Daily Archives: May 18, 2021

2021-05-18: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-05-19). Spain deploys army against refugees fleeing across border with Morocco. wsws.org The ruling Spanish Socialist Party and Podemos are assaulting refugees and whipping up tensions with Morocco, a former colony of Spain and France.

The Associated Press (2021-05-18). Attorney: US Makes Concessions to Ease Asylum Restrictions. latinorebels.com SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has agreed to let about 250 people a day through border crossings with Mexico to seek refuge in the United States, part of negotiations to settle a lawsuit over pandemic-related powers that deny migrants a right to apply for asylum, an attorney said Monday.

Editorial Team (2021-05-18). Home Office found guilty after inflicting years of pain. challenge-magazine.org A man who came to Britain from Congo at the age of 13 in 2003 has got a rare win for immigrants in Britain. The High Court finally ruled in favour of Sam Louis' claim following a decade of false imprisonment and legal hostility. | Several years of childhood neglect whilst under the negligence of social services did little to prepare Mr Louis for the dire lack of support he'd receive in the UK. His unassisted attempts, even in his teens, to regularize his status were met with silence. When he was found guilty of a "relatively spontaneous low-level street robbery" aged 20 he had no clue how harshly the previousl…

Lexi McMenamin (2021-05-18). Philadelphia's DA Election Is a Test for Progressives and Criminal Justice Reform. commondreams.org "This election has far-reaching implications beyond Philly's borders." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/krasner-1.jpg

Todd Miller (2021-05-18). A World of Bikes, Not Walls? zcomm.org Demilitarizing the Border…

Todd Miller (2021-05-18). Visions of a Borderless World. thenation.com Visions of a Borderless World…

Latino Rebels (2021-05-18). #LatinoRebels10: From 2019, When Immigration Enforcement Goes Too Far… Again. latinorebels.com Or how much of a rogue agency ICE can be.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2021-05-17). Ocasio-Cortez Leads House Dems' Demand That Biden 'End the Carceral Approach to Immigration'. commondreams.org "It is time to end the carceral approach to immigration… Instead, we urge the Biden administration to pursue humane and just immigration policies that aim to end mass incarceration, criminalization, and deportation of immigrants." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12329322561.jpg

Paul Dobson (2021-05-17). Red Cross to Mediate Release of Captured Venezuelan Soldiers on Colombian Border. venezuelanalysis.com Caracas has confirmed that eight soldiers are being held by "irregular Colombian armed groups."

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