Immigrants

Venezuelan President Criticized for Not Being a Proper Dictator

February 17, 2025 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Democracy and Consent, Immigrants, Imperial Lies and Liars, Latin America, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela, War on the Poor

by Roger D. Harris, published on Internationalist 360°, February 2, 2025 Hot off the newswires are shocking tales of democratic elections in Venezuela, grassroots organizations forming food cooperatives, and repatriation of migrants. What will one of the media establishment’s most demonized “authoritarian regimes” do next? Bloomberg approvingly quotes an opposition-supporting Venezuelan living in Chile that Venezuela’s scheduling of parliamentary and[…]

Counting the Dead in Gaza: Difficult But Essential. “186,000 or Even More Deaths.” The Lancet

February 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Action!!, Immigrants, Labor, Migrants and Refugees, US Government Action, White Supremacy

by Joe Iosbaker, published on Fightback News, February 10, 2025 We also have to remember that many of the migrants and refugees who come into this country are fleeing disastrous situations in their own countries which are caused by the United States. [jb] Chicago, IL – The streets of Little Village in Chicago were filled with the sounds of drums[…]

Trump’s First 7 Days: The Framework for Presidential Dictatorship

February 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Fascism, Immigrants, Imperialism, Militarized Police, The War at Home, US Government Action

by the Socialist Equality Party, published on Defend Democracy Press, January 27, 2025 I don’t know anything about this organization, but the article makes many good points about the Trump administration. [jb] In the week since he took office, Donald Trump has wielded the power of the presidency to do what no president before him has ever attempted: overturn the[…]

‘He’s Building a Concentration Camp’: Fears Grow as Images Emerge of Offshore Prison at Gitmo

February 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Immigrants, Migrants, Political Prisoners

by John Queally, published on Common Dreams, February 9, 2025 “There’s no reason to build this in Guantánamo unless you want to do things you don’t think you could get away with on the U.S. mainland. It’s easy to put tents in Florida. But they’re putting them in Cuba. Ask yourself why.” Fears are growing that the offshore U.S. detention[…]

The Return of Donald Trump

January 29, 2025 UNAC Editor Cuba, Immigrants, Immigration, Imperialism, US Politics, War and Peace

by José Ernesto Nováez Guerrero, published on Resumen English, January 25, 2025 Yes, Donald Trump has taken office as the 47th President of the United States. Due to the freezing temperatures, the ceremony had to be held indoors, which made the list of attendees even more select. Trump begins his second term with a majority for his party in the[…]

Biden Calls on Trump to “Join” Him In A War Against Immigrants and Asylum

June 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Immigrants, Immigration, Poverty, Racism, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

by Cristobal Cavazos, published on Socialist Action, June 16, 2024 The June 4th announcement by President Joseph Biden that the right to asylum was all but over is a reactionary move by a reactionary administration. Ironically, 85 years ago to the day, the racist 1924 US Johnson-Reed Immigration Act, under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, tragically refused asylum to close to[…]

Tampa: 2000 Immigrants Rally Against DeSantis

June 5, 2023 UNAC Editor Immigrants, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy

by Alvaro Montealegre, published on Fightback News, June 5, 2023 Tampa, FL – Some 2000 people gathered at the corner of Dale Mabry Highway and Columbus Drive in Tampa, Thursday, June 1, under the slogan “A Day Without Immigrants” to protest Senate bill 1718, which was promoted by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The new law seeks to increase repression and[…]

Dramatic Last Hours of Title 42 on U.S.-Mexico Border

May 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Immigrants, Immigration, Migrants, Migrants and Refugees, Refugees

from Socialist Action, posted May 12, 2023 (originally from Cuba en Resumen) Yesterday a minute before midnight, Eastern Time in the United States, Title 42 was suspended and replaced by decree 8, which is even more drastic, since its sanctions indicate that any person who tries to enter without a visa will be banned from doing so for five years, by[…]

May Day being commemorated in the U.S.

April 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Immigrants, Labor, Labor Struggles

by Monica Moorhead, published on Workers World, April 24, 2023 A number of U.S. cities are gearing up for May Day (International Workers Day) 2023 with actions that highlight labor struggles, especially those involving young workers organizing at Starbucks and Amazon. But May Day is about much more than workers who are carrying out dynamic organizing campaigns. It encompasses the[…]

Despite Outcry, U.S. and Dominican Governments Continue the Brutal Deportation of Haitians

February 9, 2022 UNAC Editor Haiti, Immigrants, Immigration

by Marty Goodman, published in Haïti Liberté, February 3, 2022 n September, there was worldwide revulsion over photos of mounted U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Texas apparently whipping Haitian migrants. The images were reminiscent of slavery. But that did not slow down President Biden’s racist plans for the mass deportation of Haitians. As of this writing in[…]