Border Patrol is blocking Bahamian people from entering the U.S., and
the Boy Scouts are enabling them.  

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Tell the leaders of the Boy Scouts to cut all ties with Border Patrol!
  

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John,

Hurricane Dorian has caused massive damage in the Bahamas. [ [link removed] ]But when
Bahamian people attempted to enter the U.S. to seek refuge, Border Patrol
sent them back. This is particularly egregious; Bahamian people are
looking to come to the U.S. so they can be safe and access the supplies
they need to live. But Donald Trump won’t allow it. He claims that the
Bahamas are full of ‘very bad gang members,’ and other coded racist
language to justify restricting Bahamian people’s access.^1 It is unjust
that our country’s leaders have instructed Border Patrol to turn Bahamian
people away.  

While the Trump Administration and Border Patrol continue to prohibit
people who are seeking refuge from entering the U.S., The Boy Scouts of
America continue to encourage their scouts to participate in the Law
Enforcement Explorer Program, a training partnership that grooms scouts to
become Border Patrol agents.^2 3 At a time when Border Patrol is being
used to carry out Trump’s racist, xenophobic agenda, is used to separate
families at the border, and is used to prevent Bahamian people from
seeking out safety in the U.S., it is unacceptable that the Boy Scouts
provide their scouts for this program.

[ [link removed] ]Write to the leaders of the Boy Scouts of America and tell them to end
their partnership with Border Patrol.

This kind of behavior from the Boy Scouts is not new. The organization has
a history of racism, refusing to desegregate until 1974 — 20 years after
school segregation was outlawed and 10 years after the Civil Rights Act
was passed. Now, they are embodying racism and xenophobia in their
programming, choosing to encourage their scouts to train with a government
organization that targets Black and Latinx people. Border Patrol demonizes
us, creates fear in our communities, and makes it impossible for our
friends and family members to feel comfortable in their own homes. We must
stop the Boy Scouts’s participation in a program that causes such
irreparable harm.

[ [link removed] ]Write to the Boy Scouts of America and tell them to cut ties with
Border Patrol.

Although ending the Boy Scouts’s partnership with Border Patrol may not
end Border Patrol’s heinous actions right away, this fight is crucial. We
must hold the Trump Administration’s enablers accountable for the ways
they are embodying and perpetuating racism in this country. Allowing
scouts to train with and learn from Border Patrol agents means that scouts
are being indoctrinated with the racist and xenophobic beliefs by which
Border Patrol operates. 

[ [link removed] ]We’re fighting to stop bigotry, not spread it. Write to the Boy Scouts
and tell them to do the same and end their partnership with Border Patrol.
   

Until justice is real, 
—Brandi, Rashad, Arisha, Evan, Johnny, Future, Samantha, Eesha, Marcus,
FolaSade, and the rest of the Color Of Change team

References:

 1. “Trump says Bahamas full of ‘very bad gang members’ as he doubles down
on not letting Hurricane Dorian refugees in to U.S.,” The Independent,
September 9, 2019,
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 2. “Border Patrol Law Enforcement Explorer Program,” U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, July 22, 2019,
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 3. “Border Patrol Youth Program Trains Children as Young as 14 to Become
Agents,” KUT News, November 20, 2017,
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