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Cynthia Pompa

Advocacy Manager

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµBorder Rights Center

Bio

Cynthia Pompa is a proud native to the borderlands who grew up in both Cd. Juárez, Chih. and El Paso, TX. She is the Advocacy Coordinator at the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµBorder Rights Center in El Paso.

In this role, she works to develop and coordinate advocacy and organizing strategies among the four ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµsouthwest border affiliates - California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµnational office. Cynthia spent over three years as a field organizer for the ACLU's Border Rights Center, previously headquartered in Las Cruces, NM. Here, she led border-wide abuse documentation campaigns, and played a key role in coalitions efforts to resist the militarization of the U.S./Mexico border. Cynthia has a degree in Economics and International Relations from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, TX.


Featured work

Jun 24, 2019

Immigrant Kids Keep Dying in CBP Detention Centers, and DHS Won’t Take Accountability

Immigrant Kids Keep Dying in CBP Detention Centers, and DHS Won’t Take Accountability

Mar 27, 2019

The Department of Homeland Security's Attack on Asylum Seekers at the Border Continues

The Department of Homeland Security's Attack on Asylum Seekers at the Border Continues

Dec 5, 2018

President Trump Is Accelerating the Militarization of the Southwest Border

President Trump Is Accelerating the Militarization of the Southwest Border

May 18, 2016

The Misconduct Continues: Border Officer Verbally Abuses 51-Year-Old Grandmother By Calling Her a ‘Whore’

The Misconduct Continues: Border Officer Verbally Abuses 51-Year-Old Grandmother By Calling Her a ‘Whore’