(2025-12-04). Locals in New Orleans Brace for Immigration Crackdown. truthout.org Hundreds of U.S. Border Patrol agents are reportedly set to begin a major immigration crackdown across much of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi this week as part of what has been dubbed operation "Swamp Sweep." The planned action follows similar surges in Chicago (operation "Midway Blitz") and Charlotte, North Carolina (operation "Charlotte's Web"), where agents have been accused… |
(2004-12-25). Visa chaos and host city threats: how Trump disrupted World Cup plans. tribune.com.pk 
Organizing a World Cup is never simple. But when the host is Donald Trump, it's even more complicated. | In just six months, the United States along with Mexico and Canada will host soccer's flagship tournament. | And the mercurial US president has infuriated his co-host neighbors, threatened to relocate matches, and imposed visa restrictions. | Travel restrictions | Hundreds of thousands of overseas fans are expected to flock to the host countries ⚪ in particular the US, which is staging 82 of the tournament's 104 games. | They will arrive in a nation led by a president who has made anti-immigration policies…
(2025-12-04). New Report Exposes Torture, Abuse, and Medical Neglect in Florida Migrant Jails. truthout.org Two immigration detention centers in Florida have gained notoriety for inhumane conditions since Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, in close alignment with President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant agenda, has rapidly scaled up mass detention in the state, and a report released Thursday detailed how human rights violations at the two facilities amount to torture in some cases. |
(2025-12-04). DAILY MEMO: Feds Detain U.S. Citizens and Take Street Vendor's Cash Box. lataco.com Federal immigration raids are escalating in intensity, with more people being profiled and taken without due process.
(2025-12-04). RuPaul 18: Mideast-origin DD Fuego 'is Trump's worst nightmare'. newarab.com 
Drag Queen DD Fuego, who identifies as Middle Eastern-Mexican-American, issued a defiant message to US President Donald Trump ahead of Season 18 of RuPaul's Drag Race on which they are a contestant. | Donald Trump is leading the worst crackdown on hispanic and Middle Eastern immigrants in U.S. history. | "I'm Mexican-American, queer, Middle Eastern, and from New York. I'm the president's worst nightmare" said DD Fuego in the promotional 'Meet the Queens' video for season 18 of "I…
(2025-12-04). Bangladesh's Gen-Z Revolution Hits an Election Wall. moderndiplomacy.eu The National Citizen Party (NCP) emerged directly from the youth-led uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina from power in 2024. Formed by students and young activists who had become the face of the mass revolt, the party sought to translate protest momentum into a formal political movement capable of breaking Bangladesh's long-entrenched two-party dominance. The NCP …
(2025-12-03). How to stand up to ICE: Lessons from Chicago and Charlotte. therealnews.com 
ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agencies have turned immigrant neighborhoods in Chicago, IL, and Charlotte, NC, into open-air hunting grounds, snatching people off streets, out of parking lots, and in front of their children. But in each city, federal forces have also faced strong grassroots resistance. In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with organizers from Charlotte and Chicago, Miguel Alvelo Rivera and Andrew Willis Garcés, about the on-the-ground reality of President Trump's immigration raids and the ways communities are organizing and mobilizing against them. | Guest: | Miguel…
(2025-12-03). US Halts Immigration Processing for 19 Countries After Guard Attack. moderndiplomacy.eu The Trump administration on Tuesday suspended all immigration applications including green cards and U.S. citizenship processing for immigrants from 19 non-European countries. The affected nations overlap with the group already under partial or full travel restrictions since June. The decision cites national security concerns following last week's shooting of two U.S. National Guard members in …
(2025-12-03). New record: ICE sent 600 immigrant kids to Detention in federal shelters this year. peoplesworld.org 
It was Friday, June 6, and the rent was due. As soon as she finished an errand, Imelda Carreto planned on joining her family as they gathered scrap metal to earn a little extra cash. Her fiancé, Julio Matias, and 15-year-old nephew, Carlos, had set out early, hitching a trailer to the back of their …
(2025-12-03). Fog Of Bullshit: Racist Clowns, Liars and Psycopaths. commondreams.org 
The surreal and deadly lurches on. In the last, frantic, script-flipping week, MAGA went from threatening to kill Dems who reminded troops to obey the law to scurrying to parse or ignore the news their macho, bungling Secretary of War Crimes evidently blew apart (at least) two guys in the water for no reason – an action universally deemed either murder or war crime, but def against the law. Now see Kegseth et al thrash, bluster, scapegoat the other guy. Trump doctrine: Deport, raze, blame, kill first; think (sic) later. Most notably, a flailing presidency of "malevolence tempered by incompetence" – Cue the bo…