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OUR MISSION:
To save human lives in the Southern
Arizona Desert.
What We Do
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Routinely search the
desert offering water, food and first aid to migrants found suffering
from heat stroke, exhaustion, dehydration, and minor injuries.
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Call 911 or the U.S.
Border Patrol when migrants are in need of medical treatment.
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Discourage migrants from
crossing the desert by explaining the risks and distances involved.
When migrants want to return home, we contact the Border Patrol.
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Conduct “basura” (trash) runs to gather
migrant possessions left behind in the desert. We recycle
discarded clothing, backpacks, and other materials such as plastics.
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Maintain relationships
with Border Patrol and other public and elected officials,
encouraging them to address humanitarian as well as security needs.
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Work with other humanitarian groups to
educate ourselves and others about migrant issues.
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Undertake special projects such as helping
families living in the Nogales Sonora dump, and assisting Mexican
non-governmental organizations to provide humanitarian aid to
returnees in Sonora.
Is It Legal to assist migrants? |
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It is legal to
provide food, water, and first aid to those in need. It is
never illegal to provide humanitarian aid. Neither the Green Valley Samaritans nor
the Border Patrol wants migrants to die.
Do the Green Valley Samaritans
notify the Border Patrol of undocumented migrants encountered on
patrol?
The Green Valley Samaritans provide
humanitarian aid to anyone in need. We do not ask anyone to
provide documentation as a condition of receiving humanitarian
assistance. We do contact the Border Patrol if someone needs
medical evacuation.
Do the Green Valley Samaritans
maintain "safe houses" or provide transportation for migrants?
No! Green Valley
Samaritans do not provide transport or house migrants.
These are illegal acts.
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