2019-07-24: Social Media Postees

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Morales Wants Guatemala to be 'Safe Third Country'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
In order to comply with the demands of President Donald Trump, Guatemala's President Jimmy Morales Wednesday filed an appeal request at the Constitutional Court (CC) to reverse a provisional injunction that prohibits him from negotiating with the United States to turn his Central American nation into a "safe third country" for…
telesurenglish.net/news/Morales-Wants-Guatemala-to-be-Safe-Third-Country-20190724-0004.html

Trump Will Soon Obliterate the Right to Asylum
Marjorie Cohn | truthdig.com | 2019-07-24
This piece first appeared on Truthout. | Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has effectuated 600 unilateral changes in immigration policy, more than any president in recent memory. | Pursuant to its " zero tolerance policy," the administration arrested undocumented immigrants who cross…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-will-soon-obliterate-the-right-to-asylum/

Commemoration of student massacre in El Salvador
Karl Kramer | indybay.org | 2019-07-24
Redstone Labor Temple, 2940 16th Street, Second floor theatre (Teatro del segundo piso) San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/24/18824950.php

Trump Threatens Guatemala With Economic Reprisals
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
Taxed exports and imposition of charges for remittances could be the consequences suffered by Guatemala after deciding to stop an agreement to become a safe third country, which would force them to welcome migrants crossing its territory, according to threats by U.S. President Donald Trump. | RELATED: | US, Mexico Deported 54,000 Guatemalans from January to June | On his official Twitter account, the president indicated that the Central American nation "has been forming caravans and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Threatens-Guatemala-With-Economic-Reprisals–20190723-0022.html

Facility for Migrant Children Closing Weeks After Opening
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-23
By the time the Texas center opened, the numbers of children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border had fallen, as is normal during the summer heat.
truthdig.com/articles/facility-for-migrant-children-closing-weeks-after-opening/

Iran's FM Visits Nicaragua to Strengthen Bilateral Relations
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega met Monday with Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to deepen bilateral relations between both nations. | RELATED: | Trump Warns Iran's Sanctions Will Be Increased 'Substantially' | "We are brother countries, Revolutions born at the same time in the defense of peace, justice and freedom for our people, for the unity of our people," said Ortega in his welcoming speech. | "As for us," replied Zafir, "a victory for you means a vi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nicaragua-and-Iran-Strengthen-Bilateral-Relations-20190723-0028.html

Blood on Our Hands: How We Help Drive Immigration North
Frances Moore Lapp√© | commondreams.org | 2019-07-23
In September 2014, a U.S. official from The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives estimated that half the weapons available on El Salvador's black market were made in the United States. (Photo: Wes Bausmith / Los Angeles Times) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/image_for_blood_on_our_hands_7.23.19.png …
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/23/blood-our-hands-how-we-help-drive-immigration-north?cd-origin=rss

"You a U.S. Citizen?": Traveling under the watchful eye of the Border Patrol
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-22
People's World correspondent Al Neal is in the field reporting from sites all along the U.S.-Mexico border. In his dispatches, you will get a view of the towns and people caught up in Trump's "border crisis." You will see the women, men, and children impacted by the administration's immigration policies as well as U.S. foreign …
peoplesworld.org/article/you-a-u-s-citizen-traveling-under-the-watchful-eye-of-the-border-patrol/

Rising Resistance And Solidarity In The Americas
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-22
"If there isn't justice for the people, there won't be peace for the governor." Protesters in Old San Juan on Tuesday call for the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, who has vowed to remain in office (Thais Llorca/EFE/Zuma Press) This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Sandanista Revolution in Nicaragua. Hundreds of thousands …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/rising-resistance-and-solidarity-in-the-americas/

'US economic terrorism will backfire': Iranian foreign minister calls for unity in Nicaragua
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-22
In Nicaragua, Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal asked Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif about US sanctions, Europe's role in the…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/22/us-economic-terrorism-iranian-foreign-minister-zarif-nicaragua/

Max Blumenthal drops by the largest US military base in Latin America
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-20
Max Blumenthal rolled up on the Soto Cano / Palmerola air base in Honduras, the US military's largest in Latin…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/20/max-blumenthal-palmerola-air-base-honduras/

