(2020-10-04). Trump's Turn From Immigration to the Enemy Within. zcomm.org Trump's shift from demonizing immigrants to targeting leftists is straight out of the fascist playbook…
(2020-10-03). Border Wall threatens extinction of numerous endangered species. wsws.org The ongoing construction increased an already tragic rate of migrant deaths, destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres of wildlife habitat and now threatens the extinction of more than 100 endangered species on the border.
(2020-10-03). Pregnant Ethiopians languish in 'hellish' Saudi detention centres: Amnesty International. middleeasteye.net 
Pregnant Ethiopians languish in 'hellish' Saudi detention centres: Amnesty International | Detainees say they were forced to stay in crowded cells and to use their cell floors as toilets | Sat, 10/03/2020 – 11: 38 | Ethiopia has called for a halt in repatriations because of Covid-19. It brought back nearly 4,000 Ethiopians from Saudi Arabia between April and September 2020 (AFP) | Ethiopian migrants impr…
(2020-10-02). Guatemalan President Threatens To Arrest the Caravan Migrants. telesurenglish.net Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei on Thursday ordered a "state of prevention" in six departments of his country because of the entry of a caravan with over 3,000 Honduran migrants traveling to the United States. | RELATED: | "All those Hondurans who have entered illegally will be detained," he stressed, arguing that this measure is the consequence of their "disrespect" for the health protocols implemented t…
(2020-10-02). Mediterranean Sea: 'Cycle of violence' for fleeing migrants must be addressed. news.un.org The UN human rights office OHCHR, called on Friday for urgent action to address the "unimaginable horrors" faced by migrants attempting to cross the central Mediterranean Sea in search of safety‚ÄØin Europe.
(2020-10-02). Trump Ramps Up Immigration Attacks Ahead of Election. truthout.org A month before the election, the Trump lockdown against any and all immigrants is intensifying. The Trump administration has unleashed a rush of regulations to restrict student visas, especially for students from non-white, non-Christian majority countries. It is accelerating border wall building. It has proposed an offensively low ceiling of 15,000 refugee admissions in 2021 and has also been flirting with an illegal refusal to provide Congress with numbers for refugee admissions next year, which would effectively…
(2020-10-01). Trump administration prepares anti-immigrant raids in Democratic Party-led "sanctuary cities" ahead of November election. wsws.org The latest maneuver in Trump's war on immigrants cannot be separated from his effort to carry out a coup d'état and establish a presidential dictatorship.
(2020-10-01). Hundreds of Hondurans Travel in New Caravan Heading To the US. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday night, hundreds of Hondurans set out in a new caravan of migrants that aspires to cross Guatemala and Mexico to enter the United States. | RELATED: | "We are looking for whatever we can find. We are all poor people," a 27-year-old electrical engineer said, adding that "I could not get a job for almost four years." | Yesterday afternoon, at least 1,000 people gathered in San Pedro Sula's central bus station. Gradually, in s…
(2020-10-01). Stranded migrants need safe and dignified return, says independent UN rights panel. news.un.org Governments should immediately address the inhumane conditions in detention faced by migrant workers who are also being blamed for spreading the coronavirus, a UN panel of independent rights experts said on Thursday.
(2020-10-01). Sturgeon slams Westminster over reports that UK government plans to hold asylum seekers on Scottish Islands. rt.com 
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has taken to Twitter to promise "the strongest possible opposition" to reports that Westminster is considering the Outer Hebrides as a "holding pen" for asylum seekers. | Sources told The Sun on Wednesday that Westminster was considering the Outer Hebrides as a one of a number of offshore locations for the processing of asylum seekers following a surge in migrants crossing the English Channel in 2020. | The reports were met with fierce criticism from the first minister, who tweeted: | They can rest assured that any proposal to treat human beings like cattle in a holding…
(2020-10-01). Rights Groups Warn Trump 'Jeopardizes Lives' with Cuts to Refugee Resettlement Program. commondreams.org The Trump administration is "trying to grind our refugee system to a halt and ensure that Black and Brown immigrants don't have refuge here." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/refugees_9.jpg …
(2020-10-01). Fracking's Fall in the San Juan Basin. counterpunch.org 
Rancher Don Schreiber remembers San Juan County, New Mexico, in the 1950s, when its largest city, Farmington, was a company town. That company, El Paso Natural Gas, ran everything from the wells to the gas stations. It donated money to 4-H and the hospital; it pitched in to build Little League fields and the first
(2020-10-01). Trump cuts US refugee admissions for 2021 to record low. middleeasteye.net 
Trump cuts US refugee admissions for 2021 to record low | Citing Covid-19, Trump administration advises Congress it will accept fewer than 15,000 refugees in 2021 | Thu, 10/01/2020 – 20: 28 | State Department anticipates almost 300,000 asylum and refugee claims in forthcoming year (AFP/File photo) | The Trump administration has informed Congress it intends to accept only 15,000 refugees during fiscal year 2021…
(2020-10-01). Mexico: Court Backs Referendum on Prosecution of Ex-Presidents. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice on Thursday declared constitutional a referendum to prosecute former presidents. | RELATED: | "The spirit of the consultation is to channel public opinion, without intermediaries," said the Court's president Arturo Zaldívar as the debate unfolded, and the referendum was approved with eight votes in favor. | On the other hand, the official statement points out that the decision "is aimed,…
(2020-10-01). Mexico Rising: Atlanticist Media-Hate Overdrive as AMLO Drains the Swamp. strategic-culture.org Mexican President Lopez Obrador is draining the swamp, and Atlanticist media isn't happy about it. In fact, the New York Times and the Washington Post hate him for it. Right now, to carry Mexico's Fourth Transformation forward, AMLO requires an additional mandate beyond the movement that put him in power, and this means a referendum that condemns the corruption of Mexico's past five presidents — Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Ernesto Zedillo, Vicente Fox, Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto. Such a move would solidify a type of revolution underway in the country — a condemnation of the socio-economic c…
(2020-10-01). Venezuela Calls EU Terms for Sending Election Observers 'Unacceptable'. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Venezuela considers unacceptable the conditions put forward by the European External Action Service for sending a mission to monitor the country's general election, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
(2020-09-30). CBP Wants to Destroy Records of Misconduct. We Can't Let Them. aclu.org Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the nation's largest federal law enforcement agency, operates with