Arizona activist Scott Warren has warned that his case could set a 'dangerous precedent.'
An Arizona activist accused of harboring and conspiring to transport and harbor migrants in the U.S. illegally is set to face trial Wednesday, as a petition calling on authorities to drop the charges surpasses 128,000 signatures.
In his own account of his arrest, detailed in an op-ed for The Washington Post, Warren explains that someone else had told the two Mexican nationals, Kristian Perez-Villanueva and Jose Arnaldo Sacaria-Goday, that they might find food and water at a place called The Barn:"A gathering place for humanitarian volunteers like me."
Their case against the No More Deaths volunteer will play out on Wednesday as a petition launched by Warren's parents calling on officials to drop the charges nears 130,000 signatures. Warren himself has warned that the case against him could set a"dangerous precedent," with the federal authorities appearing to expand their definition of transportation and harboring.
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