Extending ‘Zero Tolerance’ To People Who Help Migrants Along The Border : NPR

[Warren] believes the government is violating his right to religious freedom by criminalizing his spiritual belief that mandates he help people in distress.

“For the government, it’s kind of been an expansion of the interpretation of what it means to harbor,” he suggested.

…Thousands have died of dehydration and exposure in the Arizona borderlands.

“It is life or death here. And a decision not to give somebody food or or water could lead to that person dying,” Warren said.

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…Under current law, once a migrant steps onto U.S. soil, he or she can request asylum. [But….]

Extending ‘Zero Tolerance’ To People Who Help Migrants Along The Border : NPR

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