2021-05-21: News Headlines

Staff (2021-05-21). Headlines for May 21, 2021. democracynow.org Israel and Hamas Agree to Gaza Ceasefire After 11 Days of Intense Fighting, U.N. Chief Decries "Hell on Earth" After Israeli Strikes Sever Power, Water and Sewer Lines in Gaza, WTO Chief Pushes European Officials to Drop Opposition to Patent Waiver for COVID Vaccines, New York Launches $5 Million Lottery Incentive to Get Vaccinated , South Korean President to Discuss Denuclearization and Vaccines at White House Meeting, ICE to End Contracts with Two County Jails Where Immigrants Faced Abuses, Salvadoran Officials Exhume Dozens of Women's Bodies on Property of Former Detective, Amnesty Calls for U.S. to Stop Selli…

WSWS (2021-05-21). Two immigrants rescued from deportation in Glasgow by community intervention, as government escalates "hostile environment" wsws.org News soon spread through the Kenmure Road area and beyond of the attempt to remove Sehdev and Singh and hundreds of local people flooded onto the street to block the immigration van's exit.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-05-21). Spain cracks down on migrants after mass border crossing. peoplesdispatch.org The migrants were intercepted by Spanish security personnel patrolling the borders and at least 5,600 were sent back to Morocco by May 19. Meanwhile, hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children remain stranded in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta…

priscilla (2021-05-21). Farmworkers Modernization Act: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. dsausa.org Join the Immigrants' Rights Working Group of DSA for a discussion about current immigration legislation in Congress.

Staff (2021-05-21). Homeland Security Tells ICE to Cut Ties With Jail That Sicced Dogs on Migrants. truthout.org In a move hailed as "a major win" by migrant rights advocates, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday announced it is moving to end migrant detention at two county jails under federal investigation for alleged abuses including forced sterilizations and unleashing dogs on detainees. | DHS said in a

Editorial La Jornada (2021-05-21). Estados Unidos debe cesar la injerencia. globalizacion.ca El presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador sostuvo ayer que el gobierno de Estados Unidos ya se está tardando en dar respuesta a la nota diplomática enviada el 6 de mayo pasado, en la cual solicita aclarar el financiamiento a Mexicanos…

Saket Son (2021-05-20). Immigrants Are Essential: A Manifesto for the Covid-19 and Climate Change Era. commondreams.org "U.S. immigration policy must include a new legal status for climate refugees." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/centralamericans-1.jpg

teleSUR (2021-05-20). Moroccan City Near Ceuta Returns to Calm After a Night of Riots. telesurenglish.net The Moroccan town of Castillejos returned to calm Thursday after a night of scuffles between riot forces and African migrants that occurred near the Tarajal border crossing leading to the Spanish city of Ceuta. | RELATED: | As police cars patrol the streets of Castillejos, there is already only the usual human movement of people heading to their jobs or opening their stores. | Not many Moroccan or sub-Saharan migrants, who filled the streets of…

teleSUR (2021-05-20). US Closes 2 Immigration Detention Centers Over Abuse Scandal. telesurenglish.net U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday stopped detaining migrants in two immigration detention centers in Georgia and Massachusetts over complaints of abuses against the inmates. | RELATED: | "We will not tolerate the mistreatment of individuals in civil immigration detention centers," DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said, adding that both centers are under investigation for being overcrowded and having ove…

_____ (2021-05-20). End To ICE Contracts In Bristol County, Massachusetts. popularresistance.org The FANG Collective is happy to announce that ICE will be cancelling all contracts with Bristol County, Massachusetts. This includes their 287(g) contract which trains deputies to collaborate with ICE and perform immigration agent duties, and their IGSA contract which turned the Bristol County House of Correction into an ICE detention center. | See: Biden administration ends ICE contract with Bristol County Sheriff's Office amid federal probe into alleged excessive force against immigrant detainees | In the summer 2018, FANG launched its Shut Down ICE campaign in Bristol County with a nonviolent direct action tha…

The Associated Press (2021-05-20). US Ends Use of 2 Immigration Jails Accused of Mistreatment. latinorebels.com WASHINGTON (AP) — A detention facility in Georgia where women claim they were subjected to unwanted medical procedures and a Massachusetts jail that has drawn complaints of inhumane conditions will no longer be used to detain immigrants, the Biden administration said Thursday.

_____ (2021-05-20). Foreign Capital is Trying to Crush AMLO's Energy Reform. popularresistance.org Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has vowed to push on in his quest to properly regulate the country's hydrocarbons industry, despite the obstacles placed by foreign capitalists and the notoriously corrupt Mexican justice system.

teleSUR (2021-05-20). Mexico Is Willing To Accept Respectful Electoral Observation. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Thursday confirmed that the June 6 subnational elections are open to international observation, which must respect the country's sovereignty. | RELATED: | The remarks were made in response to requests from opposition parties for electoral observation missions from the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations (UN). | AMLO also urged the U.S. government to s…

teleSUR (2021-05-20). Mexico Warns OAS, USAID From Interference in Midterm Elections. telesurenglish.net Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador insisted on Thursday that his country will prevent interference from the Organization of American States (OAS) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the upcoming midterm elections. | RELATED: | In his morning press briefing at the National Palace, Lopez Obrador repeated that the OAS knows that Mexico is not a colony or a protectorate, Mexico is a fr…

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