(2019-07-14). Why Are Anti-Migrant Arguments in the E.U., U.S. Pure Hypocrisy? globalresearch.ca Almost every day we read about the latest outbursts in Europe, targeting pro-immigration policies. There are protests, even riots. Right-wing governments get voted in, allegedly, because the Europeans "have had enough of relaxed immigration regulations". | That is what we are …
(2019-07-14). French Police Arrest 152 Yellow Vest Protestors on Bastille Day. telesurenglish.net At least 152 'Yellow Vest' protestors have been arrested by French police Sunday in Paris, as security forces cracked down on manifestations during the traditional Bastille Day celebrations. | RELATED: | Migrants and 'Black Vests' Occupy Historical Monument in Paris | According to French authorities, the detainees are accused of "organization of an undeclared demonstration," "violence against those responsible for public order," and "destruction of public property." | Paris auth…
(2019-07-14). Mexican Police Rescue 21 Men Forced into Labor on Rural Farm. telesurenglish.net Twenty-one men have been rescued in northern Mexico where they were enslaved and forced to work on a farm, cultivating cannabis and poppy against their will, Chihuahua Public Prosecutor's Office said. | RELATED: | African, Caribbean Migrants Protest Against Bribe Requests by Mexican Border Officials | Police say the men were promised employment with a daily pay of 350 pesos (US$18) at the farm in the Tarahumara mountain range. The majority of the victims…
(2019-07-14). Trump's "Remain in Mexico" Policy Exposes Migrants to Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder in Dangerous Border Cities. theintercept.com 
The big man with a little mustache sat slumped in his chair at an immigrant aid office in Ciudad Juárez. The Mexican city sits a block and a half from El Paso, Texas, across the shallow trickle of the Rio Grande. But proximity to the U.S. meant nothing in his case; the office might as well have been on another continent. The man was sobbing. "Soy un muerto. Un muerto vivo," he kept saying. "I'm a dead man. The walking dead." | The man, whom I will call Franklin to protect him from retaliation, said he was being pursued by assassins. Back in his home country months earlier, covered from head to toe to conceal his…
(2019-07-14). Why are Anti-Migrant Arguments in the E.U., U.S. Pure Hypocrisy? dissidentvoice.org Almost every day we read about the latest outbursts in Europe, targeting pro-immigration policies. There are protests, even riots. Right-wing governments get voted in, allegedly, because the Europeans "have had enough of relaxed immigration regulations". That is what we are told. That's what we are supposed to understand, and even sympathize with. Anti-immigration sentiments are …
(2019-07-14). Trump Can't Get Enough of Terrorizing Immigrants. truthdig.com After having to give up on adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, Trump sends a chilling reminder of the other tools at his disposal.
(2019-07-14). Leaks Reveal Trump Left Pact With Iran to Erase Obama's Legacy. telesurenglish.net New leaks from an unknown source about former UK ambassador, Kim Darroch, revealed this Sunday US President Donald Trump withdrew from nuclear agreement with Iran to erase Barack Obama"s legacy. | RELATED: | US Braces for ICE Raids in 10 Major Cities Sunday | Sunday edition of the Journal Mail on Sunday issued such news. The report was a backstory of past week's diplomatic events in which UK representative to the US described Trump's government as inept and dysfunctional. | According to the…
(2019-07-14). With ICE Raids Expected to Begin Today, the Message is Clear: "Know Your Rights" theantimedia.com The ICE raids are expected to target migrant families in at least 10 cities on Sunday.
(2019-07-14). Pence Blames Democrats for Migrant Detention Horrors. truthdig.com During a visit to the border, the vice president says overcrowding in camps used to imprison migrants is the fault of Democrats in Congress.
