(2019-07-13). Close the immigrant concentration camps, free the children. peoplesworld.org 
In Houston, Texas, a 9-year-old Guatemalan boy sits at the Shiloh Treatment Center, a private facility licensed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to house detained migrant children. He's likely wondering when, or if, he'll ever see his family again. It's been 14 months since government agents took him from his father at the Arizona …
(2019-07-13). Embargoes and Other Acts of War. dissidentvoice.org The war between the United States and Japan began with a US-enforced oil embargo against the Japanese Empire. Right now, in the United States, huge detention camps are being constructed for the increasingly criminalized refugee and migrant population, a campaign of government-sponsored domestic terror run by a supposedly temporary, "acting" head of the department created …
(2019-07-13). Marin County Supervisors Hear Moving Testimony at TRUTH Forum. indybay.org ICE Out Of Marin demands sheriff end ICE cooperation and that Supervisors declare Marin a sanctuary. | Photos and text: Leon Kunstenaar…
(2019-07-13). Thousands protest immigrant concentration camps at vigils across the US. wsws.org The vigils were an international event, with at least one event taking place in every US state and across five continents, expressing the broad popular opposition to the persecution of immigrants.
(2019-07-13). Reading Between The Headlines: Stop The War on Immigrants! indybay.org A'roma Roasters Coffee | 95 5th Street | Santa Rosa…
(2019-07-13). Police crack down on undocumented workers occupying Paris Pantheon. wsws.org Late yesterday afternoon, approximately 700 undocumented immigrant workers held a peaceful demonstration and occupied Paris' historic Panthéon building, demanding an immediate recognition of their right to reside in France.
(2019-07-13). Emergency Protest at ICE. indybay.org Trump's renewed deportation threats against immigrants sparks protests within hours. | Photos and text: Leon Kunstenaar…
(2019-07-13). Lights for Liberty San Jose: End The Detention Camps & ICE Raids. indybay.org San Jose City Hall Plaza | 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose 95113…
(2019-07-12). Ousted Honduran President Zelaya: The 2009 U.S.-Backed Coup Helped Cause Today's Migrant Crisis. democracynow.org 
Since the 2009 U.S.-backed military coup in Honduras, extreme poverty and violence has skyrocketed in the country, forcing tens of thousands of Hondurans to flee to the U.S. with the hope of receiving political asylum. We speak with ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in the capital of Tegucigalpa about the 10th anniversary of the coup in Honduras, U.S. intervention in Central America and its link to today's migration crisis.
(2019-07-12). Trump Orders Agencies Gather Citizenship Data After Census Loss. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned his plans to add a specific "citizenship" question to 2020 census forms, ordering state agencies to compile a list of citizenship data instead. | RELATED: | African, Caribbean Migrants Protest Against Bribe Requests by Mexican Border Officials | "We will utilize these vast federal databases to gain a full, complete and accurate count of the non-citizen population, including databases maintained by the Department of Ho…
(2019-07-12). Migrants and 'Black Vests' Occupy Historical Monument in Paris. telesurenglish.net About a thousands of migrants and asylum seekers entered Paris's Pantheon Friday and briefly occupied the vaunted memorial complex to demand talks with the prime minister on legalizing their undocumented status, activists said. | RELATED: | Cap. Rackete Sues Minister Salvini for Instigating Hate Crimes | The undocumented migrants, members of the 'Black Vest' collective, taking their name from the anti-government 'Yellow Vests' protesting throughout France since last November, e…
(2019-07-12). ICE to Launch Nationwide Raids to Arrest Undocumented Migrants. telesurenglish.net The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will carry out raids onJuly 14th to detain undocumented migrants in ten large cities, an operation which is expected to be focused mainly on those having final deportation orders. | RELATED: | Migrants Protest Against Bribe Requests by Mexican Officials | These raids were expecte…
(2019-07-12). Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost Was a Member of Secret Facebook Group. theintercept.com 
When news broke that thousands of current and former Border Patrol agents were members of a secret Facebook group filled with racist, vulgar, and sexist content, Carla Provost, chief of the agency, was quick to respond. "These posts are completely inappropriate and contrary to the honor and integrity I see — and expect — from our agents day in and day out," Provost said in a statement. "Any employees found to have violated our standards of conduct will be held accountable." | For Provost, a veteran of the Border Patrol who was named head of the agency in August 2018, the group's existence and content…
(2019-07-12). Amazon forces Shakopee, Minn., warehouse workers to walk out again. peoplesworld.org 
SHAKOPEE, Minn.—Amazon is forcing its workers at its monster warehouse in Shakopee, Minn., to walk out again. The 1,500 workers, one-third of them migrants and refugees from Somalia and other nations of East Africa, plan to peacefully walk off the job for six hours on July 15. That's the first of the monster distributor and …
(2019-07-12). Know Your Rights: How Immigrant Rights Activists Are Preparing for Looming ICE Deportation Raids. democracynow.org 
