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textWelcome was yesterday by Christian Jacob
Perhaps one lesson to be learned from the events of 2015 is that migration cannot be prevented in the long term by political measures, no matter how harsh they may be. Merz will also learn this....
Posted: Mon, Sep 22, 2025 3:35pm PDT
textCruel and Deadly: Another Life Tragically Lost to Immigration Detention by Detention Watch Network
Florence, AZ, September 4, 2025 — The Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project and Detention Watch Network are mourning the tragic loss of Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas, 32, affectionately known as "Lenchito,” a beloved son, brother, and friend who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody on Sunday, August 31, 2025. ICE had detained Mr. Batrez Vargas at Central Arizona Correctional Complex in Florence, Arizona and has reported that the cause of his death is currently unk...
Posted: Thu, Sep 4, 2025 1:32pm PDT
textUSA - Workers are being deported. Trump's war on migrants by Dianne Feeley
Given the contradiction between the need for labor and the harsh rhetoric of Trump and Vance, it is questionable whether their administration will be able to deport more people than Biden or Obama. Companies will negotiate various exemption programs for the workers they need. They will live in the shadows and will not be able to get stable jobs....
Posted: Tue, Sep 2, 2025 2:08am PDT
textICE detention will double capacity to detain more than 100,000 people this year by Detention Watch Network
ICE detention, the largest detention system in the world, will double capacity to detain more than 100,000 people this year...
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2025 6:10pm PDT
textBig Beautiful Burn by Caspar Shaller
The political showdown in Los Angeles is a stress test for US civil democracy. How Angelinos, Californian authorities, the judiciary, and national politics respond will determine whether the next three and a half years of Trump will be as authoritarian as he wishes—or whether a remnant of liberal democracy will remain....
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2025 4:26am PDT
textUSA-Workers are being deported. Trump's war on migrants by Dianne Feeley
The American public believes that there are too many immigrants. But when the media tell their stories—what they had to go through to get into the country, how they built a life here—the majority, unlike Trump and his team, do not think that deportation is a fair solution in many cases....
Posted: Sat, Aug 2, 2025 10:10am PDT
textThe attack comes from the right - the defense from below by Clara Bunger
When the rights of refugees are attacked, it affects us all. When labor rights are dismantled, it hits the invisible first, such as people without work permits – but never only them. Our struggles are not separate. They are connected – or they will be lost. It is our task to make this commonality visible and to organize it: against the authoritarian restructuring from above....
Posted: Wed, Jul 30, 2025 1:17am PDT
textTrump Has Wrecked the US Economy by Laura Tyson, 7/3 by Laura Tyson
Trump's draconian immigration policy represses the vital need for immigrants in harvesting, hospitality and construction. Ms. Tyson, the chief economic advisor under Obama, is a professor at UC-Berkeley...
Posted: Mon, Jul 28, 2025 10:36am PDT
textUSA - Workers are being deported by Dianne Feeley
The promise to deport millions of immigrants is a central part of Trump's Make America Great Again program. In both presidential campaigns, he described immigrants as “terrorists, murderers, rapists” or “mentally ill.” After his re-election, he promised to close the border between the US and Mexico and deport several million people....
Posted: Thu, Jul 17, 2025 1:10am PDT
text2025 Summer National Immigrant Solidarity Network News Alert! by Lee Siu Hin - National Immigrant Solidarity N
Nationwide Protests Demand: ICE Out of LA!...
Posted: Mon, Jun 23, 2025 3:53am PDT
textDocuments Reveal Role of US Northern Command in Los Angeles by IndyRadio
Over a period of 8 years, plans were made by US Northern Command to protect "Homeland Security". "The legal implications associated with these changes are inevitably profound. Indeed, they go to the very definition of the military’s proper role within domestic society"...
Posted: Tue, Jun 10, 2025 4:04am PDT
textSpring 2025 National Immigrant Solidarity Network News Alert! by SIU HIN LEE National Immigrant Solidarity Net
Trump 2.0 Racist Massive Immigrant Detention and Deportation, Community Self-Defense Fights ICE Fascism...
Posted: Mon, May 5, 2025 10:07pm PDT
textThe Trump Shock. How should governments respond? by Ann Pettifor
The President of the United States has set fire to the global trading system and is now sitting back, seemingly calm in the face of the conflagration that has engulfed the global economy. Donald Trump's actions show that he has not really understood how dangerous his attempt to change the world order is....
Posted: Tue, Apr 29, 2025 10:24am PDT
textNLG Condemns the Targeted Detention of Palestinian Student Organizer Mahmoud Khalil by National Lawyers Guild
FULL TITLE: National Lawyers Guild Condemns the Targeted Detention of Palestinian Student Organizer Mahmoud Khalil and Reiterates its Call for “Sanctuary Universities” to Protect their Students and Workers from Escalating State Repression...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 8:26am PDT
textDemand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS Detention by Deportation Defense
On the evening of March 8, 2025, Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil was detained by the Department of Homeland Security. The arrest comes on the heels of the Department of State’s announcement that it plans to deport students affiliated with pro-Palestine protests. The student, who is Palestinian, is a lawful permanent resident of the U.S....
Posted: Sun, Mar 9, 2025 11:32am PDT
textThreats to Student Protest Are Antithetical to the Mission of Higher Education by American Association of University Professors
March 5, 2025 - AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement today....
Posted: Sat, Mar 8, 2025 9:54am PST
textAmid harsh deportations from the U.S., Ecuador holds elections by Harvey Goldberg
At stake in the elections are the Presidency of Ecuador and every seat in the National Assembly. Mendez spoke about the Trump deportations of Ecuadorians; the needss of Ecuadorians in the U.S.; the disenfranchisement of most Ecuadorians living in the diaspora; the current situation in Ecuador; and the potential for fraud in the elections....
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2025 2:39pm PST
textOpen Letter to the Bay Area Left: Immigrant Rights and Lefty Hypocrisy by sum anarcho feminists
WE SEE YOU...
Posted: Thu, Jan 16, 2025 2:16pm PST
textMass Deportation will reduce California to an agricultural Rust Belt by Patrick Dwire
Mass deportation of undocumented farm workers, as promised, will devastate California agriculture....
Posted: Thu, Jan 2, 2025 3:43pm PST
textFestivals of Resistance: A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office by An ad hoc collective
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to be a tumultuous time....
Posted: Mon, Dec 2, 2024 11:57pm PST
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