Humane Borders' Founder Gives Tactical Flashlights to Migrants in Mexico
Kate Sheehy - Fronteras Desk
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July 5, 2014
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Robin Hoover holds the tactical flashlight he is distributing to migrants to use as a safety tool in the desert. Hoover says a really bright flashlight has 200 lumens, this one has 2,000. The light has the ability to focus, strobe and emit an S.O.S signal. (Kate Sheehy)

 

TUCSON, Ariz. — Rev. Robin Hoover has long been involved with safety initiatives for migrants making the dangerous trek through the desert to try and enter the United States illegally. This Fourth of July he went to Altar, Mexico, to distribute what he hopes will become a new tool for survival.

... Hoover founded Humane Borders, a group that maintains water stations in areas heavily trafficked by migrants.

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