Mexico’s “Progressive President” Sends National Guard to Tear Gas Immigrants

A new migrant caravan made up of thousands of people left from Honduras in January to make the perilous journey north through Mexico. With Donald Trump pressuring him from across the border, President Andrés Manuel Lopéz Obrador of Mexico has gone further than ever to repress the caravan and send migrants back to Central America.

An Open Letter to Those Storming Area 51

“They Can’t Stop All of Us!” This is very true. This has been the organizing principle of the workers’ movement for hundreds of years. But why use it to "liberate the aliens" that some claim are housed at Area 51? Why not storm the concentration camps and free the migrants, who we know for sure are being held in camps across the country?

Devastation in the Bahamas Provokes Nothing But Xenophobia From Trump

As the Bahamas experiences one of its worst humanitarian crises, Donald Trump is refusing to grant temporary protected status to people displaced by the hurricane and is barring Bahamians from entering the country. His denial of the extent of Hurricane Dorian’s destruction highlights the differences in how the ruling class and the working class will have to respond to impending climate disaster.

India Plans to Make 1.9 Million People Stateless

Nestled in the north-eastern region of India, sharing its southern border with Bangladesh, Assam has long been home to immigrants. But since August 31, 2019, with the publication of the National Register of Citizens, 1.9 million people risk being stripped of their citizenship and rendered stateless.

ICE Arrests 680 Immigrants: Release the Detainees, Close the Camps.

After yesterday's immigration raids in Mississippi, it is more important than ever that working people mobilize to release the detained immigrants, shut down the concentration camps and open the borders.

Sanders, Warren Crush Opponents on Healthcare. On Immigration and Racism, Not So Much

Despite attacks, Sanders and Warren crushed their opponents in yesterday's debate, making an especially progressive argument for Medicare for All. However, on immigration and on race, Warren and Sanders left a lot to be desired.

We Don’t Want Cleaner Concentration Camps!

The Democratic Party and the NGOs want to improve the conditions in the concentration camps. But we want to shut them all down. This is adapted from a speech at a protest against ICE in Aurora, Colorado on July 12.

ICE vs. the Gestapo: A Comparison

This weekend, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began raids on immigrant families. There are disturbing similarities between these raids and mass deportations organized by the Gestapo—the Nazi secret police—80 years ago.

Donald Trump, We Won’t Go Back Where We Came From

Trump is trying to terrorize immigrants with ICE raids and concentration camps. He says we should go home. But we have always been here and are here to stay.