Human Rights advocate, Director of AFSC's US-Mexico Border Program & board member of National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rightshttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3mnrq7luxi22jThe fallacy of ALPR as a force multiplier has real consequences to basic constitutional rights. And it’s why San Diego must end its Flock contract. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jun 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrq7luxi22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3mlosw7jp4c2wTell Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: Do Not Risk Californians’ Private DMV Data!. Sign here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/05692c077ad11522fb945b205e00062c0bd95e8c?source=bluesky&12 May 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlosw7jp4c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3miwlukcchs2aThe iterations of border walls have transformed a beautiful international park along the San Diego / Tijuana border. I wrote about what I have seen over nearly three decades, and the implications to sacred lands with new border walls planned in the San Diego region. Read more below: [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwlukcchs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3mhufhappyk2uMartin Lucas, a landscaper and hard worker, was killed by a white supremacist in Fallbrook, CA. “You wanna die today? I will kill you right now. Don’t f--- with me. OK? You sabe? You sabe in Español or in Inglés?” the man with the gun told him. Donate if you can: gofund.me/c3178eeca https://gofund.me/c3178eeca25 Mar 2026 05:51 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhufhappyk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3mhdth3yb222rAbolish ICE? Yes, absolutely, but don't forget about Border Patrol, an agency with a 100+ history of operating with impunity. Accountability is a must in a context where the constitution has less applicability. Nice job, @sergioolmos.bsky.social @wendyfry.bsky.social Bell¿ingcat and Evident. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdth3yb222rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3mfunmhb3yk2pIn San Diego, DHS police arbitrarily change rules overnight to cite court watchers: The rule change "meant they could no longer stand in hallways to document immigration arrests or support those with hearings & appointments in the building." [Reporting: @bgirledukate.bsky.social] https://www.daylightsandiego.org/officials-detain-and-cite-volunteers-documenting-ice-arrests-at-san-diego-federal-building/27 Feb 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfunmhb3yk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3mfmd3qbss22pHi folks, I'm fundraising for Maria, a mom who ICE detained in San Diego while at a routine ICE appointment. Maria has 3 children who need her. The funds raised will cover costs associated with a habeas corpus petition. Thank you for any support. https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-maria-against-unjust-detention24 Feb 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmd3qbss22phttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3mfksdnoip22u“Operation Road Flare is a SAC San Diego Homeland Security Investigations investigation of agitator [redacted] and other known & unknown conspirators impeding, obstructing, & interfering with Immigration & Customs Enforcement field operation” ICE monitors people involved in 1A protected activity. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Feb 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfksdnoip22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3mf2x2ji3lc26Research from my colleagues at @afsc-org.bsky.social shows Palantir Gets Millions of Dollars From New York City’s Public Hospitals by @sambiddle.com https://theintercept.com/2026/02/15/palantir-contract-new-york-city-health-hospitals/17 Feb 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2x2ji3lc26https://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3mderwokkjk2cFallible logic: what's tolerable for border communities is not for interior communities. Good news for Minneapolis & interior communities, bad news for El Centro & border communities. Bovino will continue his state violence in El Centro. Back to status quo militarization, brutality, & opaqueness.27 Jan 2026 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mderwokkjk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3mbxo4hbrks2cA federal agent observing a protest at San Diego's federal bldg wears "Violent Gentlemen" shirt from a site that has "Ice in our blood" as a tagline a day after his colleague in MN murdered Renee N. Good, a mother who posed no threat to anyone. They operate with comfort is this culture of violence.09 Jan 2026 04:32 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbxo4hbrks2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3mbarggbpu22fOur work over the last 12 months in San Diego was non-stop. Here is a photographic reflection of that work. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Dec 2025 02:00 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbarggbpu22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3mb5pkj3d2s2lIn May 2010, Border Patrol & ICE agents tortured Anastasio Hernandez Rojas to death. HBO's "Critical Incident: Death at the Border" details the cover-up that followed & the implications for an out-of-control agency that still remains unaccountable. The documentary airs tonight. https://x.com/democracynow/status/2005649745352499620?s=2029 Dec 2025 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb5pkj3d2s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3majzomphbc22Heads up, friends. This promises to be hard hitting. In May 2010, CBP & ICE agents brutalized & tortured Anastasio Hernandez Rojas at the San Ysidro POE. His family, in their relentless pursuit for justice, worked with advocates to expose the cover-up. This documentary tells that story. Stay tuned.22 Dec 2025 00:57 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3majzomphbc22https://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3majlkh4b5k2eThe climate is such that they no longer feel a need to wear hoods. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Dec 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3majlkh4b5k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3maa4mnoels2bborder invasion Biden insane asylums men playing in women's sports crime at record levels billions & billions of dollars indoctrinating your children woke hate for America border $1776 military America is respected the likes of which the world has never seen have a merry Christmas & a happy New Year18 Dec 2025 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3maa4mnoels2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3ma7tkepwu22xOn lies & slander: "We are literally dispossessing our children thru mass migration. "Mass & illegal migration undermine the rule of law and social cohesion, both prerequisites for the functioning of democracy." S. Chretien, Senior Bureau Official US DOS, Bureau of Pop, Refugees, & Migration https://geneva.usmission.gov/2025/12/08/high-level-panel-on-migration-and-development-at-the-116th-session-of-the-council-of-the-international-organization-for-migration/17 Dec 2025 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7tkepwu22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3ma4rvkhdyk2hThis is so despicable. https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/12/08/dhs-unveils-wowdhsgov-new-searchable-website-lets-you-find-criminal-illegal-aliens16 Dec 2025 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4rvkhdyk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3m6itma5yd22nGraciela Asunción Gómez Hernández died while crossing into the US in Sept 2025. Her body wasn't found until Oct. Today I accompanied volunteers who installed a cross in her memory. The double-layered border walls are visible nearby. In the distance, the dew evaporates from Tijuana's urban landscape.26 Nov 2025 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6itma5yd22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3m5vzrzfovc2mIn my latest piece, I look at the implications of Border Patrol usurping top command posts in ICE leadership... "we can expect an expansion of egregious abuses — and a lack of accountability, opaqueness, and zero oversight." Read more here @calmatters.org https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/11/new-ice-leadership-accountability-violence/18 Nov 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vzrzfovc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3m4j3ymqixk2pOn Halloween and every other day of the year, which side are you on? the working class or billionaires? Photo from protest at San Diego Federal Building, where ICE abducts migrants attending ICE check-ins & court hearings, & where ICE detains people at the building's basement & denies it does this.31 Oct 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4j3ymqixk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3m47gci3w722gThe Trump regime is purging ICE officials in offices in 5 major US cities & will fill some of those top posts with senior Border Patrol agents who will take over interior immigration enforcement in those regions. The regime is going for tried and tested cruelty. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ar-AA1Pi88t27 Oct 2025 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m47gci3w722ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3m2ldiesk5c23"Consider choosing violence" An ICE agent with a curious uniform, casually and comfortably promoting violence while working at the San Diego federal building.07 Oct 2025 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ldiesk5c23https://bsky.app/profile/pedroconsafos.bsky.social/post/3lzwrrhpj2c2xBovino says his agents arrest people in Chicago based on "how they look." Same goes for how people identify fascists, the people can tell who they are based on how they look (especially when dressed in militarized Border Patrol threads). https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/28/ice-agents-spotted-downtown-on-michigan-avenue-along-chicago-river29 Sep 2025 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:jbou5ircsgdocukj7sldakrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzwrrhpj2c2x