US official visits mega-prison in El Salvador, repeats accusation that deported migrants are “criminals”, “terrorists”
US Secretary of Homeland Security tours CECOT mega-prison, and signs a new security cooperation agreement between San Salvador and Washington.
Venezuela repatriates 177 people who were held at the Guantánamo Naval Base
Venezuela and the US broke diplomatic relations in 2019, which makes repatriation efforts much more complex than they appear at first glance.
Labour turns to the right while chasing Reform
With far-right Reform UK polling neck and neck with Britain’s largest parties, Keir Starmer’s Labour responds by shifting further to the right
Far-right leaders gather in Madrid to “make Europe great again”
Far-right Patriots for Europe group meets in Madrid to lament loss of Europe’s supposed greatness
Trump’s global immigration offensive: detention, deportation, and resistance
Trump’s mass deportation plan is rapidly expanding beyond US borders, with migrants now detained at Guantánamo Bay and deals being struck with Latin American nations.
Mexico prepares its consulates in the US to face Trump’s mass deportations
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reaffirms support for migrants amid Trump’s deportation plans, and proposes a regional summit to address the causes of immigration.
Immigrants will fight back against Trump’s policies
Pablo Alvarado discusses with Zoe Alexandra the implications of Trump’s win for immigrant communities and the how communities are organizing to fight back.
Sunak’s government targets asylum seekers to improve election chances
Rishi Sunak’s government is advancing its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda to boost its poll numbers, despite ongoing resistance
Texas law enforcement will be able to arrest immigrants on mere “suspicion” of crossing border
Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce law that permits state law enforcement agents to deport non-citizens, a power up until now only reserved for federal agents
Macron makes the far right’s anti-immigrant program his own
The legislators from the conservative and the far-right parties voted for Emmanuel Macron’s bill calling to impose tougher regulations on immigrants to obtain French citizenship and other social benefits. Working class movements and anti-racism groups have called for a joint protest against the implementation of the bill.
Biden backs out on campaign promise, announces expansion of US-Mexico border wall
The US president will waive 26 federal laws to facilitate the construction of 20 additional miles of the border wall, angering environmental, immigration, and Indigenous rights activists.
Daily Round-up | Four killed as Israeli massacre of Palestinians continues & other stories
In today’s episode, we look at yet another instance of Israeli massacre of Palestinians which left 4 dead and more stories.
