(2025-12-17). ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations. anabaptistworld.org At first glance, the Nativity scene outside Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, has all the traditional hallmarks: Figures resembling Mary and Joseph stand near a baby Jesus, who rests in a manger. | But this year, the details are decidedly different. For starters, Mary and Joseph are wearing gas masks. Jesus, who typically is depicted lying in hay, is instead nestled in a reflective blanket often used by immigrants in detention, with his hands bound with zip ties. And behind the family stands three Roman centurions wearing vests with a very modern label: ICE, or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(2025-12-17). Seven Kenyan nationals arrested for working illegally in SA. sanews.gov.za Seven Kenyan nationals arrested for working illegally in SA | Seven Kenyan nationals were arrested for allegedly working at a centre, despite entering the country on a tourist visa. | They were arrested after the Department of Home Affairs, in collaboration with other arms of law enforcement, executed a routine, lawful operation in Johannesburg, targeted at suspected violations of South African immigration law. | The operation followed after intelligence reports indicated that a number of Kenyan nationals had recently entered South Africa on tourist visas and had illegally taken up work at a centre that processes…
(2025-12-17). Inside Chicago's Neighborhood ICE Resistance. popularresistance.org Lucy says she starts early because ICE starts early. It's around eight o'clock one Thursday morning in late October, at a coffee shop in Back of the Yards, a neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side. Taped inside the shop's glass door, a sign warns ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant. (The agents very rarely bother to get one.) More signs surround it: "Hands Off Chicago"; "Migra: Fuera de Chicago"; the phone number to report ICE activity. (These are all over town.) Free whistles sit at the register. Lucy buys a black coffee from the barista and joins me at a table, checking her phone for messages about po…
(2025-12-17). Well-managed migration a strategic asset. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Observed annually on December 18, the International Migrants Day raises awareness of the impacts that migrants have on societies, both economically, culturally, and socially; however, well-managed migration is a strategic asset as it strengthens resilience, fuels prosperity, and supports social cohesion.
(2025-12-17). US activists illegally detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank resist their deportation. peoplesdispatch.org Organizations in the United States have launched a campaign demanding urgent action by the government for the release of the two US citizens, Irene Cho and Trudi Frost, from their illegal detention by Israeli forces.
(2025-12-17). Iran summons Cyprus ambassador over interventionist stance. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) — Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned the Cypriot ambassador in Tehran to protest the interventionist position regarding Iran's territorial integrity.
(2025-12-16). From "Alligator Alcatraz" to Gaza: U.S. Companies Line Up for Lucrative Gaza Contracts Under Trump. democracynow.org 
At least a dozen people have died in Gaza as winter storms batter displaced Palestinians forced to shelter in makeshift tents among the rubble of collapsing buildings severely damaged by Israeli bombing. That rubble is being eyed by U.S.-based contractors, who are already vying for lucrative contracts to rebuild Gaza under the Trump-backed ceasefire deal. "People are lining up and treating this the way they they treated reconstruction in Iraq," says Aram Roston, whose latest investigation for The Guardian US looks at how the company behind the notorious Florida immigration detention jail nicknamed …
(2025-12-16). Life at the U.S.—Mexico border under the Trump administration. globalvoices.org 
(2025-12-16). Farmworkers Are Frequently Exploited. But Few Farms Participate in a Program That Experts Say Could Prevent Abuse. scheerpost.com by Max Blau for ProPublica When Jon Esformes was in his 20s, farmworkers staged protests outside one of his family's tomato farms, in California's Central Valley, calling out the fact they were paid less than 50 cents for each bucket of produce they picked. The summer of 1989 was particularly memorable: The demonstrations were tense — …
(2025-12-16). Youth Equality Coalition report brutal police response to Tyne Bridge blockade. thecanary.co In the early hours of 16 December, activist group Youth Equality Coalition (YEC) posted a statement to their Instagram page. It detailed the aftermath of a roadblock protest in which YEC have accused Northumbria police of having "violently assaulted" a child involved in the protest. The protest was carried out in solidarity with eight members […] | By
(2025-12-16). UN Experts Blast U.S. Universities for Human Rights Violations Against Gaza Protesters. theintercept.com 