Daily Archives: December 21, 2023

2023-12-21: News Headlines

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-12-21). Reactivan estado de Guerrero, México, tras paso de huracán Otis. telesurtv.net Se han recolectado 700.420 toneladas de basura, informaron las autoridades mexicanas.

Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams. (2023-12-21). 80+ Groups Descend On DC, Demand Gaza Cease-Fire, Migrant Rights. popularresistance.org Activists from more than 80 advocacy groups took to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to protest what they called the Israeli genocide in Palestine and "cruel" immigration policies here in the United States. | The demonstrators demanded a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, an end to American military aid for Israel, and protection for migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. | "As the Biden administration and Senate Democrats indicate a willingness to advance cruel immigration proposals in order to pass a spending package that will send billions of dollars to Israel to continue its genocide in Gaza, we come toget…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-12-20). Exvicepresidente ecuatoriano Jorge Glas pedirá asilo a México. telesurtv.net La defensa de Glas señaló que el asilo se pedirá de conformidad con la Convención de Asilo Diplomático de Caracas.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-12-20). Mantienen prisión preventiva a militares por caso Ayotzinapa. telesurtv.net En medio de la audiencia de revisión de medida cautelar, la defensa de los militares solicitó no decretar la prisión preventiva sino someterla a examen.

Thomas Kennedy (2023-12-21). Democrats Are Prepared to Destroy Immigrant Rights to Fund Israel's War on Gaza. truthout.org President Joe Biden and some Democrats in Congress are trying to make one hell of a bad deal. A recent vote for emergency military funding that would have traded extremist demands from the Republican Party on immigration for billions of dollars in military aid to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine failed in the Senate. But now, some Democrats have signaled that they're willing to trade human rights for… |

Staff (2023-12-21). Headlines for December 21, 2023. democracynow.org Death Toll Tops 20,000 as Northern Gaza's Last Functioning Hospital Fails Under Israeli Onslaught, U.N. Says Israeli Troops Summarily Executed Palestinians in Gaza City, 3-Day-Old Infant Pulled from Rubble of Rafah Home Flattened in Israeli Strike, France Renews Call for Ceasefire, U.S. Continues to Reject It, as UNSC Vote Delayed for 3rd Time, "It Will Lead to Greater Human Suffering": France, EU Impose Harsh New Restrictions on Migrants, Texas Gov. Flies 120 Migrants to Chicago Amid Ongoing Weaponization of Immigration by GOP, NBC News: Xi Jinping Told Biden China Will Force Reunification of T…

Daniel Costa, Samantha Sanders, Economic Policy Institute. (2023-12-21). Congress And President Biden Should Not Trade Away Human Rights. popularresistance.org The Senate, House, and White House are embroiled in down-to-the-wire negotiations to trade harmful changes to the asylum system and draconian immigration enforcement measures in exchange for approving a one-time defense supplemental funding package. We urge members of Congress and the White House to reject any such deal. | If Congress passes the one-time defense supplemental, the money will likely run out in just a few months. But the major anti-immigrant policy changes that Congress and the White House are reportedly considering will be permanent.

David Bacon (2023-12-21). Biden Is Paying Growers to Replace Farmworkers With Bracero Contract Labor. truthout.org On September 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it would begin paying growers to use the notorious H-2A contract foreign labor (or guestworker) program. Tapping into $65 million from the American Rescue Act, the USDA will pay between $25,000 and $2 million per application to defray the expenses of recruiting migrant workers from three Central American countries… |

Staff (2023-12-21). "Fascism Out Loud": Trump's Escalating Racist Rhetoric & the Far Right's Plan for a Slow Civil War. democracynow.org As the 2024 presidential election campaign heats up, Republican front-runner Donald Trump is escalating his racist rhetoric, repeatedly saying in recent days that immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country," drawing comparisons to Hitler. Journalist Jeff Sharlet says, "Even more important than the substance is the spectacle, the drama, that makes him the exciting and, in fascist terms, the man of action." Sharlet explains Project 2025, an agency-by-agency plan backed by a coalition of conservative groups for implementing fascism if Trump regains power, and how the former president…

ecns.cn (2023-12-21). Texas makes border crossing a state crime. ecns.cn At first, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an order to arrest migrants illegally crossing the border under the law of "trespassing on private property". As a result, thousands of migrants caught on private properties at the border were entered into the Texas criminal justice system in the past year.

