(2019-07-15). The Fear Party. counterpunch.org 
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair | The politics of fear led by President Trump attacking undocumented immigrants and religious minorities is pushing our political parties apart. Political divisions in the United States are increased when our two major political parties do not agree on what are the important issues. | Historically, Democratic and Republican parties essentially agreed on…
(2019-07-15). Cruelty Is the Point: Communities Fight Back as Threat of ICE Raids Terrorize Immigrant Families. democracynow.org 
This weekend, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a handful of raids across the country as part of President Trump's push to detain and deport thousands of undocumented migrants in 10 major cities. Agents in Chicago reportedly arrested a mother and her children only to quickly release them. Arrests were also attempted in New York City, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Harlem, where immigrants reportedly refused to open their doors to ICE agents because they did not have warrants. Authorities say more raids are planned this week, prompting fear but also generating mass protests on the ground. We speak…
(2019-07-15). Progressive Democrats Answer Trump's Racist Screed. truthdig.com After President Donald Trump on Sunday directed a series of racist tweets at Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley, the group of freshman congresswomen known as the "the Squad" rebuked the president for his bigoted remarks and vowed to continue fighting his cruel attacks on immigrants and other vulnerable communities. | "This is what racism looks like," tweeted Pressley, a Massachusetts congresswoman, after Trump said the freshman Democrats should "go back" to the countries "from which they came." | Trump's attack was met with a flood of outrage. By Monday morning, the has…
(2019-07-15). Evo Gives Free Modern Farming Equipment to Bolivian Campesinos. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Bolivia's government donated over $6 million worth of tractors and other farming equipment to small holding campesinos in the department of La Paz. Evo Morales attended the ceremony at which this equipment was handed over to the rural workers. | RELATED: | Bolivia's Campesino Union Slams Opposition Protests as 'Total Failure' | The equipment will benefit 14,380 families across 87 municipalities in the Andean region surrounding the town of Viacha. The donation i…
(2019-07-15). Communities Fight Back as Threat of ICE Raids Terrorizes Immigrant Families. truthout.org This weekend, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a handful of raids across the country as part of President Trump's push to detain and deport thousands of undocumented migrants in 10 major cities. Agents in Chicago reportedly arrested a mother and her children only to quickly release them. Arrests were also attempted in New York City, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Harlem, where immigrants reportedly refused to open their doors to ICE agents because they did not have warrants. Authorities say more raids are planned this week, prompting fear but also generating mass protests on the ground. We sp…
(2019-07-15). Hundreds join united action in Palo Alto, Calif., to shut down Palantir Technologies for complicity with ICE. liberationnews.org 
In a great show of unity in action, more than a dozen groups from all over the San Francisco Bay Area joined together July 19 to protest at Palantir Technologies in Palo Alto for the company's provision of software facilitating ICE raids, detentions and deportations.
(2019-07-15). Trump Gives Up Citizenship Question but Doubles Down on Terrorizing Immigrants. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-07-15). Ecuador: Workers, Farmers Launch National Strike Against Gov't. telesurenglish.net Ecuador's National Campesino Movement (Fecaol) and workers' unions have launched a five-day national strike Monday to protest President Lenin Moreno's neoliberal government, as massive manifestations in the country's capital and major cities are expected on Tuesday. | RELATED: | IMF Approves Second Million-Dollar Loan Installment to Ecuador | "The national strike is strengthened: Campesinos, Indigenous people, Afro-descendants, retail traders, health workers, electricians,…
