Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Celebrating Women’s History Month, Trump-Pompeo Style

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with President Trump at lunch with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi, Feb. 27, 2019. Pompeo and Trump marked international women’s month in March by actively eroding the reproductive health rights of women globally. RON PRZYSUCHA/STATE DEPARTMENT
Here’s how the United States government marked the 2019 monthlong celebration of the world’s women in March:

International Commission Investigating Border Patrol Killing Of Mexican Migrant

A woman holds a candle covered by a picture of late Mexican Anastasio Hernandez during a protest at the San Ysidro border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, June 3, 2010. (AP Photo)
SAN DIEGO – In the first case of its kind, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has given the United States three months to respond to charges of abuse of human rights, from the family of a man killed by Border Patrol agents in 2010.
Border watchers consider it a major test of the Trump administration’s stand on immigration, crime and law enforcement.