"The US Got Scared" Voices of the Resistance in Post-Coup Honduras
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-19
Members of the resistance in Honduras tell MintPress how a US-backed coup – and the Neoliberalism it brought with it – have impacted their country.
mintpressnews.com/the-us-got-scared-voices-of-the-resistance-in-post-coup-honduras/260676/

San Diego residents demand end to migrant concentration camps
Michaela Malone | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-17
Thousands of protesters filled the field, located just a half mile away from the U.S./ Mexico border.
liberationnews.org/san-diego-residents-demand-end-to-migrant-concentration-camps/

Who Killed Oscar and Valeria: The Inconvenient History of the Refugee Crisis
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-17
The supposedly random 'violence' and drug wars in El Salvador must be seen within the political context of misguided American interventionism. Were it not for such violent interventions, Oscar, Valeria and millions of innocent people would still be alive today.
mintpressnews.com/killed-oscar-valeria-inconvenient-history-refugee-crisis/260607/

Free the children, close the camps
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-17
Trump's racist statements against Mexicans and Central Americans is intended for one purpose: To stir up hatred of immigrants, to mobilize his base and deflect blame away from millionaires and billionaires, who are the real cause of the economic crisis and unemployment.
liberationnews.org/free-the-children-close-the-camps/

2020 Hopeful Julián Castro Vows to Break Up ICE & Calls Trump's New Asylum Rule Unconstitutional
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-16
As Trump faced national rebuke for his racist comments against four progressive congresswomen, his administration announced a new rule essentially banning most immigrants from seeking refuge in the United States. The rule, which the ACLU has already vowed to challenge in court, would deny asylum to any migrant who failed to apply for protection in another country they passed through on the way to the U.S. border–including children traveling alone. If enacted, the law would effectively block people from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, as well as Haitians, Cubans and many people from African countries, who…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/16/julian_castro_trump_racist_attacks

A year after Nicaragua coup attempt, the media's regime-change deceptions are still unraveling
John Perry | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-16
Corporate media outlets blamed Nicaragua's government for a deadly arson attack during the 2018 coup attempt, but new information raises…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/15/a-year-after-nicaraguas-coup-the-medias-regime-change-deceptions-are-still-unraveling/

"We Are in Fear": Undocumented Immigrant in Sanctuary Responds to Raids from Colorado Church
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-15
As immigrant communities face ongoing raids across the country, we speak with Rosa Sabido, one of dozens of undocumented immigrants living in churches across the United States. She entered sanctuary in May 2017 in the fellowship hall at United Methodist Church in Mancos, Colorado, after being told that her latest request of stay of deportation had been denied by ICE. She first came to the U.S. on a visitor visa in 1987 to see her mother and stepfather, who are both naturalized U.S. citizens. "We are in fear. We are on guard," says Sabido. "We are on constant panic, and we don't know what's going to happen in our…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/15/rosa_sabido_immigrants_in_sanctuary_seg2

Cruelty Is the Point: Communities Fight Back as Threat of ICE Raids Terrorize Immigrant Families
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-15
This weekend, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a handful of raids across the country as part of President Trump's push to detain and deport thousands of undocumented migrants in 10 major cities. Agents in Chicago reportedly arrested a mother and her children only to quickly release them. Arrests were also attempted in New York City, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Harlem, where immigrants reportedly refused to open their doors to ICE agents because they did not have warrants. Authorities say more raids are planned this week, prompting fear but also generating mass protests on the ground. We speak…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/15/immigration_detention_ice_raids_elora_mukherjee

US-trained troops shoot Honduran students protesting privatization
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-13
Anya Parampil reports from inside a student occupation at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), where US-trained troops shot…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/13/unah-us-trained-troops-shoot-honduran-students-protesting-privatization/

Call to Action: Close the Concentration Camps Now!
Arun Gupta and Juan Carlos Ruiz | progressive.org | 2019-07-09
We are calling on all people of conscience to shut down the concentration camps on the US-Mexico border through any nonviolent means necessary.
progressive.org/dispatches/call-to-action-Gupta-190709/

SPLC urges HUD to drop plan that would cut housing assistance for 'mixed-status' immigrant families
splcenter.org | 2019-07-09
The SPLC urged the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today to withdraw a proposal that would eliminate housing assistance for low-income families that include both documented and undocumented immigrants.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/09/splc-urges-hud-drop-plan-would-cut-housing-assistance-mixed-status-immigrant-families

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