Tag: immigration
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.”
US and Hungary only two nations to vote no on helping...
"While the vote does not represent a formal withdrawal from the Compact, it does send a signal that the wealthiest country the world intends to abdicate global leadership in working towards the Compact's objectives."
I walked right up to militarized police at the border
The risk we took at the border is overshadowed by the risks taken by the courageous participants of the migrant caravan.
It’s a borderful world
Whether they’re trying to keep out immigrants, confront neighbors, or just reassert sovereignty in an increasingly intrusive world, the latest batch of nationalist and authoritarian leaders are challenging the notion that history is heading in an ever more frictionless direction.
How tear gas became a favorite weapon of US border patrol,...
Border authorities’ use of tear gas has spiked under the Trump administration, with the agency’s own data revealing it has deployed tear gas over two dozen times this year alone.
Why the migrant caravan story is a climate change story
The harshest impacts of climate change are reserved specifically for the poor, the marginalized, the displaced, and in this case, the unauthorized.
Families are still being separated at the border, months after ‘zero...
“It’s so disheartening. This was supposed to be a policy that ended.”
Refusing to hide: Migrants find power in caravans
No longer willing to collude in their oppression, Central Americans are coming to the U.S. in the open and en masse.
Rev. William Barber: Tear gassing Central American migrants is inhumane, unconstitutional,...
"This is white nationalism being played out in public policy. This is racism being played out in public policy. This is also inhumane."
Government could hold migrant families indefinitely in unlicensed detention centers under...
New Trump administration regulations would dismantle the landmark Flores agreement and allow authorities to release children only to a parent or legal guardian – even if those adult guardians are detained.
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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
The worse the chaos that results, the sooner the eventual revulsion and turnaround
A too gullible population let itself be bamboozled.
Tlaib, ACLU, and advocates warn H.R. 9495 could empower Trump to silence nonprofits and...
Progressives and civil rights groups sound the alarm over legislation that could allow President-elect Trump to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status without evidence, threatening free speech and democracy.
JD Vance hints at Elon Musk’s role in targeting Social Security under Trump’s ‘efficiency’...
Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance reveals Elon Musk could lead a commission to cut federal spending, with Social Security and the Department of Defense as potential targets. The billionaire’s past decision-making raises concerns about the future of essential programs.
Billionaire emissions outpace lifetime footprints of average individuals, new report shows
The report examines how the super-rich’s use of luxury transportation and investments in polluting industries exacerbate the climate crisis.