Humanitarian Grounds: National Immigrant Youth Alliance

National Immigrant Youth Alliance: Customs and Border Protection officials detained the activists Monday after they filed applications for humanitarian parole at the Nogales border crossing to try to return to the United States, according to Times Colonist. Domenic Powell, a spokesman for the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, said the group hadn't been taken to a detention centre as of Monday afternoon and NOGALES, Ariz. - U.S. authorities have detained eight activists who asked to be allowed to re-enter the United States from Mexico on humanitarian grounds in a protest against American immigration policies. CBP officials said they could not comment on specific cases but under immigration law all applicants for admission bear the burden of proof to establish they are eligible to enter the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.