Immigrant communities across the country and their allies are preparing for nationwide raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to begin Sunday that will target undocumented members of immigrant families in at least nine major cities. The cities where raids will take place are said to be Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco. New Orleans had been on the list, but the city announced this weekend that ICE was temporarily postponing the raids due to Tropical Storm Barry. We speak with a roundtable of immigrants' rights activists: Adelina Nicholls, th…
(2019-07-12). Immigrant children sent to Chicago shelters are traumatized and sick, in some instances with chickenpox or tuberculosis. nationofchange.org 
The Trump administration is sending immigrant children who are alone, afraid and sick with fever, chickenpox and even tuberculosis to shelters in Chicago, where they are further isolated to prevent the spread of disease, according to one of the nonprofit organizations caring for them. In yet another byproduct of the administration's immigration policy, many of …
(2019-07-12). Know Your Rights: Immigration Activists Prepare for Looming ICE Raids. truthout.org Immigrant communities across the country and their allies are preparing for nationwide raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to begin Sunday that will target undocumented members of immigrant families in at least nine major cities. The cities where raids will take place are said to be Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco. New Orleans had been on the list, but the city announced this weekend that ICE was temporarily postponing the raids due to Tropical Storm Barry. We speak with a roundtable of immigrants' rights activists: Adelina Nicholls,…
(2019-07-12). First Foreign Bank To Stop Financing Migrant Detention Centers. telesurenglish.net France's BNP Paribas said Friday it will no longer finance U.S. private prison operators, making it the first foreign bank to distance itself from a sector shunned by domestic peers amid controversy over the Donald Trump administration detention policies for immigrants and asylum seekers. | RELATED: | Rashida Tlaib Witnesses Migrants Abuse in ICE Detention | Company spokesman Ilias Catsaros told Reuters of the change in policy. The decision does not effect existing…
(2019-07-12). Trump Gives Up Citizenship Question But Doubles Down on Terrorizing Immigrants. truthout.org On July 11, President Trump gave up his fight to ask people about their citizenship on the 2020 census. | The question, which the administration has been trying to add to the census since 2017, would have resulted in a significant undercount by dissuading people in households with undocumented residents from responding to the census. An estimated 6.5 million people could be uncounted if the question were included, according to the Census Bureau. | The census is used to calculate…
(2019-07-12). Border Patrol Agents Are Sharing a Commemorative Coin Mocking Migrants. truthdig.com The unofficial token appears to poke fun at the fact that officials are no longer out on patrol but processing families and infant children.
(2019-07-12). In aftermath of Libya airstrike deaths, UN officials call for refugees and migrants to be freed from detention. un.org "As a priority, we ask that 5,600 refugees and migrants currently held in centres across Libya be freed in an orderly manner and their protection guaranteed" the UN refugee and migrants chiefs said in a joint statement, released on Friday.
(2019-07-12). Race Becomes New Flashpoint With Pelosi, Ocasio-Cortez. truthdig.com WASHINGTON—The debate between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other House Democrats over migrant children in detention at the border was wrenching enough. Then it became about race. | First, the freshman's chief of staff compared more centrist Democrats to 1940s segregationists. Then Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of "singling out" her and fellow newcomers, all women of color. | By Thursday, the rhetoric escalated, overshadowing the agenda and pushing House Democrats way off message with the most divisive upheaval since they took control of the chamber this year. Longtime lawmakers were st…
(2019-07-12). Resisting the Wall Industry, From Mexico to Palestine. truthout.org The latest judicial rebuke of President Donald Trump's proposed border wall arrived just in time for July 4, when a federal appeals court again blocked the administration from diverting $2.5 billion in military funds toward the wall. But as history shows, court orders aren't always effective in halting construction or expansion of walls that "divide neighborhoods, worsen dangerous flooding, [and] destroy lands and wildlife," as the Sierra Club explained in a statement following the court's June preliminary injunction. | As part of Grassroots International's work defending the human right to land, water, and fo…
(2019-07-12). News That Border Patrol Chief Was Part of Racist Facebook Group 'Not Surprising': Critics. commondreams.org "The agency's culture is violent and racist for a reason." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/provost_0.jpg …
(2019-07-12). Trump's raids and the stench of fascism. wsws.org Beginning Sunday, the Trump administration plans to launch the largest immigration raids in US history, targeting 2,000 families for arrest and deportation.
(2019-07-12). Biden mocked for saying he respects 'no borders and cannot be contained by any walls' (VIDEO). rt.com 
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden made some peculiar pronouncements about borders and walls in a speech on Thursday that was roundly mocked afterwards online.
