A.J. Schumann (2024-10-23). Climate Can't Be Ignored This Election. otherwords.org Roswell, New Mexico isn't the kind of place you'd expect to find underwater, but that's exactly what happened this October. | Unfortunately, it's a sign of a troubling new reality. | Asheville, North Carolina, known for its pict…

Ana Luisa Brown (2024-10-23). Mexico offers technical support; analyzes sending fuel to Cuba. plenglish.com Mexico City, Oct 23 (Prensa Latina) Mexico is offering technical support to Cuba in the face of the current power emergency and is analyzing whether fuel aid is also necessary, President Claudia Sheinbaum said today, as she ratified her nation's stance against the blockade.

_____ (2024-10-23). Assailants shoot at El Debate newspaper office in Mexico. CPJ Staff

Sarah Anderson (2024-10-23). Arriving at a New Consensus: Immigrants and Asylum Seekers are a Key Driver of Economic Growth. inequality.org On June 4, 2024, President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order allowing border agents to deny entry to humanitarian asylum seekers without an appointment. The number of asylum seekers had already declined in the months since a bipartisan border deal was agreed proposing a higher cap. Nonetheless, the limit announced by the White House was …

Eric Brooks (2024-10-23). Republican officials in Indiana seek to purge voter rolls, Hoosiers fight back. peoplesworld.org INDIANAPOLIS—In an attack on the voting rights of legal immigrants and Black and brown working people, on Oct. 7 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and Secretary of State Diego Morales asked Ur M. Jaddou, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, to "verify" the citizenship of over 10% of the state's registered voters — some …

Human Rights Watch (2024-10-23). Oman: New Social Security Law Step in the Right Direction. hrw.org Click to expand Image | The Mutrah Souq in Muscat, Oman, November 7, 2022. | © 2022 Ahmed Abd Alkawey/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images | (Beirut) — Oman has a new social protection law that paves the way for a universal social security system, Human Rights Watch said today. If effectively and fairly implemented, this law could realize socioeconomic rights of Omani nationals and residents, including migrant workers, who are facing events that substantially affect their income.The new system includes a monthly universal, rather than means-tested, child benefit to every family per child, an entitlement…

____ (2024-10-21). The Immigration Dilemma on Nevada's Ranchland. devdiscourse.com Janille and Tom Baker's expansive ranch in remote eastern Nevada epitomizes the American West with its grand landscapes and cowboy culture. However, despite its productivity, the ranch depends heavily on a guest worker program that imports Mexican labor to thrive in a challenging economic environment.

CADTM International (2024-10-21). The CADTM welcomes the sovereign stance of the new Government of Mexico of not inviting King Felipe VI of Spain to attend the inauguration ceremony. cadtm.org

_____ (2024-10-21). Assailants shoot at El Debate newspaper office in Mexico. CPJ Staff

Staff (2024-10-21). Singapore's Pritam Singh, US sends migrants back to China: 5 weekend reads you missed. scmp.com From US sending migrants back to China to Singapore's Pritam Singh trial, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.