(2019-07-14). Tlaib Slams Israeli Racism, Applauds Intersectional Solidarity. telesurenglish.net U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib slammed Israel in an interview with Jacobin published Saturday. She criticized Israel's policy towards Palestinians and called for intersectional solidarity. | RELATED: | Nancy Pelosi 'Salty' as Progressive Congresswomen Vote Against Right-wing Border Bill | "I can tell you when I was in Palestine w…
(2019-07-14). Breaking the Spiral of Hate and Intolerance. dissidentvoice.org Valeria Martinez Ramirez was 23 months old when she drowned in the Rio Grande with her father Oscar in June this year. They had made the long journey from Salvador to the US border with her mother and brother. The image of Valeria, her arm round her father's neck as they lay face down on …
(2019-07-14). Emergency Protest at ICE. indybay.org Trump's renewed deportation threats against immigrants sparks protests within hours. | Photos and text: Leon Kunstenaar…
(2019-07-14). Protest of Planned Federal Immigration Roundups Draws Hundreds to Redwood City. indybay.org President Donald Trump has threatened mass deportation roundups, starting today. On Friday July 12, in Redwood City, California, demonstrators said it was important to protest the administration's crackdown. | Photos by Charlie Moehle, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
(2019-07-14). Mountain View Vigil Protests Immigration Camps. indybay.org On June 30, 2018 in Mountain View 2,000 people demonstrated to send a clear message to Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress: Families Belong Together! They demanded an end to cruel and unjustified treatment of immigrant children and their families. A year later, on July 12, 2019, members of Together We Will once again called upon the people to gather on the streets, for the situation has not improved. Quite the opposite, it has only become more dire. | Photos by Teri Vershel, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
(2019-07-14). Trump Takes Pelosi's Side Against AOC and The Squad as Intraparty Fight Over Immigration Continues. commondreams.org "Pelosi, in short, is trying her best to play the game of politics as usual—the only game she has known as she has ascended the party hierarchy. 'The Squad,' on the other hand, is trying to change the rules of the game." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pelosi.trump__0.jpg …
(2019-07-14). Fresno protest "Lights for Liberty" indybay.org Around 400 came out to protest the concentration camps in the U.S. being filled with migrants.
(2019-07-14). As ICE Raids Begin, Advocates Remind Immigrants That 'You Have Rights'. commondreams.org "I can only imagine the fear our immigrant communities feel this morning." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/child_migrant.jpg …
(2019-07-14). Reading Between The Headlines: Stop The War on Immigrants! indybay.org A'roma Roasters Coffee | 95 5th Street | Santa Rosa…
(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). Mass Protests in US Demand End of Immigrant Detention Centers. telesurenglish.net Hundreds of protesters gathered Friday for a collective vigil in different parts of the US.., Mexico, Australia and Costa Rica to ask President Donald Trump to close the immigrant detention centers. | RELATED: | ICE to Launch Nationwide Raids to Arrest Undocumented Migrants | In the U.S., demonstrations took place in dozens of cities across the cou…
(2019-07-13). Know your rights: How immigrant rights activists are preparing for looming ICE deportation raids. nationofchange.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,…
(2019-07-13). San Diego demands closure of Trump's concentration camps. fightbacknews.org San Ysidro, CA – Protesters marched from Larsen Field in San Ysidro to the pedestrian border crossing Friday evening, July 12. The march was led by local Kumeyaay tribal elders, accompanied by the Brown Berets, and local immigrant rights and political organizations in demanding an immediate end to the Trump administration's refugee and immigrant concentration camps. | These camps have been the center of popular outrage, as many reports have surfaced of children being ripped away from their families, sexually assaulted and denied medical treatment. Some even died in custody or immediately following release. S…
(2019-07-13). ICE Kills Armed Man Outside Tacoma Detention Center. telesurenglish.net Police shot and fatally injured a male protester outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility in Washington State Saturday, local media outlets reported, after the unidentified man set a police car on fire. | RELATED: | Mass Protests in US Demand End of Immigrant Detention Centers | Amed with a rifle, the unidentified man stood outside th…
(2019-07-13). US Braces for ICE Raids in 10 Major Cities Sunday. telesurenglish.net Residents across the United States spent Saturday protesting across the country the impending raids by members of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), set to begin Sunday in 10 major U.S. cities, as announced by the federal administration. | RELATED: | ICE Kills Armed Man Outside Tacoma Detention Center | From the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump stated Friday: "It starts on Sunday, and they're going to take people out, and they're going to bring them back to the…
(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). 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). 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). With ICE Raids Expected to Begin Sunday, Message From AOC, Bernie Sanders, and Others is Clear: 'Know Your Rights'. commondreams.org Sanders is using his large mailing list to "target a message to supporters that may be impacted by the upcoming enforcement raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/ice_raid_0.jpg …
(2019-07-13). Despite Congress Providing $4.6 Billion in Additional Funding for Border, Pence Says Conditions Still the Fault of Democrats. commondreams.org "You gotta love it when Pence immediately puts complete blame for the horrors he saw on the Dems even after they threw money at monsters." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pence_1.png …
(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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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.
(2019-07-11). "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). 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). '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). 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). 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…
(2019-07-11). 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…
(2019-07-10). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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…