2025-10-09: Immigration Roundup

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HG (2025-10-09). Christian values? ICE shoot pastor with pepper-spray projectile. thecanary.co A video has come to light which shows United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shooting a pastor in the head with a pepper-spray projectile. Priest smoked in the head with pepper ball by Trump's goons. pic.twitter.com/31jpGjX1E0 — Tim Miller (@Timodc) October 8, 2025 The footage shows protesters gathered outside an ICE processing facility […] | By

P. Kenneth Burns (2025-10-09). Ciattarelli and Sherrill clash over military records, immigration and Trump in final New Jersey governor's debate. whyy.org From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? During the second and last debate of the

Joshua Davis (2025-10-09). Republicans Pushed Hundreds of Bills This Year to Curtail Local Governments. truthout.org This week, President Donald Trump escalated his plans to send National Guard troops into blue cities — fighting in court to deploy them to Portland and sending others to Chicago ostensibly to fight crime and support federal immigration agents. He has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if courts rule against him. While images of soldiers on city streets offer a visible show of… |

albawaba (2025-10-09). Trump calls for jailing Chicago and Illinois officials, threatens military action. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- In a dramatic escalation of his administration's crackdown on immigration enforcement in Democratic strongholds, President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for the jailing of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump accused the officials of failing to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers during protests outside federal facilities in the city.Trump also reiterated threats to invoke the Insurrection Act, a 19th-century law permitting the president to deploy active-duty military forces domestically without state conse…

Ed Newman (2025-10-09). ACLU accuses Trump of subjecting immigrants to inhumane conditions at Angola prison in Louisiana. radiohc.cu The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is accusing the Donald Trump administration of intentionally subjecting immigrants to inhumane conditions at the notorious Louisiana prison known as Angola, a former slave plantation that's recently been used to incarcerate immigrants and asylum seekers. | A lawsuit filed by the ACLU argues that detainees are being punished for crimes for a second time — in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause — because the government failed to deport them within six months of a removal order. | In their petition, ACLU lawyers write: "The anti-immigrant campaign under the g…

Ben Rosenfeld (2025-10-09). Ten Exercises You Can Do to Resist Fascism. counterpunch.org 1. NAME IT U.S. Fascism is not sneaking up on us, it is here, manifest in Trump's authoritarian decrees; mass deportations, firings, and government and military purges; appointment of incompetent loyalists; attacks on free speech; limits on reproductive freedom; subordination of science to religious dogma and crackpot conspiracy theory; and federal invasions of U.S. cities—'justified'

JANET (2025-10-09). Make Oct. 14 George Floyd Day A National Call to Action. iacenter.org A National Call To Action On October 14 In Memory Of George Floyd — Let's Build The Movement! Unified Resistance vs Militarism & War From Portland to Gaza to Venezuela! Troops, ICE: Out Of Our Cities! ….Post your action Here. …..View Listed actions Here. (Note: Trump told a recent meeting of generals to prepare for war on the streets of U.S. cities) We, the undersigned, call on you to endorse and plan activities in remembrance of George Floyd and the mass movement that took to the streets to protest his murder, and the murder of all of those who have died at the hands of racist police and fascist violen…

WSWS (2025-10-09). Court bans protest against Gaza genocide at the Sydney Opera House. wsws.org The court ruling was based on the safety concerns of NSW Police, which has been hostile to pro-Palestinian protests for the past two years and has on several occasions carried out violent attacks against them.

Sharon Zhang (2025-10-09). Trump Brags That He "Took the Freedom of Speech Away" From Protesters. truthout.org President Donald Trump bragged that his administration "took the freedom of speech away" from protesters who burn the American flag during a rant against anti-fascists on Wednesday. While speaking about "antifa-inspired terror" in a meeting on the anti-fascist movement, Trump touted his recent executive order instructing Attorney General Pam Bondi to find ways to prosecute people who burn the… |

ALEX (2025-10-09). Protests against inequality sweep across the Global South. thecanary.co September saw massive protests sweep nations across the world, from Asia to Africa to South America. For the most part, the demonstrators spoke out against government corruption, inequality and economic hardship. Often, the protests were led by members of Gen-Z, the demographic born between 1997 and 2012. They made frequent use of de-centralised organising systems […] | By

Indivisible Civil Rights Team (2025-10-09). Monday 10/13: Protest Against the Trump Regime. indybay.org Corner of Ocean and Water Streets in Santa Cruz…

WSWS (2025-10-09). Netherlands: 250,000 join anti-war protests against Gaza genocide and criminal interception of Sumud flotilla. wsws.org On October 5, 2025, in Amsterdam, the third "Red Line" demonstration took place, marking the largest anti-war protest in the Netherlands since the anti‚Äënuclear protests in 1981.

WSWS (2025-10-09). Daily protests in Berlin against the interception of the Sumud flotilla and the genocide in Gaza. wsws.org In Germany, rallies have been announced to take place in numerous cities throughout the week with a national demonstration planned in Berlin for Saturday.

Sana Khan (2025-10-09). Trump's Domestic Crackdown: Inside the Plan to Investigate Liberal Groups and Reshape Dissent. moderndiplomacy.eu The roots of this campaign trace back to Trump's "law and order" rhetoric during the 2020 protests, where he labeled left-wing demonstrators as "domestic terrorists."Over the years, his narrative evolved from targeting specific protests to systematically discrediting entire networks of progressive organizations painting them as part of an "anti-American infrastructure." Under his renewed presidency, Trump …

Maxime Duriez (2025-10-09). Israel subjects Flotilla participants to abuse and mistreatment. fidh.org Alexis Deswaef and Aziz Rhali, both vice-presidents of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), are among the 470 members of the Flotilla who were abducted by Israel in international waters on October 1 and 2, 2025. The two men have begun a hunger strike to protest their imprisonment, the mistreatment they are subjected to, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. FIDH is calling for their immediate and unconditional release, as well as that of all the Flotilla participants still (…) | – | /…

Yasmine Louanchi (2025-10-09). Morocco: End the crackdown on peaceful protests and uphold the right to demands social justice. fidh.org Human rights organisations, including FIDH and OMCT within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, condemn the repression carried out by the Moroccan authorities against peaceful demonstrations organised by the 'Generation Z 212' movement, in which minors and human rights defenders participated. They call for the immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
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Pablo Meriguet (2025-10-09). Encuestas registran un rechazo de 96% a Boluarte en medio de protestas. peoplesdispatch.org Los manifestantes exigen el fin del gobierno que tiene la desaprobación más alta de todo el continente. Boluarte, sin embargo, afirma que no renunciará.

Robert Freeman (2025-10-09). Protesters call out Queen's Uni Belfast links to Hillary Clinton again. thecanary.co Students at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) have marked two years of genocide in Gaza by again highlighting the ongoing presence of warmonger and Jeffrey Epstein associate Hillary Clinton as university chancellor. They also drew attention to the institution's ongoing funding of arms companies producing the weaponry used by so-called Israel in its genocide in Gaza. […] | By

Michael Hauser Tov (2025-10-09). Smotrich and far-right parties expected to oppose hostage deal, but not quit Netanyahu government. haaretz.com Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism are expected to vote against the emerging Israel-Hamas deal, but not to resign in protest ‚ñ That could change, however, when the deal progresses…

latintimes (2025-10-09). DHS Justifies Shooting Pepper Balls At Pastor In Chicago Suburb: 'Impeding Operations'. latintimes.com The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) justified shooting pepper balls at a group of protesters in Chicago in September, including a pastor, after the images went viral on social media…

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