Tag: migrants
Diverse immigrant communities unite to preserve TPS
For the first time, immigrants – all from diverse countries such as El Salvador, Nepal and Sudan – are coming together on the national stage to fight for their rights.
Resistance in the heartland: Fighting ICE in small-town Iowa and Nebraska
Direct service and solidarity are important, but there’s no “way out of this” without effective advocacy for sweeping systemic and policy change.
‘Invasion’ by caravan and the future of mass migration
One thing we can be sure of is that the mainstream corporate press has no interest in covering these issues at all, at least until they can no longer be ignored.
Undocumented black migrants build an informal organizing network
Undocumented black migrants are building an informal network to help each other navigate their uncertain immigration status in the U.S.
Exploring the top immigrant-friendly cities in the United States
In the years and decades since, many cities have passed their ordinances to defend immigrants and refugees by various means.
Authorities can now deny visa and green card applications without giving...
Immigration lawyers call the policy change, which kicks in today, another brick in Trump’s “invisible wall” to make legal immigration as difficult as possible.
Take her name out of your mouth:’ Family of Mollie Tibbetts...
"Mollie's death is not political propaganda to bring up your 'build the wall' bullshit."
US cities issue IDs to protect undocumented immigrants
A growing number of communities have implemented municipal identification programs, and not just in politically progressive areas.
Military cover-Up? 100s of migrants feared dead in mass grave at...
It is believed that there are hundreds, if not more, individual human remains still there on the bombing range, but the federal government is not allowing anybody on to search for these individuals.
Asylum seekers win in court as federal judge rules against indefinite...
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled asylum seekers who have passed a credible fear interview should be given humanitarian parole, not indefinite detention.
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.