2025-09-07: Immigration Roundup

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____ (2025-09-07). Controversy Erupts Over TRAI's Rejection of Congress SMS Campaign. devdiscourse.com The Congress on Sunday accused TRAI of blocking their SMS campaign intended to disseminate a documentary link alleging electoral malpractice in Maharashtra. According to Congress, their attempt was thwarted as the content was marked as "protest-related" by the regulatory body.

WSWS (2025-09-06). Nearly 500 workers rounded up in massive immigration raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia. wsws.org In a massive dragnet operation, hundreds of workers were taken in an immigration raid at the sprawling Hyundai Motor battery plant in Georgia.

Reuters (2025-09-06). 'Deeply concerned': South Korea vows to support citizens arrested in US raid. scmp.com South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Saturday ordered all-out efforts to swiftly respond to the arrests of hundreds of the nation's citizens in a US immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor car battery factory. | Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said the government had set up a team to respond to Thursday's arrest of more than 300 Koreans at the facility in the southern state of Georgia, and that he could go to Washington to meet officials if needed.

Reuters (2025-09-06). Trump admin launches immigration crackdown in Massachusetts, reports say. scmp.com The Trump administration has launched an operation in Massachusetts to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants, The New York Times and Boston media reported on Saturday, quoting the US Department of Homeland Security as saying it was targeting "criminal aliens" living in the state. | DHS and its US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arm are calling the operation Patriot 2.0, modifying the name of a May deportation surge that led to the arrest of 1,500 people in the state, according to the…

Jessica Corbett (2025-09-06). Chicago Prepares Itself for Looming Militarized Federal Assault. truthout.org With some federal agents already at a nearby naval station and fencing erected around the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse overnight, Chicagoans and Illinois' elected officials on Friday continued to prepare for US President Donald Trump's militarized "invasion" of the country's third-largest city. Trump has threatened to not only send immigration enforcement agents but also deploy… |

Tom Tanuki (2025-09-06). Neo-nazis turn anti-immigration marches into a showcase for violence. independentaustralia.net

Detention Watch Network (2025-09-06). Cruel and Deadly: Another Life Tragically Lost to Immigration Detention. indybay.org Florence, AZ, September 4, 2025 — The Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project and Detention Watch Network are mourning the tragic loss of Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas, 32, affectionately known as "Lenchito," a beloved son, brother, and friend who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody on Sunday, August 31, 2025. ICE had detained Mr. Batrez Vargas at Central Arizona Correctional Complex in Florence, Arizona and has reported that the cause of his death is currently unknown. Immigrant justice groups are demanding an immediate investigation and public release of the findings relat…

aljazeera (2025-09-06). Australian neo-Nazi attack on sacred Indigenous site a worrying trend. aljazeera.com Attack on site sacred to Aboriginal community followed an anti-immigration rally in Melbourne city.

latintimes (2025-09-06). Border Restrictions Have Pushed More Than 14,000 Migrants to Reverse Course, UN Report Finds. latintimes.com Human rights advocates and government officials warn that reverse flow is proving to be just as dangerous, and in some cases more dangerous, than the original journey north to the United States.

JANET (2025-09-06). Rally blasts Trump's migrant detention. iacenter.org By Jim McMahan September 6, 2025 Tacoma, Washington Some 500 people rallied at the Northwest Detention Center on Sept. 1 to protest Trump's treatment of migrants here. The rally was one of the largest ever held at the Tacoma prison, which has been the site of many rallies over the years. Tacoma, Washington, Sept. 1, 2025. Photo: Jim McMahan The International Migrant's Alliance (IMA) had held a conference in Portland, Oregon, some 150 miles away, and many people traveled from there to attend the rally. The IMA is an international anti-imperialist alliance of migrants that is heavily involved in opposing imperialis…

aljazeera (2025-09-06). Mexico accepts return of man deported to South Sudan from US. aljazeera.com South Sudan says Mexico provides assurances its national would not face torture or other inhumane treatment.

latintimes (2025-09-06). DHS's $200M Self-Deportation Campaign Faces Growing Criticism Amid Low Number of Self-Deportations. latintimes.com Although promoted as a cost-effective alternative to traditional deportation, Project Homecoming's impact has raised questions about whether it is delivering meaningful results.

newarab (2025-09-06). Dozens arrested at London protest in support of Palestine Action. newarab.com Hundreds of people demonstrated in Parliament Square in London on Saturday over the British government's Within minutes, police began arre…

Phil Pasquini (2025-09-06). White House Epstein File-Gate Protests Call for Release of Records. indybay.org As the Epstein File-Gate controversy continues to grow, protests for the last two days have seen survivors, legislators and activists all calling for the unredacted release of the remaining three percent of files still being held by the Justice Department.

tn.ai (2025-09-06). Mounting Protests Shake Vuelta As Spanish FM Pushes for Israel Team's Removal. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Spain's foreign minister has voiced support for removing the Israeli-owned Israel-Premier Tech team from the Vuelta a España, as mounting demonstrations against Tel Aviv's genocidal war on Gaza disrupt the race and expose the team to growing international backlash.