(2019-07-15). Pressley, AOC, Tlaib and Omar Hit Back at Trump's Bigotry. truthout.org After President Donald Trump on Sunday directed a series of racist tweets at Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley, the group of freshman congresswomen known as the "the Squad" rebuked the president for his bigoted remarks and vowed to continue fighting his cruel attacks on immigrants and other vulnerable communities. | "This is what racism looks like," tweeted Pressley, a Massachusetts congresswoman, after Trump said the freshman Democrats should "go back" to the countries "from which they came." | Trump's attack was met with a flood of outrage. By Monday morning, the…
(2019-07-15). Revanchist Israel Bent on Territorial Expansion. Towards "Greater Israel"? globalresearch.ca Israel is the only nation without official borders. From its inception it was planned this way to extrajudicially annex more territory. | A territorial expansion plan was drawn up in the 1980s as part of the US/Israel plan to redraw the …
(2019-07-15). "We Are in Fear": Undocumented Immigrant in Sanctuary Responds to Raids from Colorado Church. democracynow.org 
As immigrant communities face ongoing raids across the country, we speak with Rosa Sabido, one of dozens of undocumented immigrants living in churches across the United States. She entered sanctuary in May 2017 in the fellowship hall at United Methodist Church in Mancos, Colorado, after being told that her latest request of stay of deportation had been denied by ICE. She first came to the U.S. on a visitor visa in 1987 to see her mother and stepfather, who are both naturalized U.S. citizens. "We are in fear. We are on guard," says Sabido. "We are on constant panic, and we don't know what's going to happen in our…
(2019-07-15). Trump Says 'The Squad' Hates the US, Asks Them to Leave Again. telesurenglish.net The United States President Donald Trump Monday defended his attacks against four Democratic congresswomen, saying he was not concerned if people thought his tweets toward them were racist and accused the U.S. lawmakers of hating America. | RELATED: | Nancy Pelosi 'Salty' as Progressive Congresswomen Vote Against Right-wing Border Bill | "As far as…
(2019-07-15). Trump Moves to End Asylum Protections for Central Americans. truthdig.com A new rule expected to go into effect this week aims to drastically reduce the number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
(2019-07-15). Bolivia Works to Make Femicides Crimes Against Humanity. telesurenglish.net Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Monday new measures meant to address gender violence and femicides in the country, planning to label them as crimes against humanity. | RELATED: | Evo Gives Free Modern Farming Equipment to Bolivian Campesinos | After meeting with the women's defense cabinet, Morales told reporters that the new plan was adopted, expressing concern over the more than 70 femicides reported so far in 2019. | He said the issue was a "national priori…
(2019-07-15). Bolivia To Make Femicides Crimes Against Humanity. telesurenglish.net Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Monday new measures meant to address gender violence and femicides in the country, planning to label them as crimes against humanity. | RELATED: | Evo Gives Free Modern Farming Equipment to Bolivian Campesinos | After meeting with the women's defense cabinet, Morales told reporters that the new plan was adopted, expressing concern over the more than 70 femicides reported so far in 2019. | He said the issue was a "national priori…
(2019-07-15). Trump's Asylum Ban 2.0 Is Broadest Attack Yet on the Asylum Process. truthout.org Today Trump's team announced its broadest assault yet on the asylum process: a regulatory change filed with the Federal Register saying that anyone who passes through another country to reach the United States would be ineligible to claim asylum here. Because it is an interim rule, it does not need to go through the regular and lengthy approval process. As a result, unless the courts intervene, at the stroke of a pen Trump will have gutted decades of American asylum and immigration p…
(2019-07-15). . telesurenglish.net The United States authorities launched small-scale operations seeking to arrest undocumented immigrants over the weekend in an apparent start to President Donald Trump's vow to launch mass deportation round-ups across the country. | RELATED: | 1,600 Migrant Children Were Killed or Went Missing Since 2014 | The operation, which Trump revealed on Twitt…
(2019-07-15). I Know What It's Like to Be Told to 'Go Back' to My Own Country. truthdig.com As the daughter of Iranian and Mexican immigrants, the president's racist attacks on four congresswomen of color have struck me to my core.