(2019-07-12). 'Visit the Camps Yet?' Campaign Urges Pelosi to See for Herself the Horrific Conditions at Trump Detention Centers. commondreams.org "Speaker Pelosi, visit the camps! And bring the conservative Democrats with you—so you can all see why Trump's child abuse at the border needs to be reined in now." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pelosi_camps.jpg …
(2019-07-12). CBP Agents' Coin Mocking Care of Migrant Children Exemplifies Agency's Culture of 'Reflexive Dehumanization,' Critics Say. commondreams.org In the latest report of Customs and Border Protection agents mocking the arrival of immigrants at the southern U.S. border, ProPublica on Friday detailed an unofficial commemorative coin that Border Patrol agents have circulated for months, deriding the care of migrants. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11503698441.jpg …
(2019-07-11). CBP Can't Detain Domestic Flight Passengers for Refusing Suspicionless ID Checks. aclu.org 
The Constitution protects passengers deplaning domestic flights just as it protects people on the street or in a car. | In February 2017, two U.S. CBP officers stood on a jet bridge at New York's JFK Airport to meet Delta Flight 1583 as it taxied to the gate upon arrival from San Francisco. As passengers prepared to deplane, they were told by flight attendants — at the direction of the two officers — that all passengers would have to show identification documents to the officer…
(2019-07-11). The Death of Privacy: Government Fearmongers to Read Your Mail. globalresearch.ca It is discouraging to note just how the United States has been taking on the attributes of a police state since 9/11. Stories of police raids on people's homes gone wrong are frequently in the news. In one recent incident, …
(2019-07-11). 'Close the camps' actions accelerate in Houston. workers.org 
Since im/migrant families began to be torn apart at the border in 2018, there have been dozens and dozens of Houston protests, marches and rallies against Trump's racist border policies. But now that brutal conditions within the immigrant concentration camps have finally been widely exposed to the world, people have . . . | Continue reading 'Close the camps' actions accelerate in Houston at Workers.org
(2019-07-11). "Unconscionable & Unacceptable": Rep. Barragán Decries Detention of Migrant Children in Prison Cells. democracynow.org 
Yazmin Juárez, the Guatemalan mother whose child died from a lung infection after being held in an ICE detention center, testified before members of a congressional panel Wednesday. She shared the story of her daughter, 19-month-old Mariee, who died last year shortly after being released from the South Texas Family Detention Center in Dilley, Texas. Juárez filed a $60 million lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Patrol and the Department of Health and Human Services. The House subcommittee convened to examine the treatment of refugees in U.S.
(2019-07-11). Cops' racism exposes driving while Latinx in Pennsylvania. workers.org 
On May 10, 2018, Rebecca Castro's car was stopped by a Pennsylvania State trooper who first inquired about her immigration status instead of asking for her license and registration. Castro is a U.S. citizen. The trooper then asked about the status of her two passengers; one was her fiancé Carlos . . . | Continue reading Cops' racism exposes driving while Latinx in Pennsylvania at Workers.org
(2019-07-11). Im/migrants and the repressive state. workers.org 
A grassroots movement has been growing across the U.S. to counter the government's brutal campaign targeting im/migrants. As more people of all ages die horrible deaths in the desert north of the border, in the border rivers and in detention camps — including the hellholes set up to warehouse small . . . | Continue reading Im/migrants and the repressive state at Workers.org
(2019-07-11). Manuel Duran, journalist who reported on ICE, freed from detention. splcenter.org Manuel Duran, an investigative journalist who was detained after reporting on the collusion between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local law enforcement in Memphis, Tennessee, was released today from ICE detention and will be reunited with his fiancée.
