Tag: asylum seekers
Trump threatens sanctuary cities with more undocumented immigrants; politicians welcome his...
"Let's not concede that having refugees in our cities is something to be threatened by."
Noam Chomsky: Members of migrant caravan are fleeing from misery &...
"Now people are fleeing from the misery and horrors for which we are responsible."
8-year-old Guatemalan boy dies in border patrol custody days after high...
Felipe Gomez Alonzo died in New Mexico on Christmas Eve, after being detained since Dec. 18.
‘This must end. Now.:’ 8-year-old boy dies in US border patrol...
"A reminder that, yes, this is who the U.S. is. The U.S. is a country that murders children both directly and indirectly in a myriad of ways."
Justice for Jakelin: Lawmakers demand answers in death of 7-year-old girl...
Outrage is mounting as lawmakers demand answers for the conditions that led Jakelin Caal Maquín to die after being detained at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Grandmothers bring food and comfort to asylum seekers at bus stations
“Sometimes it is necessary to do the right thing, to heal a broken world.”
Trump administration’s new immigration plan will detain families entering US illegally...
The new regulation would likely "lead to the detention of thousands of families apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border, by eliminating extra legal protections for children who arrive with their parents."
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 10, 2018
Trump rule would give $2.5 billion tax cut to big bank fat cats, Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting asylum seekers, Argentina Senate votes against legalizing abortion, and more.
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Trump boat bombings draw murder accusations from Amnesty and lawmakers
A widening human rights crisis emerges as new disclosures reveal orders to kill shipwrecked survivors.
Clinton blames young people and social media for opposition to Gaza genocide
A speech at a far right Israeli publication’s summit sparks criticism over claims that youth are misinformed rather than responding to documented atrocities.
The ‘perfect’ Equal Opportunity Oppressor – Don the Con pulls off the impossible: ‘grievances...
Right or left, east or west, small-town/rural or city dwellers, blue collar or middle-class, who knows anyone (but the affluent) not paying through the teeth for the insufferable Trump Clown Show?
Supreme Court takes up Trump attack on birthright citizenship
A clash over the 14th amendment heads to the justices with consequences for millions of families.
New infographic shows how only 10 companies control every brand we know
Regardless of what the companies claim, the Big 10 do have the power and resources to address hunger and poverty within their supply chains.