(2019-07-15). Over 39,000 Honduran Migrants Deported From Mexico. telesurenglish.net Over 39 400 Hondurans were deported from Mexico, from October 2018 to the date, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | RELATED: | Two Honduran Vessels Wreck at Sea, 27 People Killed | Statistics released by the Consular and Migratory Observatory of Honduras reported that over 60 000 Hondurans have been sent back to the Central American nation, 43 percent higher than the same period of 2018. | In statements to the press, the head of the General Directorate of Migrant Protection, Li…
(2019-07-15). Italy Seizes Air-To-Air Missile, Guns in Raids on Neo-Nazis. telesurenglish.net Italian police have seized Monday a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathizers. | RELATED: | Italy Shuts Down Europe's Once Biggest Migrant Center | "During the operation, an air-to-air missile in perfect working order and used by the Qatari army was seized," police said of the 245-kilogram (540-pound) Matra missile. They also found automatic assault rifles that they described as "latest generation" among the cache. | Three men were arre…
(2019-07-15). Guatemala Refuses Trump's Request to be Safe Third Country. telesurenglish.net Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is postponing his visit to Washington as his office said the Central American leader had no interest in signing an agreement to make his country a safe third country. | RELATED: | Guatemala: Morales to Visit Washington to Discuss Migration | In a statement, Guatemala said the planned meeting between Morales and U.S. President Donald Trump this week had been postponed until the Guatemalan Constitutional Court had ruled on legal challenges. Last wee…
(2019-07-15). Trump administration will place 'new bar' on asylum for immigrants crossing southern border. rt.com 
The Trump administration announced new restrictions on asylum applications from immigrants traveling to the US through Mexico, the latest move in an immigration crackdown. |
(2019-07-15). Democrats back mass deportations. wsws.org Regardless of immigration status, all workers must understand that they are the ultimate target of the anti-democratic methods used against immigrants.
(2019-07-15). Thousands march in Chicago to demand end to US immigrant detention camps, raids and deportations. wsws.org The event was aimed at containing the enormous social opposition to the extreme-right policies of the Trump administration and the Republicans, within the confines of the Democratic Party,…
(2019-07-15). Fresno protest "Lights for Liberty" indybay.org Around 400 came out to protest the concentration camps in the U.S. being filled with migrants.
(2019-07-15). 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.
(2019-07-15). 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.
(2019-07-15). Immigrant Raids Part of a Larger Fascist Program. indybay.org Sports Basement | 1590 Bryant Street, San Francisco…
(2019-07-15). Voices from the protests against Trump's attack on immigrants. wsws.org The WSWS spoke with hundreds across the country, including Kare, a paralegal in New York City, who said, "Change certainly won't be coming from the top. This has been going on too long, and now that people are aware of it, we have to stand up."
(2019-07-15). ICE Sweep Protest is Display of Inimitable San Francisco Style at Cable Car Turnaround. indybay.org Dancers reenacted the historic meeting of world dictators Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un at a Powell Street cable car turnaround protest on July 12. While one protester revealed his tattoo of deep significance, many others hoisted signs that expressed just how pissed off citizens of San Francisco can get when ICE raids threaten their city. | Photos by Terri Scussel, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
(2019-07-15). ICE Sweep Protest is Display of San Francisco Inimitable Style at Cable Car Turnaround. indybay.org Dancers reenacted the historic meeting of world dictators Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un at a Powell Street cable car turnaround protest on July 12. While one protester revealed his tattoo of deep significance, many others hoisted signs that expressed just how pissed off citizens of San Francisco can get when ICE raids threaten their city. | Photos by Terri Scussel, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
(2019-07-15). Pass the ICE: Sizzling hot Border Protection agent causes a viral sensation (PHOTOS). rt.com 
With debate raging over the Trump administration's hardline immigration policies, some netizens paused to reflect on the more important news: the female Customs and Border Patrol agent who went viral as #ICEbae. |
(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). Activists in Oshkosh, WI call for closure of Trump's concentration camps. fightbacknews.org Oshkosh, WI – On the evening of July 12, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Students for a Democratic Society (UWO SDS) hosted a Lights for Liberty rally, demanding an end to the Trump administration's detention policy and the closure of the concentration camps, where tens of thousands of immigrants are being held in clear breach of international law. The call to action drew roughly 30 people from Oshkosh and the surrounding Fox Valley area. | The event started with a silent candlelight vigil to help bring awareness to the disastrous conditions in the camps. The action featured 12 different people speaking…
(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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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 …
(2019-07-13). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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.