Immigration

Mayday = Worker Power

April 30, 2020 UNAC Editor Immigration, Labor Struggles, Resistance

Workers World Editorial, April 30, 2019 Today, in 66 countries around the world, May Day — International Workers’ Day — is an official paid holiday commemorated on May 1. But not in the United States. While May Day originated here, the ruling class has done everything it can to eradicate any memory of this working-class holiday. As a result, International[…]

Protests Across the U.S. Tell Greyhound: ICE Off Our Buses!

October 31, 2019 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Immigration, Protest

Workers World, October 29, 2019 Demonstrations targeting Greyhound for its collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement took place in a national day of action in cities across the U.S. on Oct. 25. The coordinated actions were in response to a call from a coalition of organizations, including Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere (FIRE), Laundry Workers Center, Street Vendors Project[…]

Trump Launches Attacks Against Immigrants on Many Fronts

August 9, 2019 UNAC Editor Immigration, Political Analysis, Refugees

By Lisa Luinenburg, published on Socialist Action, Augusts 2, 2019 As the 2020 presidential election draws ever closer, the Trump administration has continued to ramp up its attacks on undocumented immigrants and on refugees seeking asylum in the United States. The president has launched attacks on immigrants across multiple fronts, and when he is blocked by Congress or the courts,[…]

A Brief History of U.S. Concentration Camps

July 4, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Immigration, Indigenous peoples, Native American Genocide, Prisoners, Racism

by Brett Wilkins, published on Black Agenda Report, June 26, 2019 concentration camp (noun): a place in which large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. – Oxford English Dictionary Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has ignited a[…]

U.S. drags Mexican Government Into War on Migrants

June 14, 2019 UNAC Editor Immigration, Migrants

Photo: Monument for those who have died attempting to cross the US-Mexican border. Each coffin represents a year and the number of dead. It is a protest against the effects of Operation Guardian. Taken at the Tijuana-San Diego border. ~ Thomas Castelazzo By Martha Grevatt posted to Workers World, June 11, 2019 President Donald Trump announced May 30 the imposition[…]

The US Responsibility in Visible and Nonvisible Migration

December 20, 2018 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Immigration, Latin America

Migrants, part of a caravan of thousands trying to reach the U.S., stand in line for a free meal after arriving in Tijuana, Mexico, Nov. 13, 2018. | Photo: Reuters Alice Loaiz, published on TeleSUR English, November 14, 2018 The most important thing is to support the migrants who are coming here, not because they want to leave, but because[…]

Stop Inhumane Policies Against Migrants!

August 5, 2018 UNAC Editor Immigration

By The Fourth International Bureau, originally published on Socialist Action, July 28, 2018 Children separated from their families and caged in Trump’s USA, thousands drowning as they cross the Mediterranean, boats transporting migrants refused the right to dock by Salvini’s Italy, Orban’s Hungary declaring that helping refugees is a crime, 370 thousand Rohingya fleeing from to Bangladesh after another military[…]

The Supreme Court’s Muslim Ban Ruling Signals the End of Our Modern Reconstruction

June 26, 2018 UNAC Editor Immigration, Racism

And we’re getting the new Gilded Age simultaneously. By Charles P. Pierce, from Pan African News Wire, June 26, 2018 The latest report from Happy Gumdrop Land comes from Chief Justice John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy, who does two shows a night at the Happy Gumdrop Land opera house ever since his smash hit, Citizens United, in which his solo[…]

How US Policy in Honduras Set the Stage for Today’s Mass Migration

June 26, 2018 UNAC Editor Honduras, Immigration

By Joseph Nevin, published on Consortium News, June 21, 2018 Central American migrants – particularly unaccompanied minors – are again crossing the U.S.-Mexico boundary in large numbers. Under the Obama administration In 2014, more than 68,000 unaccompanied Central American children were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico boundary. There were more than 60,000 in 2016. The mainstream narrative often reduces the causes of migration to[…]

Stop the Immigration Police State

February 1, 2018 UNAC Editor Immigration

Invasive and brutal enforcement of immigration law didn’t start with Donald Trump by Margaret Kimberley, Originally published on Black Agenda Report, Feb 1, 2018 Lukasz Niec is a Polish born green card holder and Wisconsin physician. He is now held in immigration detention because of juvenile crimes and adult interactions with police which didn’t result in convictions. Despite the minor[…]