Daily Archives: October 7, 2021

2021-10-07: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-07). Dispatches from The US: Biden continues Trump's violent deportation policies. peoplesdispatch.org Eugene Puryear from Breakthrough News spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the current Haitian migrant crisis and how the US administration under president Joe Biden has responded to this.

Miya Tada (2021-10-07). FILM SCREENING | IT WAS A COUP. peoplesforum.org Join us at The People's Forum for a film screening of It Was A Coup! This is a free, educational program, however, in order to maintain a safe capacity level, we ask that you leave a $6 deposit to reserve your participation. You will be refunded your deposit upon arrival or if you cancel. Please have your confirmation email ready when you arrive. | About "IT WAS A COUP" | It Was A Coup is a feature film that documents the coup in Bolivia, the role of Mexican diplomacy in its defense of asylum and the crimes against humanity during the de facto government of Añez in Bolivia. Unpublished information on the Mexican…

teleSUR, JDO (2021-10-07). Covid-19 provoca orfandad a miles de menores mexicanos. telesurtv.net Alertan que la cifra de niños afectados por la pérdida de madres, padres o abuelos podría aumentar.

Editor2 (2021-10-07). Inflation is Back with a Vengeance in Latin America. orinocotribune.com By Nick Corbishley — Oct 5, 2021 | After last year's economic carnage, the spectre of runaway inflation is the last thing the region needs. | As prices for many vital goods and services surge across the globe, central bankers in most advanced economies refuse to take their foot off the gas, even as inflation gets stickier. But things are very different in emerging economies. | Last year many emerging economy central banks slashed rates to extreme lows as economic activity ground to a standstill and inflation crumbled. But now many of them are frantically hiking them again as inflation returns with a vengeanc…

Joris Leverink (2021-10-07). Black migration beyond states and borders. roarmag.org A man from Haiti is crossing the Rio Grande natural border between Mexico and the United States. May, 2021. David Peinado Romero / Shutterstock.com | Migration is a central part of

Pablo Manríquez (2021-10-07). Indian Immigrants Feel Senate Has Ignored Their Calls to Reform Massive Green Card Backlogs. latinorebels.com "I considered myself a DREAMer," says Dip Patel, 25, founder of Improve the Dream, an organization advocating for immigrant youth who grew up as dependents of long-term visa holders but then lose their legal status in the United States when they turn 21 years old.

Todd Miller (2021-10-06). For the US, the climate plan is more walls and armed agents at the US-Mexico border. thegrayzone.com US greenhouse gas emissions are inextricably linked to booming border militarization budgets and private security industry profit This article was originally published by Todd Miller's The Border Chronicle. Subscribe here. Sasabe, Mexico — Not long into our conversation, the young woman at the migrant resource center in Sasabe, Sonora, told me why she had left her home in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala: floods had ruined her family's crops. Her name was Flor* and she was 19 years old. Two Category 4 …

Editor (2021-10-06). Canadian court strikes down Trudeau's appeal against compensation to Indigenous children. mronline.org The Justin Trudeau government has been stalling efforts by Indigenous groups to secure compensation to survivors of Canada's discriminatory child services that has pushed Indigenous children disproportionately into foster care.

José Luis Granados Ceja (2021-10-06). Venezuelan Victims of Xenophobic Attacks Return from Chile. venezuelanalysis.com The Maduro government has celebrated the return of migrants but has faced criticism for a lack of support to aid their resettlement inside Venezuela.

Josue De Luna Navarro (2021-10-06). Immigration Cruelty Goes Beyond the Border. fpif.org Images of Border Patrol officers on horseback whipping Black migrants shocked many Americans. Given this reaction, you could be forgiven for thinking that abuse like this isn't normal for Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). But those of us who live in border states can tell you: It is. | The CBP agents who…

Peter Certo (2021-10-06). In OtherWords: October 6, 2021. otherwords.org A final vote on President Biden's jobs and infrastructure agenda has been delayed as Democrats in Congress negotiate with their own right flank over the size and scope of the legislation. | At particular risk, Sonali Kolhatkar writes this week, is the expanded Child Tax Credit, which has proven effective at rapidly reducing child poverty in this country. Democrats shouldn't let a handful of millionaire conservatives in their own ranks derail this wildly successful intervention, she argues. | Also this week, Josue De Luna Navarro takes a look at the bigger picture of how the U.S. treats migrants after disturbing p…

Guest Contributor (2021-10-06). OPINION: The Racist Treatment of Haitian Migrants and Other Immigrants of Color Must End. latinorebels.com Border Patrol whipping Haitian migrants brings to mind our sordid history of racist immigration polices based on public health concerns. It's time for a change.

Staff (2021-10-06). Trump Is Gone, But the US Is Still Putting Migrants Through Hell. truthout.org "Texas is playing by its own rules on immigration and deputizing police from as far away as Iowa to participate in Abbott's state-level war on migrants. The implications here are just horrifying," says Kelly Hayes. In this episode of "Movement Memos," Kelly examines recent events in Del Rio, Texas, where Black asylum seekers were brutalized and faced mass deportations, and also highlights Operation Lone Star, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's unconstitutional, state-level war on migrants. Kelly also talks with Breann…

Gabriela Aoun (2021-10-06). New York's Excluded Workers Fund Running Out of Money. latinorebels.com After a staggering number of applications, advocates in New York are calling for more money for the first-of-its-kind pandemic relief fund for undocumented workers.

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