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2021-05-20: Social Media Postees

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Two immigrants rescued from deportation in Glasgow by community intervention, as government escalates "hostile environment"
wsws.org | 2021-05-21
News soon spread through the Kenmure Road area and beyond of the attempt to remove Sehdev and Singh and hundreds of local people flooded onto the street to block the immigration van's exit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/21/depo-m21.html

US Closes 2 Immigration Detention Centers Over Abuse Scandal
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday stopped detaining migrants in two immigration detention centers in Georgia and Massachusetts over complaints of abuses against the inmates. | RELATED: | US: Migrant Deportations Continue Despite Biden's Policies | "We will not tolerate the mistreatment of individuals in civil immigration detention centers," DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said, adding that both centers are under investigation for being overcrowded and having ove…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Closes-2-Immigration-Detention-Centers-Over-Abuse-Scandal-20210520-0009.html

Moroccan City Near Ceuta Returns to Calm After a Night of Riots
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
The Moroccan town of Castillejos returned to calm Thursday after a night of scuffles between riot forces and African migrants that occurred near the Tarajal border crossing leading to the Spanish city of Ceuta. | RELATED: | Morocco Closes Border Crossing To Spanish City | As police cars patrol the streets of Castillejos, there is already only the usual human movement of people heading to their jobs or opening their stores. | Not many Moroccan or sub-Saharan migrants, who filled the streets of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Moroccan-City-Near-Ceuta-Returns-to-Calm-After-a-Night-of-Riots-20210520-0002.html

Immigrants Are Essential: A Manifesto for the Covid-19 and Climate Change Era
Saket Son | commondreams.org | 2021-05-20
"U.S. immigration policy must include a new legal status for climate refugees." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/centralamericans-1.jpg …
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Immigrants Are Essential: A Manifesto for the Covid-19 and Climate Change Era
Saket Son | commondreams.org | 2021-05-20
"U.S. immigration policy must include a new legal status for climate refugees." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/centralamericans-1.jpg …
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Foreign Capital is Trying to Crush AMLO's Energy Reform
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-20
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has vowed to push on in his quest to properly regulate the country's hydrocarbons industry, despite the obstacles placed by foreign capitalists and the notoriously corrupt Mexican justice system.
popularresistance.org/foreign-capital-is-trying-to-crush-amlos-energy-reform/

Mexico Is Willing To Accept Respectful Electoral Observation
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Thursday confirmed that the June 6 subnational elections are open to international observation, which must respect the country's sovereignty. | RELATED: | Relatives of Missing People in Mexico Demand Justice | The remarks were made in response to requests from opposition parties for electoral observation missions from the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations (UN). | AMLO also urged the U.S. government to s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Is-Willing-To-Accept-Respectful-Electoral-Observation–20210520-0012.html

Russia Reacts To US Decision To Lift Sanctions on Gas Pipeline
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday called as "a positive sign" the U.S. decision to waive sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG pipeline, which will carry Russian gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea. | RELATED: | Russia, China, Cuba and Mexico Reject US Human Rights Report | "It is not in Washington's interest to create additional obstacles in our relationship. The project is moving forward despite difficulties," Peskov said one day after the U.S. State Department announced i…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Lifts-Sanctions-Against-Russias-Nord-Stream-2-Gas-Pipeline-20210520-0004.html

Foreign Capital is Trying to Crush AMLO's Energy Reform
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-19
Kawsachun News President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has vowed to push on in his quest to properly regulate the country's hydrocarbons industry, despite the obstacles placed by foreign capitalists and the notoriously corrupt Mexican justice system. President AMLO today rejected the move by two judges, Rodrigo… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/19/foreign-capital-is-trying-to-crush-amlos-energy-reform/

Mexico Battles Inflation as the Economy Is Recovering
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-19
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador warned on Wednesday that inflation is "heating the economy" and confirmed that controlling the phenomena is the responsibility of the Mexican bank. | RELATED: | Mexico Considers Relaxing Border Measures From June 22 | "The economy is heating up, that is, it is growing, and we have to take care that there is no inflation because inflation is very harmful to the population," the president said during a press conference. | Nuestro compromiso e…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Battles-Inflation-as-the-Economy-Is-Recovering-20210519-0021.html

Kamala Harris Should Work with Guatemalan and Mexican Leaders to Address the Root Causes of Displacement and Migration
commondreams.org | 2021-05-19
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2021-05-19: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-19). Foreign Capital is Trying to Crush AMLO's Energy Reform. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has vowed to push on in his quest to properly regulate the country's hydrocarbons industry, despite the obstacles placed by foreign capitalists and the notoriously corrupt Mexican justice system. President AMLO today rejected the move by two judges, Rodrigo…

teleSUR (2021-05-18). 50 Migrants Die When Dinghy Sinks in the Mediterranean Sea. telesurenglish.net The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday reported that at least 50 people drowned off the coast of Tunisia when the dinghy carrying them to Europe capsized. | RELATED: | The boat departed from Libya on Sunday and sank due to overweight and weather conditions such as continuous rain, strong winds, and high waves. | About 30 African migrants were rescued by coast guard units and taken to Tunisia, according to IOM spokesperso…

teleSUR (2021-05-18). Spain Deploys Troops to Tackle the Migrant Crisis in Ceuta. telesurenglish.net Spain's authorities reported on Tuesday that around 8 000 migrants, including minors, had reached the coast of Ceuta in the last two days. The high number of asylum seekers forced the government to deploy troops to tackle the crisis. | RELATED: | Spain's Civil Guard reported that 1,500 minors were rescued, and 2,700 migrants have been returned to their countries. The Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska explained that 2…

The Associated Press (2021-05-18). Attorney: US Makes Concessions to Ease Asylum Restrictions. latinorebels.com SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has agreed to let about 250 people a day through border crossings with Mexico to seek refuge in the United States, part of negotiations to settle a lawsuit over pandemic-related powers that deny migrants a right to apply for asylum, an attorney said Monday.

Editorial Team (2021-05-18). Home Office found guilty after inflicting years of pain. challenge-magazine.org A man who came to Britain from Congo at the age of 13 in 2003 has got a rare win for immigrants in Britain. The High Court finally ruled in favour of Sam Louis' claim following a decade of false imprisonment and legal hostility. | Several years of childhood neglect whilst under the negligence of social services did little to prepare Mr Louis for the dire lack of support he'd receive in the UK. His unassisted attempts, even in his teens, to regularize his status were met with silence. When he was found guilty of a "relatively spontaneous low-level street robbery" aged 20 he had no clue how harshly the previousl…

teleSUR (2021-05-18). Mexico Considers Relaxing Border Measures From June 22. telesurenglish.net Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard confirmed that his country and the U.S. are considering more flexible measures for non-essential land border crossings from June 22 as the COVID-19 vaccination advances in both countries. | RELATED: | "Mexico and the United States are in discussions to relax from June 22 the restrictions on border crossings based on indices on the spread of COVID-19 and the number of vaccines applie…

Gerardo Villagrán del Corral (2021-05-18). Las difíciles relaciones de México y Estados Unidos. globalizacion.ca Los gobiernos de México y Estados Unidos reformularán su estrategia bilateral de seguridad, acordaron funcionarios de alto nivel de las administraciones de Andrés Manuel López Obrador y Joe Biden, durante la primera reunión binacional presencial sobre el tema tras la…

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