Uraz Aydin (2025-09-06). Türkiye: From the Kurdish movement to mass mobilizations. internationalviewpoint.org On the occasion of the agreement on the dissolution of the PKK, Uraz Aydin presents the history of this movement and the evolution of the protest against the Erdoğan regime. | – | / |

Associated Press (2025-09-06). Iran executes man accused of killing security guard in Mahsa Amini protests. scmp.com Iran on Saturday executed a man accused of involvement in a deadly attack on security forces during nationwide protests in 2022, the judiciary's official news agency reported. | Mizan Online identified the man as Mehran Bahramian, who reportedly opened fire on a security vehicle during the unrest, killing one officer and wounding others in December 2022, in Semirom county, Isfahan province. | It added that Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence.

greenleft.org.au (2025-09-06). Palestine protesters continue to stand for justice and freedom. greenleft.org.au

JANET (2025-09-06). Defend Venezuela against U.S. attack. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders September 3, 2025 Flounders is co-director of the International Action Center and on the board of the United National Antiwar Coalition. September 2, 2025 — On August 8, President Donald Trump declared that, on the basis of the discredited and fake "War on Drugs," the U.S. reserved the option to engage in military action in any country, anywhere. In addition, Trump announced that he increased a bounty for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from $25 million to $50 million. Anti-NATO protest, May 31, 2017 Following these announcements, the Pentagon war machine moved into actio…

Reuters (2025-09-06). Dozens arrested at latest UK protest for banned group Palestine Action. scmp.com British police arrested dozens more people on Saturday under anti-terrorism laws for demonstrating in support of Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian group banned by the government as a terrorist organisation. | Britain banned Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation in July after some of its members broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged military planes. The group accuses Britain's government of complicity in what it says are Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

aljazeera (2025-09-06). Police make mass arrests at Palestine Action rally outside UK Parliament. aljazeera.com Violence breaks out as police move in on 1,500 people protesting against government's ban on anti-genocide group.

greenleft.org.au (2025-09-06). West Papua: Indonesian occupying forces open fire on protest in Sorong. greenleft.org.au

ICE Out of Hospitals Now (2025-09-06). Stanford Hospital Staff Protest Complicity with ICE. indybay.org On August 25, 47-year-old Aleyda Rodriguez was grabbed by ICE agents in East Palo Alto as she, her husband, and their child were leaving to go to work and school. She fainted when multiple agents pulled her out of her car and carried her away. The brutalized victim was brought to Stanford Hospital, kept under watch of armed guards, and 5 days later discharged to DHS while in a catatonic state.

Jim McMahan (2025-09-06). Workers over billionaires in Seattle. workers.org Seattle A thousand workers joined a Labor Day rally on Sept. 1 organized by the Seattle Martin Luther King Labor Council. They targeted Palantir Technologies, a high-tech war contractor. Peter Thiel, a leader in the Trump administration, is Palantir's boss. Labor Day in Seattle protests Palantir Technology's billionaire owner as . . . |

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2025-09-06). Venezuela and Cuba Embrace for Peace. orinocotribune.com By: Laura Mercedes Giráldez, Luis Alberto Portuondo, Julio Martínez Molina, Rafael Mena Brito, àÅngel Freddy Pérez Cabrera, Anaisis Hidalgo Rodríguez, Ortelio González Martínez, José Llamos Camejo and Jorge Enrique Jerez Belisario — Sept. 1, 2025 | While US ships and submarines point their guns at Venezuela, the ALBA ship embodies the shared dreams of unity between Fidel and Chávez, Bolívar and Martí. | In 2014, Latin America and the Caribbean was declared a Zone of Peace. In this territory, countries do not sanction each other or threaten each other with nuclear-armed ships. They do not attempt to del…

Veterans for Peace (2025-09-06). Veterans For Peace Condemns the Deployment of National Guard in Washington, DC, and the Misuse of U.S. Troops and ICE to Create Terror in Our Cities. dissidentvoice.org Veterans For Peace unequivocally condemns President Trump's unlawful deployment of the National Guard to Washington, DC. This follows the outrageous deployment of National Guard and U.S. Marines to the streets and parks of Los Angeles in support of ICE terror tactics in a city where as many as one in ten residents are undocumented workers. …

Linda Dayan (2025-09-06). Israelis hold mass protests in Jerusalem, nationwide for hostage deal, against Gaza City occupation. haaretz.com Demonstrators are leading a mass rally outside the Prime Minister's Residence, where hostages' mothers are leading the Jerusalem protests. Hostage mother Anat Angrest promised Netanyahu he wouldn't have a moment of quiet after IDF officials told her that her son is in immediate danger of death: 'It's over'…

Haaretz Sports Staff (2025-09-06). foreign minister backs removing Israeli team from cycling race amid pro-Palestinian protests. haaretz.com The Israeli cycling team at the Vuelta a España said it was removing the team's name from cyclists' uniforms for safety reasons following multiple pro-Palestinian protests. Netanyahu on Friday expressed his support for the team for 'not giving in to hatred and threats'…

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