On June 5, the day after the Governors had completed releasing their signed Memorandum of Understanding, which authorized militarization of the border, activists in California staged a border protest. For a week, the Texas Civil Rights Review featured the following materials as top-level messages. We now place them into archives with sincere appreciation for the work they represent. 
Detail from San Ysidro, CA protest poster (June 3, 2006)
As the protesters left the rally site to march to the border crossing, they confronted a small group of Minutemen supporters chanting racist slogans and separated from the marchers by a line of police. One of the protesters was pushed by the police who then arrested him. He was charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. Organizers of the protest and community members are rallying in demand of his release. He was unjustly arrested and unjustly charged and we suspect that the police used excessive force. We intent to have a defense campaign if he is charged.
Texas Civil Rights Review 
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