2024-01-26: News Headlines

Olivia Rosane (2024-01-26). 25 GOP Governors "Stand With Texas" in Defying Supreme Court at Border. truthout.org Twenty-five Republican governors have lent their support to GOP Gov. Greg Abbott as he doubles down on his defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court order to allow the federal government to remove the razor wire that the state had put up along a stretch of the United States-Mexico border with Mexico at Eagle Pass. Abbott first posted on social media on Tuesday that the Texas National Guard would "continue… |

Antonio Sempere (2024-01-26). Spain condemned for illegally returning migrant minors. pressenza.com The Administrative Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court has condemned Spain for the return of eight unaccompanied migrant minors in August 2021. This followed the migration crisis in May of the same year, in which approximately 12,000 people, including more than 1,500 minors, swam to Ceuta. In the explanatory memorandum, the magistrates of the Spanish high court argue that "this situation lasted for three months, during which there is no evidence that the Spanish authorities, whether state or regional, initiated individualised proceedings to determine the circumstances and needs of each of the minors. | In August…

Larry Johnson (2024-01-26). Biden Domestic and Foreign Policy Implosion. sonar21.com Do you know what an implosion is? Let me show you. | That is what is happening to Joe Biden. Let's start with the domestic implosion taking place because of the flood of illegal immigrants. Texas has deployed the National Guard to its border and is preventing the Federal Government from cutting the barb wire walls the Guard has erected. The Biden Administration sought judicial relief with the Supreme Court, which decided by a 5 to 4 majority to back the Biden Administration. Governor Abbot of Texas responded, "Fuck you." | Texas is relying on the Constitution, which gives States the right to defend thems…

Naureen Shah (2024-01-26). What's Hiding in the Immigration & Border Deal? More Mass Surveillance. aclu.org Behind closed doors, the White House and Congress continue to negotiate major changes to border and immigration law as part of a larger deal on foreign military assistance. One of the rumored proposals is to expand a program called Family Expedited Removal management, or FERM. | Already, we've seen families in this program suffering harm and denied due process. But with the potential for a second Trump administration, the risks of this program are even more severe — including widespread surveillance. |

Muhammed Shabeer, People's Dispatch. (2024-01-26). Protests Erupt In Germany After Exposure Of Far-Right Conspiracy. popularresistance.org In the wake of revelations about a far-right conspiracy in Germany to expel migrants and "non-assimilated citizens", progressive sections in Germany have launched militant anti-far-right demonstrations across the country, raising the banner "Together Against the Right," in defense of democracy and against fascism. | From January 19 to January 22, more than 1.4 million people, including leftists, trade unionists, youth-students groups, and various other anti-fascist groups hit the streets in more than a hundred cities across Germany, protesting the xenophobic maneuvers and political schemings of far-right groups,…

Staff (2024-01-26). Alt News' Mohammed Zubair conferred TN's communal harmony award. muslimmirror.com Chennai : Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday presented the state government's award for promotion of communal harmony to fact-checker Mohammed Zubair "in recognition of his contribution in prevention of violence" by debunking claims in social media that migrant workers were under attack in Tamil Nadu. Co-founder of AltNews, Zubair was presented the award …

WSWS (2024-01-26). Texas governor claims migrant "invasion" justifies defying federal authority over border. wsws.org Governor Greg Abbott has been backed by more than a dozen other Republican governors in a unilateral power grab against the federal government.

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