Neal Resnikoff (2023-12-21). International Migrants Day: How To Change the System? orinocotribune.com By Neal Resnikoff — Dec 18. 2023 | The UN General Assembly proclaimed December 18 International Migrants Day in 2000. It took into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world. It aimed to further the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. | The Convention recognizes the human rights of migrant workers and promotes their access to justice as well as to humane and lawful working and living conditions. It provides guidance on the elaboration of national migration policies and for international cooperation based on…

WSWS (2023-12-21). Immigrant advocates prepare legal battle against fascistic Texas immigration laws. wsws.org Governor Abbott blamed the Biden administration for what Democrats and Republicans have increasingly referred to as the "broken" border.

Staff (2023-12-21). Cancillería palestina acusa a Israel de cometer crímenes contra la humanidad en Gaza. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Emigrantes de Palestina acusó este jueves a Israel de ejecutar crímenes contra la humanidad en Gaza, donde se ha contabilizado más de 20 000 muertos y 52 000 heridos desde el 7 de octubre. En un comunicado, la Cancillería criticó la impunidad de Israel ante el fracaso de la comunidad internacional para terminar los ataques.

Editor (2023-12-20). 80+ Groups Descend on DC Demanding Gaza Cease-Fire, Migrant Rights. scheerpost.com

Democracy Now! (2023-12-20). Democracy Now! 2023-12-20 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for December 20, 2023; "This Is a Colonial War": Historian Rashid Khalidi on Israel, Gaza & the Future of Palestine; Pope Condemns Israeli Killings of Palestinian Christians; Relative of 84-Year-Old Victim Mourns Her Death; "Under Attack": TX Law Targets Immigrants as Trump Cites Hitler, GOP Pushes Biden for Border Crackdown | Headlines for December 20, 2023; "This Is a Colonial War": Historian Rashid Khalidi on Israel, Gaza & the Future of Palestine; Pope Condemns Israeli Killings of Palestinian Christians; Relative of 84-Year-Old Victim Mourns Her Death; "Under…

WSWS (2023-12-20). Five-year-old boy dies during outbreak at overcrowded Chicago migrant shelter. wsws.org The death of Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero is the foreseeable outcome of the Democratic Party's anti-immigrant policies.

Staff (2023-12-20). "Under Attack": TX Law Targets Immigrants as Trump Cites Hitler, GOP Pushes Biden for Border Crackdown. democracynow.org As Senate leaders say President Biden will have to wait until next year to negotiate a deal with Republicans on immigration as part of an emergency funding package, the leading GOP presidential candidate doubled down on his hateful comments about immigrants that echoed Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. This comes as Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a major Trump supporter, approved a sweeping new law that allows police to arrest anyone they suspect to have entered into the United States without authorization. "It's very clear that we are under attack. … We have targets on our backs," says Marisa Limón Ga…

WSWS (2023-12-20). Texas Governor Abbott signs bills empowering police to carry out mass arrests, summary deportations of immigrants. wsws.org The actions by Abbott are part of a bipartisan assault on immigrants, involving the Biden administration and both the Republican and Democratic parties.

Amy Goodman (2023-12-20). Texas Governor Intensifies Immigrant Policing as Trump Cites Hitler During Rally. truthout.org As Senate leaders say President Biden will have to wait until next year to negotiate a deal with Republicans on immigration as part of an emergency funding package, the leading GOP presidential candidate doubled down on his hateful comments about immigrants that echoed Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. This comes as Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a major Trump supporter, approved a sweeping new law that… |

Ann Brown (2023-12-20). Trump: Illegal Immigrants Are Poisoning The Blood Of America, They're Coming From Prisons And Mental Institutions. moguldom.com Former President Donald Trump characterized immigrants, singling out those from Africa and Asia, as "poisoning the blood of our country" at recent campaign events. The comments have sparked criticism and comparisons to Adolf Hitler-like rhetoric. During a rally in Durham, New Hampshire, Trump said: "They're poisoning the blood of our country. They're coming into our …

krish-rad_ind (2023-12-20). Texas anti-immigrant bill threatens to unleash racist police state terror. liberationnews.org

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