Migrants and Refugees

US Sends Dozens of Venezuelan Migrants to Guantánamo as Relatives Plead Innocence

February 28, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Human Rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, Migrants and Refugees, Prisons and Prisoners

by Ricardo Vaz, published on Venezuelanalysis, February 15, 2025 Caracas, February 15, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The United States government has sent more than 100 Venezuelans to a US naval base with a history of human rights abuses in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. According to reports, the transfers began earlier this month as part of the Donald Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.[…]

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[…]

As Trump’s War on Migrants Transcends Borders, Resistance Grows in Latin America

February 4, 2025 UNAC Editor Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Imperialism, Latin America, Migrants and Refugees

by Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, published on Truthout, February 2, 2025 Colombia, along with Mexico, Brazil and Honduras, are already resisting the Trump administration’s neo-imperial regional aspirations. Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a former political prisoner who played a leading role in Colombia’s revolutionary movement, is the first head of state both in the region and globally who has challenged Donald Trump directly,[…]

The Korean War Continues With Biden’s Renewal of Travel Ban to North Korea

September 10, 2023 UNAC Editor Immigration, Korea, Migrants and Refugees

by Amanda Yee, produced by Globetrotter, September 1, 2023 On August 22, the U.S. State Department renewed its ban on the use of U.S. passports for travel to North Korea. This travel ban prohibits as many as 100,000 Korean Americans living in the United States from visiting their relatives in North Korea. The ban was first set in place by[…]

DeSantis Declares War on Mexico

September 5, 2023 UNAC Editor Legislation, Mexico, Migrants, Migrants and Refugees, Militarism

by Charles Pierson, published on CounterPunch, August 29, 2023 There’s a new sheriff in town and he’s going into Mexico with both six-guns blazin’. Asked during the first Republican presidential primary debate on August 23 whether he would send US Special Forces across the US-Mexican border to interdict fentanyl smuggling, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis barked: “YES, and I will do it on ‘Day[…]

U.S. Sanctions are Drowning Syrians

June 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Greece, Migrants and Refugees, Occupation, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, US Foreign Policy

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 16, 2023 Hundreds of Syrian men, women and children have drowned early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece after the sinking of an Egyptian trawler headed for Italy. It is being called one of the deadliest migrant ship disasters in the Mediterranean Sea. As many as 750 persons[…]

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[…]

Stop U.S. Harassment of Anti-Imperialist Activists!

May 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Austerity, Censorship and Propaganda, Cuba, Hybrid Warfare, Migrants and Refugees, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Arjae Red, published on Workers World, May 10, 2023 With the workers’ movement on the rise in the U.S. and around the world, May Day activities for 2023 were in full swing over the last few days. Also in evidence were attempts by the U.S. government to repress those individuals who believe in expressing international solidarity with the working[…]

Biden Launches New Campaign Against Immigrants

February 3, 2023 UNAC Editor Deportation, Haiti, Migrants and Refugees, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, The War at Home, US Borders

by Barry Sheppard, published on Socialist Action, January 19, 2023 On January 5 President Biden “announced a far-reaching crackdown on people who seek refuge at the border with Mexico, dramatically expanding restrictions on asylum in the most aggressive effort of his administration to discourage migrants from crossing into the United States,” reported the New York Times. He expanded a Trump-era[…]

US LABOR DAY: Central American Migrants & US Labor History

September 4, 2022 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Migrants and Refugees, Organizing

by Elizabeth Oglesby, published on Consortium News, September 3, 2022 Tech workers, warehouse employees and baristas have notched many victories in recent months at major U.S. companies long deemed long shots for unions, including Apple, Amazon and Starbucks. To me, these recent union wins recall another pivotal period in the U.S. labor movement several decades ago. But that one was[…]