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Biden shuts down US-Mexico border

Border shutdown will go into effect immediately, barring asylum seekers from entering the United States

Baltimore bridge collapse: how exploitation caved in on itself and led to worker deaths

As the Coast Guard ends its search for six missing construction workers, the US laments over preventable deaths

Biden shows signs of capitulating to conservatives on immigration, conservatives don’t care

US President Joe Biden continues to deviate from his campaign promises of a more humane immigration policy

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.

US further militarizes the border as COVID-era migration restrictions expire

As a Trump-era immigration policy ends, more migrants are crossing the border prompting a massive border militarization effort

Hundreds killed in wave of attacks in Sudan’s Darfur region and other stories

Today we look at recent armed violence in Sudan’s Darfur region, an agreement between a migrant caravan and the Mexican government, and more

UK Higher Education workers strike for fair pay, working conditions and other stories

Today we look at the UCU strike across 58 UK universities over pay and conditions, the re-imposition of the Remain in Mexico migrant policy by the US, and more

US in talks to compensate migrant families separated at the border and other stories

Today we look at a 4,000 member migrant caravan in Mexico and conditions at the border, Julian Assange’s extradition hearing in the UK, and more

US deportations of Haitian migrants could violate international law and other stories

Today we look at the conditions of migrants at the US-Mexico border, protests against Germany’s genocide reconciliation agreement in Namibia, and more

Trump announces ‘millions’ to be processed and deported by the ICE

The announcement also indicated a plan to form buffer states in the region by signing deals with Mexico and Guatemala

Is helping struggling migrants a crime? US jury cannot decide

The proceedings against humanitarian aid activist Scott Warren temporarily concluded with the judge declaring a mistrial after the jury arrived at a hung verdict. Warren was arrested after helping two undocumented migrants who had just crossed the border

New Mexico Emergency New Mexico city declares emergency over the arrival of asylum seekers

Deming is the third US city to declare an emergency over the arrival of asylum seekers from Central America in 2019.