(2025-12-31). Will Mamdani's Inauguration Open a New Chapter for New York City's Muslims? truthout.org On January 1, New York City's first ever Muslim and South Asian mayor will take office, inheriting the largest police force in the United States while assuming responsibility for a city that's seen a rise in immigration raids and deportations ever since Donald Trump became president over the last year. Zohran Mamdani's victory in November came on the heels of a campaign focused on making the city… |
(2025-12-31). Whistleblower: US Officials Sidestep Court Order. popularresistance.org A whistleblower alleges that a federal immigration agency has prematurely closed numerous Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for records in order to fake that it is complying with a court order. | On December 19, 2025, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) submitted a whistleblower disclosure from a "disabled Marine Corps infantry combat veteran," who has served over a decade at the United Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) National Records Center (NRC). | The disclosure was submitted to U.S. senators that chair the Judiciary and Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committees. It refe…
(2025-12-31). US Audits Somali American Citizenship Cases for Possible Denaturalization. moderndiplomacy.eu The Trump administration has begun auditing immigration cases involving U.S. citizens of Somali origin to identify potential fraud that could lead to denaturalization, or revocation of citizenship. The move was confirmed by the Department of Homeland Security and follows reports first published by Fox News. Denaturalization is legally possible if citizenship was obtained through fraud, …
(2025-12-31). Trump Canceled Temporary Legal Status For More Than 1.5M Immigrants. popularresistance.org Washington — Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due to President Donald Trump's aggressive revocation of legal immigration. | It's the most rapid loss in legal status for immigrants in recent United States history, experts in immigration policy told States Newsroom. The Trump administration curtailed legal immigration by terminating Temporary Protected Status for more than 1 million immigrants and ending Humanitarian Parole protections for half a million more ind…
(2025-12-31). Anti-immigrant confrontation in New Zealand. wsws.org Far-right, anti-immigrant groups are being cultivated and accommodated by key sections of the political establishment in response to mounting social and political opposition.
(2025-12-31). How baseball helped shape Japanese migrants' experiences during the White Australia policy. |
(2025-12-31). Bolivia: General Strike Led By Miners' Union Continues. popularresistance.org An indefinite general strike called by the Bolivian Workers' Central (COB) has now entered its second week. The strike has been in response to Supreme Decree 5503, a law condemned by unions and peasant organizations for being part of an "IMF-imposed adjustment" that is deteriorating the standard of living of the working population. Miners have been at the forefront of these protests. | Since last Monday, December 22, thousands of miners have been marching on La Paz. Wearing helmets and carrying tools, they have set up roadblocks and blockades around Plaza Murillo, the central square of the national government.
(2025-12-31). Estate workers in Sri Lanka's central district protest, demand decent housing after cyclone. wsws.org The decades-long demand for decent, livable housing for Sri Lanka's plantation workers has reemerged with urgency after Cyclone Ditwah devastated estates across all 25 districts.
(2025-12-31). Students join Iran shopkeepers' protests. tribune.com.pk 
Iranian students staged street protests in Tehran on Tuesday, a day after the capital's shopkeepers demonstrated against economic hardship and won a message of understanding from the president. | According to Ilna, a news agency associated with Iran's labour movement, protests erupted at 10 universities across the country, including seven in Tehran that are among the country's most prestigious. | Protests also broke out at the technology university in the central city of Isfahan and institutions in the cities of Yazd and Zanjan, Ilna and state-run IRNA reported. | On Tuesday, security forces and riot police we…
(2025-12-31). Australian union leaders support anti-protest laws after Bondi shooting. wsws.org Victorian trade union leader Luke Hilakari said pro-Palestine protesters had "made all the points they need to make about Gaza" and "they just need to back off."