2021-07-19: News Headlines

The Conversation (2021-07-19). US Immigration Judges Considering Asylum for Unaccompanied Minors Are 'Significantly Influenced' by Politics. latinorebels.com Political factors such as ideology, the political party of the president who appointed them and who was president at the time they decided the case significantly influenced whether these children were allowed to stay in the country.

Pablo Manríquez (2021-07-19). Sens. Casey and Cardin Indicate Immigration Reform Funding Exists in Democrats' $3.5 Trillion Budget Agreement. latinorebels.com "I'm certainly for immigration reform," Cardin told Latino Rebels on Thursday. "I think it's in the agreement, the dollars it involves."

Aviva Chomsky (2021-07-19). Migration Is Not the Crisis: What Washington Could Really Do in Central America. juancole.com By Aviva Chomsky | — ( Tomdispatch.com ) — Earlier this month, a Honduran court found David Castillo, a U.S.-trained former Army intelligence officer and the head of an internationally financed hydroelectric company, guilty of the 2016 murder of celebrated Indigenous activist Berta Cáceres. His company was building a dam that threatened the traditional lands …

Manuel García, Jr. (2021-07-19). Even Noah Would Be Amazed. counterpunch.org The devastation caused by the rapid massive flooding in the region of Western Europe at the confluence of the borders of Germany, Belgium, France and Luxembourg during the third week of July 2021, when three times the monthly average of rainfall was dumped in only a day or two.

Tom Engelhardt (2021-07-19). Tomgram: Aviva Chomsky, Migration as Resistance. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Give Joe Biden credit. As a 78-year-old mainstream politician, he's made some surprisingly bold moves domestically when it comes, for instance, to climate change — even if his plans have been quite literally paralyzed by Senate Minority Leader …

United We Dream (2021-07-19). Friday 7/16: Emergency Webinar on DACA Ruling & Immigrant Rights w/ United We Dream. indybay.org Online via livestream recording…

Sarah Valdes (2021-07-19). The US Must Prioritize Children's Safe and Legal Resettlement. thenation.com The US Must Prioritize Children's Safe and Legal Resettlement…

Aviva Chomsky (2021-07-19). Migration Is Not the Crisis. zcomm.org What Washington Could Really Do in Central America…

_____ (2021-07-19). Outrage as Biden Says Fate of Immigration Reform Is 'For the Parliamentarian to Decide'. commondreams.org "Reporters should not fear government prosecution simply for doing their jobs."

Staff (2021-07-19). Headlines for July 19, 2021. democracynow.org COVID Cases on the Rise Among Olympic Athletes Days Ahead of Tokyo Opening Ceremony, Boris Johnson Self-Isolates as U.K. Reopens; Mass Protests in France over COVID Measures, Delta Variant Spreads Across Africa, Latin America, Where Vaccines Are Sorely Lacking, Young Children at Risk as U.S. Cases Surge in Areas with Low Vaccination Rates, DOJ Set to Challenge U.S. Judge Ruling Declaring DACA Unlawful, Israeli Spyware Company's Software Targeted Phones of Journalists and Politicians Around the World, Death Toll in Western Europe Flash Floods Nears 200; 70 Major Wildfires Rage in Western U.S., Colombian Police Say…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-19). Military Situation In Syria On July 19, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On July 19, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the villages Safuhin, Fatirah and Falifel | On July 19, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SAA positions in Jurin village | On July 18, the Turkish border guards shot dead a 16-year-old boy near the border area near the Karama refugee camp | On July 18, intra clashes between Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sharqiya and Ninth Division factions were reported in the city of Afrin | MORE ON THE TOPIC:…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-19). Russia, Uzbekistan And Tajikistan To Hold Military Exercise Along Afghanistan's Border. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Russian military will take part in joint exercises with the Uzbek and Tajik military, said the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, The exercises will take…

Staff (2021-07-19). Migration Is Not a "Crisis." It's Survival and Resistance to Ongoing Genocide. truthout.org Earlier this month, a Honduran court

Anonymous669 (2021-07-18). Suspected US Strike Destroyed PMU Truck On Syrian-Iraqi Border (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: Sabereen News (t.me/sabreenS1) | On July 18 morning, a mysterious strike targeted the border line between Syria and Iraq where Iranian-backed forces are known to be deployed. | The pinpoint strike destroyed a Toyota pickup truck of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU). No human losses were reported as a result of the strike. | The UAE-based al-Arabiya TV reported that the targeted truck was loaded with weapons and ammunition. However, sources close to the PMU said that the truck wa…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-18). Military Situation In Iraq On July 18, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On July 18, US aircraft attacked and destroyed a PMU vehicle near the Syrian border. No casualties were reported | On July 17, ISIS attacked Iraqi Army positions south of Kirkuk. Four Iraqi Army personnel were killed | On July 17, a Turkish Army convoy was targeted by an IED near Baashiqah base | MORE ON THE TOPIC: |

Anonymous103 (2021-07-18). New Round Of Clashes On Armenian-Azerbaijani Border. Casualties Reported. southfront.org Illustrative Image | The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh appears to be steadily and gradually nearing another escalation. | The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported on another shelling by the Armenian military positions of the Azerbaijani army along the entire length of the state border."On July 16, from 20: 40 to 22: 30, units of the Armenian armed forces from positions located on the territory of the village of Yukhary, Shorja, Basarkechar district, and on July 17 at about 01: 00 from the direction of the village of Mos…

Staff (2021-07-18). Detroit's Prison Population Will Soon Be Stuck Living Next to a Toxic Site. truthout.org "It felt all too real," Siwatu-Salama Ra said from her home in Detroit, Michigan. Her lifelong struggles against two injustices plaguing her community — pollution and incarceration — had become fused in a surreal way. | Three years ago, Ra,

Rick Rozoff (2021-07-18). Azerbaijan: NATO's strategic gateway to the Caucasus, Caspian. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan: NATO's strategic gateway to the Caucasus, Caspian The defense minister of Azerbaijan, Zakir Hasanov, recently met with the new Italian ambassador to his nation, Claudio Taffuri, and among other topics the two discussed what the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry described as "the latest tension on the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border, including the liberated territories and bilateral …

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