Daily Archives: July 18, 2021

2021-07-18: News Headlines

Staff (2021-07-18). Detroit's Prison Population Will Soon Be Stuck Living Next to a Toxic Site. truthout.org "It felt all too real," Siwatu-Salama Ra said from her home in Detroit, Michigan. Her lifelong struggles against two injustices plaguing her community — pollution and incarceration — had become fused in a surreal way. | Three years ago, Ra,

teleSUR, JGN (2021-07-18). México dona a Cuba 800.000 jeringas para enfrentar la pandemia. telesurtv.net Esta contribución busca fortalecer las acciones que se llevan a cabo en Cuba y en la región para hacer frente a la pandemia.

United We Dream (2021-07-18). Friday 7/16: Emergency Webinar on DACA Ruling & Immigrant Rights w/ United We Dream. indybay.org Online via livestream recording…

Joe Piette (2021-07-17). °Liberación Sí! °Traslados No! Liberation Yes! Transfers No! workers.org After years of protests, York Prison, near Philadelphia, will no longer be housing ICE detainees after Aug. 12. But instead of releasing those incarcerated, prison authorities are sending them to other states, far away from their families and their legal service providers. Members and supporters of Movement of Immigrant Leaders . . . |

Cronkite News Arizona PBS (2021-07-17). Migrant deaths in the desert at record levels as heat wave pounds West. juancole.com By Alyssa Marksz | — ( Cronkite News ) — WASHINGTON — The number of migrant deaths recorded in the Arizona desert so far this year is on pace to break the record set just last year, as migrants attempt the crossing in the face of a record-breaking heat wave. Humane Borders and the Pima …

EMMA (2021-07-17). Texas Judge Rules DACA Unlawful. peoplesparty.org It's appalling that this ruling threatens applicants and suspends applications, and also terrifying for what it could mean for further rulings for current recipients in future precedents. | The Dream Act is the bare minimum Congress can do to protect migrants entering and within our borders, yet, they have been dragging their feet on even this legislation. It passed the House in March but has yet to reach the Senate floor. | The slow response from Congress and the Biden administration on immigration isn't surprising. The Obama administration deported 1.18 million people in its first three years alone! More r…

_____ (2021-07-17). Demonstrations In Bloomington During 300-Mile "Walk For Licenses" popularresistance.org Undocumented immigrants, immigrants and allies of the community passed through Bloomington Thursday on day six of their seven-day, 300-mile "Walk for Licenses" through Indiana, according to a press release from Cosecha Indiana.

_____ (2021-07-17). Demonstrations In Bloomington During 300-Mile 'Walk For Licenses'. popularresistance.org Undocumented immigrants, immigrants and allies of the community passed through Bloomington Thursday on day six of their seven-day, 300-mile "Walk for Licenses" through Indiana, according to a press release from Cosecha Indiana. | The goal of the walk, which started Saturday in Gary, Indiana and East Chicago, is to bring attention to the need for drivers licenses for undocumented Indiana residents, according to the release. The walk will end in Indianapolis on Saturday. | Cosecha Indiana, which organized the walk, is a part of a national movement, working towards permanent protection, dignity and respect for all i…

teleSUR (2021-07-17). Mexico Reaffirms His Rejection to US Blockade Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net Speaking at a press conference at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Friday, Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard reaffirmed his country's rejection of the U.S. unilateral blockade against Cuba. | RELATED: | He highlighted that the U.S. inhumane measure against the Caribbean island and other countries were causing "serious impacts" on the population while worsening these nations' humanitarian situation.

teleSUR (2021-07-17). Mexico Reaffirms Its Rejection to US Blockade Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net Speaking at a press conference at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Friday, Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard reaffirmed his country's rejection of the U.S. unilateral blockade against Cuba. | RELATED: | He highlighted that the U.S. inhumane measure against the Caribbean island and other countries were causing "serious impacts" on the population while worsening these nations' humanitarian situation.

Sally Hargreaves, Sally E Hayward, Teymur Noori, Martin McKee, Bernadette Kumar (2021-07-17). [Correspondence] COVID-19: counting migrants in. thelancet.com Rohini Mathur and colleagues1 present important data highlighting increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates among minority ethnic people in the UK, including people reporting as South Asian and Black, yet use of these broad ethnic categories consistently fails to capture the dynamics of contemporary migration. These categories include a highly heterogeneous group of settled minority ethnic people born in the UK, alongside more recently arrived migrants, including an increasing proportion of low-skilled labour migrants, refugees, undocumented migrants, and others who have a particular profile of risk factors for SARS-C…

adapted from Damany Fisher, Ph.D (2021-07-17). Afro-Latino Presence in Early California – Negro Bar, Sacramento County. indybay.org Afro-Latinos migrated to California in significant numbers. By 1790, they made up nearly 20 percent of California's population, or one out of every five residents. More importantly, the concept of "race" had far less significance in California than in the United States. While European-born Spaniards controlled California society, Afro-Latinos and mestizos did manage to gain political and economic influence during the Spanish and Mexican periods of California history. Established in 1849, Negro Bar, today's Sacramento County is a singular remnant of a golden legacy.

teleSUR, lfl, JGN (2021-07-17). EE.UU. detiene a más de un millón de emigrantes en la frontera. telesurtv.net La cifra del pasado mes de junio representa un incremento del 4.5 por ciento, un récord en más de dos décadas.

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