EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Since 1917, the American Friends Service Committee has been working for peace and social justice.

The Quaker-founded organization has provided its services worldwide, and in 1977, brought its work to the U.S.-Mexico border.

As part of the San Diego-based U.S.-Mexico Border Program, the organization helps migrant and border communities with issues revolving around immigration, enforcement and human and civil rights.

In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Salvador Rivera speaks with Pedro Rios, director of AFSC's U.S.-Mexico Border Program.

During the Biden administration, Rios and fellow organizations spent the better part of two years in an area of the border known as Whiskey 8, where thousands of migrants arrived and were held outdoors be

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