2023-05-13: News Headlines

teleSUR (2023-05-12). Mexico Urges US to Pursue Diplomacy to Curb Illegal Immigration. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) advocated for the adoption of diplomatic and conciliatory measures, particularly regarding Cuba and Venezuela, as a means of addressing the prevalent immigration crisis. | Related: | "How is it going to be possible to maintain harmony, peace and tranquility if there are differences, if there is confrontation with the neighbors?" AMLO said during his regular daily press c…

It's Going Down (2023-05-13). Indigenous Resistance in Mexico, Border Militarization, and the End of Title 42. itsgoingdown.org On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we look at the Mexican state's targeting of Indigenous resistance movements and communities, specifically the cases of political prisoners Fidencio Aldama and Miguel Peralta, and how this relates to the militarization of borders across so-called North America. As a recent article on It's Going Down wrote: …

Staff (2023-05-13). Comité de agencia reguladora mexicana emite opinión favorable sobre vacuna cubana anticovid Abdala. cubadebate.cu El Comité de Moléculas Nuevas (CMN) de la Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios (Cofepris) de México emitió opinión favorable sobre la vacuna de proteína recombinante del dominio de unión al receptor del virus SARS-CoV-2, conocida como Abdala.La vacuna, desarrollada por el Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología (CIGB) de la República de Cuba, está indicada para la inmunización activa específica contra la infección por SARS-CoV-2…

teleSUR (2023-05-12). New Regulations at the US-Mexican Border Cause Uncertainty. telesurenglish.net The U.S. government on Friday began a radical change in its border policy between the United States and Mexico. Amid confusion and uncertainty, new asylum restrictions have been implemented. | Related: | Several last-minute court actions added to questions about how the Biden administration's new border strategy will play out. In response, migrant advocates filed a legal challenge to the new asylum regulations a…

Editor (2023-05-13). Big bad Canada pushes to protect profits from Mexico. mronline.org The Trudeau government is pressing Mexico to maintain its loosely regulated, pro-capitalist mining policies.

ecns.cn (2023-05-13). Migrants rush to cross border as Title 42 ends. ecns.cn Large numbers of migrants had begun gathering in northern Mexico at the U.S. border the past few days, waiting for Title 42, a pandemic-related restriction to be lifted on Thursday.


Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-05-13). Mexico's scientific commission endorses Cuban Abdala vaccine. plenglish.com Mexico City, May 13 (Prensa Latina) The New Molecules Committee (CMN) of the Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) issued today a favorable opinion on the Cuban recombinant protein vaccine Abdala.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-05-13). No hay incremento de cruces en frontera tras fin del Título 42, dicen México y EE.UU. telesurtv.net Al menos 24.000 agentes de la patrulla fronteriza vigilan la zona, además de los 1.500 soldados que el Pentágono estará desplegando de forma escalonada durante los próximos días.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-12). US further militarizes the border as COVID-era migration restrictions expire. peoplesdispatch.org On May 11, Title 42, a Trump-era immigration policy, expired—precipitating a surge in migrants crossing the US—Mexico border. Title 42 used the COVID-19 public health emergency as an excuse to swiftly expel migrants to Mexico. The expiration of the policy has fueled a surge in migration across the Southern border as migrants reportedly are trying to get into the US either before Title 42 restrictions expire to avoid Biden's new immigration measures, or after, fueled by a rumor that the end of Title 42 will make immigration easier. | Although Biden campaigned on being more "humane" towards migrants, th…

Anand Naidoo (2023-05-12). The Heat: U.S.-Mexico Border Crisis. america.cgtn.com Crowds and chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border as a pandemic-era policy ends. Title 42 is officially winding down. The controversial policy went into effect during the height of the COVID-19 crisis three years ago. The U.S. Trump administration used the provision to turn away migrants …

Revolution Books (2023-05-13). Tuesday 5/16: Down with Biden/Trump Persecution of Immigrants! No Human Being is Illegal! indybay.org Revolution Books | 2444 Durant Avenue, Berkeley…

Vladimir Fuentes (2023-05-12). U.S. Backs Dominican Republic As Violence Against Haitians Escalates After 22% of Haitians Deported. towardfreedom.org Since 2021, the government of Luis Abinader has been promoting a campaign of mass deportations of the Haitian immigrant community. This also affects Dominicans of Haitian descent, or Haitians born in the Dominican Republic. Vladimir Fuentes reports from the Dominican Republic.


Zane McNeill (2023-05-12). Human Rights Groups Sue to Block Biden's "Unlawful" Asylum Ban. truthout.org The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and immigrant advocacy organizations have filed a legal challenge to the Biden administration's new asylum ban, which went into effect after Title 42 — a pandemic-era emergency policy that was widely condemned by immigrant advocates — expired on Thursday. Biden's asylum ban combines unlawful Trump-era "third country transit ban" policies — which Biden had… |

Zane McNeill (2023-05-12). New ICE Program Subjects Asylum Seekers to GPS Monitoring and Curfew. truthout.org The White House is rolling out a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program that will subject asylum-seeking families that cross the U.S. border without authorization to GPS monitoring and a curfew — a move that immigrant advocates say will further criminalize migrants and ultimately expand ICE's inhumane system of immigrant imprisonment. The punitive surveillance program… |

Marco I. Dávila C. (2023-05-12). Estados Unidos: °No a la Ley 1718! globalizacion.ca Al tiempo que Donald Trump ha sido encontrado culpable de abuso sexual, el gobernador de Florida firma y convierte en ley algunas medidas que, algunos dicen, son las más antiinmigrantes del momento. | La nueva ley antiinmigrante (SB1718) que está por…

Zane McNeill (2023-05-12). Human Rights Groups Sue to Block Biden's "Unlawful" Asylum Ban. truthout.org The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and immigrant advocacy organizations have filed a legal challenge to the Biden administration's new asylum ban, which went into effect after Title 42 — a pandemic-era emergency policy that was widely condemned by immigrant advocates — expired on Thursday. Biden's asylum ban combines unlawful Trump-era "third country transit ban" policies — which Biden had… |

Zane McNeill (2023-05-12). New ICE Program Subjects Asylum Seekers to GPS Monitoring and Curfew. truthout.org The White House is rolling out a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program that will subject asylum-seeking families that cross the U.S. border without authorization to GPS monitoring and a curfew — a move that immigrant advocates say will further criminalize migrants and ultimately expand ICE's inhumane system of immigrant imprisonment. The punitive surveillance program… |

Marco I. Dávila C. (2023-05-12). Estados Unidos: °No a la Ley 1718! globalizacion.ca Al tiempo que Donald Trump ha sido encontrado culpable de abuso sexual, el gobernador de Florida firma y convierte en ley algunas medidas que, algunos dicen, son las más antiinmigrantes del momento. | La nueva ley antiinmigrante (SB1718) que está por…

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