(2019-07-11). Guatemala: Morales to Visit Washington to Discuss Migration. telesurenglish.net Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales plans to travel to Washington next week to discuss migration and possibly offer up his country as a safe third location for asylum seekers. | RELATED: | Two Guatemalan Indigenous Leaders Killed | Via Twitter, the Guatemalan government said the head of state would be visiting the northern nation from July 13 unt…
(2019-07-11). ICE's Expanded Use of Facial Recognition Threatens All Our Civil Liberties. therealnews.com 
Evan Greer of Fight for the Future discusses how giving ICE access to the DMV databases of driver's license photos poses universal risks. Facial recognition technology is risky, unreliable, and has the potential to cause mass false arrests, violating the rights of refugees, immigrants, and citizens alike…
(2019-07-11). After Finding Refuge in the US, Asylum Seeker Now Fears Deportation. therealnews.com 
Home to an estimated 20,000 undocumented immigrants, activists and local officials say they won't comply with ICE raids targeting one million people…
(2019-07-10). John Carlos Frey: America's Deadly Stealth War on the Mexico Border Is Approaching Genocide. democracynow.org 
John Carlos Frey's new book, "Sand and Blood: America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border," chronicles how the U.S.-Mexico border became a war zone through decades of deadly bipartisan immigration policy. But it also examines the border through the personal history of his family. Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Frey moved to the U.S. with his family when he was a toddler in 1965. He grew up in southern San Diego, California, where he witnessed the effects of American immigration policy on the borderlands every day. His father was an American citizen. His mother was a Mexican immigrant. Frey's book is dedicated "To my mot…
(2019-07-10). The Inhumane Treatment of Migrants Is Not New. It's a Key Part of a Decades-Old Bipartisan Policy. democracynow.org 
More than a week after lawmakers flocked to the U.S.-Mexico border to observe the horrible treatment of refugee children and families in immigration jails, reports of unsafe and unsanitary conditions for asylum seekers are continuing. In Clint, Texas, the Border Patrol station that garnered international attention for jailing hundreds of migrant children without access to sufficient food, water, beds or medical care now has a spreading outbreak of scabies, shingles and chickenpox, according to border agents. In Yuma, Arizona, NBC reports that jailed migrant children have been subjected to mistreatment and sexual…
(2019-07-10). Headlines for July 10, 2019. democracynow.org Children Recount Mistreatment, Sexual Abuse at Yuma, AZ Migrant Jail, Scabies, Shingles & Chickenpox Spreading Among Children at Clint, TX Migrant Jail, Jewish Activists Arrested After Protesting Migrant Detention on Capitol Hill, Judge Rejects DOJ Move to Replace Legal Team Charged with Census Citizenship Battle, Court Says Trump Cannot Block Critics on Twitter, U.K. Ambassador Resigns After Leaked Cables Scandal, Afghan Peace Talks Close as Deadly Attacks Continue, Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Constitutionality of Affordable Care Act, Megan Rapinoe to Trump: "Your Message Is Excluding People", Calls Grow fo…
(2019-07-10). How the Climate Crisis Is Pushing Central Americans Out of Their Homes Toward the U.S. democracynow.org 
As the U.S. continues to crack down on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, we look at one of the underreported driving factors leading people to flee their home countries: the climate crisis. John Carlos Frey, author of "Sand and Blood: America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border," spent time with Central American climate refugees traveling in a caravan toward the United States. He says, "If this drought continues, we're looking at all-out famine from Central America. …That's one of the major reasons why they're coming. … The government doesn't even acknowledge the fact that there is a climate c…
(2019-07-10). Acts of solidarity with migrants grow. workers.org 
The United States government is waging a white-supremacist, imperialist, neocolonial war on multiple fronts. While this war on oppressed people rages on, people across the country and the world are taking a stand against state violence. Violence abroad can take many forms like resource extraction, economic sanctions and regime change. . . . | Continue reading Acts of solidarity with migrants grow at Workers.org
(2019-07-10). From the Mediterranean to Mexico, Capt. Pia Klemp Believes Rescuing Refugees Is Worth Facing Prison Time. theintercept.com 
If governments are criminalizing people who "show basic human decency, then I think that shows that we're doing something very right."
(2019-07-10). New Jersey Political Boss Warns "Certain Elements of the Working Class" Are Turned Off by Embrace of Immigrants. theintercept.com George Norcross, a Cory Booker ally, said "the Democratic Party has not been attractive to certain elements of the working class," echoing Trump's rhetoric.
(2019-07-10). As Border Crisis Deepens, Nancy Pelosi Asks for Prayer to Heal Democratic Rifts. theintercept.com House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continued her criticism of the progressives in her party at a private House Democratic caucus meeting on Wednesday. "Every time I'm attacked, I raise more money," Pelosi said, looking directly at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and drawing huge applause from the caucus. | Pelosi claimed that party infighting was putting the House majority at risk by jeopardizing seats flipped from red to blue in 2018. Ocasio-Cortez has been openly critical on Twitter of Blue Dogs and New Democrats, who represent conservatives in the caucus. "Think twice about it," Pelosi advised about staffers who tweet,…
(2019-07-09). Hacked Border Surveillance Firm Wants To Profile Drivers, Passengers, and Their "Likely Trip Purpose" In New York City. theintercept.com 
Using a network of cameras, Perceptics wants to collect congestion pricing tolls — and to infer things about drivers, alarming privacy advocates.
(2019-07-09). Detained Journalist Manuel Duran's Case Ordered Reopened. splcenter.org The Board of Immigration Appeals has ordered detained journalist Manuel Duran's case reopened, paving the way for an asylum claim and possible release after over 15 months in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
(2019-07-09). SPLC urges HUD to drop plan that would cut housing assistance for 'mixed-status' immigrant families. splcenter.org The SPLC urged the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today to withdraw a proposal that would eliminate housing assistance for low-income families that include both documented and undocumented immigrants.
(2019-07-09). Call to Action: Close the Concentration Camps Now! progressive.org We are calling on all people of conscience to shut down the concentration camps on the US-Mexico border through any nonviolent means necessary.