(2025-09-16). DAILY MEMO: Car Wash Workers With Legal Status Have Their Papers Thrown Out by Agents Who Arrest First, Verify Later. lataco.com Over the weekend, ICE raids spread from Wilmington and Long Beach to Santa Ana, Downey, and Panorama City, with incidents of agents pointing rifles, rejecting legal documents, and detaining workers at car washes and Home Depots. Meanwhile, immigrant communities reeled from the death of deported mother Estela Ramos Baten, the abduction of a Chicago day laborer suing police, and mounting controversy over Trump's shifting immigration policies at home and abroad.
(2025-09-16). UK PM condemns Musk's 'fight or die' comments during anti-immigration rally. scmp.com Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned "dangerous" comments by Elon Musk after the X and Tesla owner told an anti-immigration rally that violence is coming to Britain and they must fight or die. But the UK government resisted opposition calls to sanction Musk for the remarks. | Starmer on Monday denounced the violence that took place on the fringes of Saturday's 100,000 or more strong "Unite the Kingdom" demonstration in London organised by far-right campaigner Tommy Robinson.
(2025-09-16). Security footage exposes ICE lies in Chicago traffic stop killing. thecanary.co Early Friday morning, 12 September, a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed a man during a traffic stop in Franklin Park, Chicago. The individual was identified by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. At first, ICE tried to claim that Villegas-Gonzalez drove into the arresting agent, making him […] | By
(2025-09-16). Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez: the third casualty of Trump's mass deportation operation. peoplesdispatch.org Immigrant worker and father Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was shot dead in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park on September 12 after he was stopped by ICE agents in his vehicle. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), alleges in a public statement that he was shot after he "resisted arrest, attempted to flee the scene and dragged an ICE officer a significant distance with his car." | The Villegas-Gonzalez family has since launched an
(2025-09-16). Mexican unions, left parties to host continental gathering for migrant rights, national sovereignty. greenleft.org.au 
Against the US government's attacks on immigrants and countries in the region, representatives of Latin America's trade unions, social movements and progressive parties will meet in Mexico City this month. Federico Fuentes spoke to conference organisers.
(2025-09-16). Greece's Latest Assault on Civil Society. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A group of newly-arrived migrants board a ferry in Souda, on the island of Crete, Greece, July 11, 2025. | © 2025 Nicolas Economou/Reuters | Greece's Migration Minister Thanos Plevris recently announced his intention to adopt new measures to silence criticism of the government's migration policies. The move, which came in the wake of a victory by civil society groups at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), is part of the Greek government's broader assault on civil society and is likely to worsen the already hostile environment for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), partic…
(2025-09-16). Collapse of car lender Tricolor sends out a tremor. wsws.org Tricolor made loans to low-income residents and immigrants, often without a Social Security number, financed with credit from banks and private investment firms, including some of the major names in the finance world.
(2025-09-16). Migration of The Prophet's Companions to Abyssinia. ummid.com During this extremely difficult and distressing time, the Prophet Muhammad (saws) advised his persecuted and helpless companions (ra) to migrate to Abyssinia (Habsha—Ethiopia).
(2025-09-16). Mass pro-Gaza protest blocks final stage of Spanish Vuelta cycling race. wsws.org The unprecedented cancellation of the final stage of Spain's Vuelta a España on Sunday has reverberated internationally, underscoring mass opposition to the genocide in Gaza.
(2025-09-16). Amit Shah orders deep-dive into 50 years of protests in India. jagonews24.com Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has ordered a comprehensive study of every major protest since 1974 tracing patterns, probing funding trails, and identifying "behind-the-scenes players" to craft a new national protest-prevention protocol.
(2025-09-16). Watch: Woman Kisses, Wink at Policeman during Anti-Israel Protest in Spain. ummid.com A video showing a girl kissing and winking at an anti-Israel and pro-Palestine rally in Spain has gone viral even as Israeli Occupation Forces (IDF) have continued indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza.
(2025-09-16). Iran: Impunity Reigns 3 Years After Crackdown on Protests. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, October 1, 2022. | © 2022 AP Photo/Middle East Images | (Beirut) — Iran's authorities have failed to conduct effective, impartial, and independent investigations into serious human rights violations and crimes under international law during and since the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests, Human Rights Watch said today. The third anniversary of the protests is a stark reminder for concerned governments to pursue criminal accountability and other pathways for justic…
(2025-09-16). Noboa eliminates the diesel subsidy. Protests announced in Ecuador. peoplesdispatch.org Ecuador's right-wing president, Daniel Noboa, announced that During the two election campaigns he has participated in, Noboa promised that he would not eliminate the diesel subsidy because it would "generate inflation". However, on September 12, a group of ministers informed the entire country about that exact measure. | In fact, although it has been a tradition for presidents to personally announce such measures, Noboa decided not to appear on cam…
(2025-09-16). Traditional Owners, climate activists call on WA Labor to ban fracking. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-09-16). Rampage in Bhanga: DIG orders necessary actions. jagonews24.com Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police for the Dhaka Range, Rezaul Karim Mallick, visited sites of attacks, vandalism, and arson at government offices and the police station in Bhanga upazila following protests against the reorganization of two unions in Faridpur-4 constituency.
(2025-09-16). In Georgia, 6 journalists attacked, robbed while covering protests. CPJ Staff