Over two-thirds of migrants locked up at a private ICE facility tested positive for COVID-19. “You don’t treat humans like this. You don’t treat dogs like this,” one detainee said. ...
Tag Archives: Immigrants
Prison CEOs Say They Had No Clue Guards Pepper-Sprayed Hundreds of Immigration Detainees
There have been more than a dozen pepper-spraying incidents since the start of the pandemic. ...
Border authorities use pandemic powers to expel immigrants
“To me that’s less a pure question of law and more a question of what country we want to be,” she said. “The cruelty is staggering.” ...
How “abolish ICE” helped bring abolitionist ideas into the mainstream
Both “abolish the police” and “abolish ICE” have reframed the conversation around criminal justice reform. ...
We immigrants owe a great debt to the African American struggle for equality
When members of an unwelcome immigrant community watch African Americans take to the streets, we see the wheels of American democracy turning before our eyes. Abstractions mindlessly memorized in preparation for the U.S. ...
A Town in the Heart of Trump Country Learned to Love Immigrants. Then COVID Hit.
Huron, South Dakota, was dying until it became a destination for refugees. ...
A Fair Wage and Ownership for Immigrants
Can a sophisticated platform cooperative help minimize exploitive working conditions in the gig economy, even during the pandemic? ...
In Trump’s new version of American carnage, the threat isn’t immigrants or foreign nations. It’s other Americans.
“It’s an insight into him: He doesn’t view his job in terms of governing. He just views it as a platform to vent and be angry,” Wehner said. “He’s not just appealing to the base, but he’s appealing to the base of the bas ...
How young people are combating anti-black racism in their immigrant communities
Second-generation Americans are organizing online to translate educational resources, combat disinformation, and express solidarity with the black community. ...
Large Virginia county ends immigration enforcement agreement
Addressing Hill and other law enforcement officials on the board, Lenox said ending the program “is an opportunity for you guys to send a message to your minority population . . . and tell them: ‘All right, we get it, 28 ...
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