assistance
Christina Garcia, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center (pending)
Jesus B Ochoa

Hernandez v. United States et al

1. Factual evidence
2. District Court opinion, dismissal of case
3. Fifth Circuit panel, reversing the dismisal
4. En Banc reversal of panel opinion
5. From a crime that shocked the conscience to legal legerdemain
Jesus B Ochoa

Argument to the jurors

Jesus B Ochoa