'The government failed in its attempt to criminalize basic human kindness,' Scott Warren said after the acquittal.
An Arizona activist was found not guilty Wednesday of harboring undocumented immigrants who had crossed the southern border, a decision that came months after a jury first deadlocked on charges stemming from his work as a volunteer at the border.
Scott Warren, who volunteered with No More Deaths, a humanitarian group that has dropped off water in the deserts of southwestern Arizona and operates a camp that helps injured immigrants, faced two counts of harboring an undocumented immigrant. The case marked the second time prosecutors had charged Warren in relation to helping two men from Central America. The first time, prosecutors charged Warren with one count of conspiracy to transport or shield undocumented immigrants, in addition to two charges of harboring.
Prosecutors dropped the conspiracy to transport charge after Warren's first trial ended in a hung jury. "The government failed in its attempt to criminalize basic human kindness," Warren said on the steps of the courthouse.Adolfo Flores is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Los Angeles.
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