Migrants
The French State Is Responsible for 27 Migrants Drowning in the English Channel. Open the Borders!
At least 27 migrants died on Wednesday off the coast of Calais when their inflatable boat sank in the English Channel. Despite the French government’s crocodile tears, the tragedy highlights the criminal nature of borders. All borders must be opened and all undocumented migrants must be given full rights!
Seb Nanzhel
November 26, 2021Repression of Migrants at the Poland-Belarus Border: A Humanitarian Crisis Created by Imperialism
Polish authorities used tear gas and water cannons amid freezing temperatures on Tuesday to force thousands of people to stay in Belarus — and out of the EU.
Frankie Levine
November 19, 202110,000 Migrants Are Stuck in Squalor at the Border. Let Them All In!
A huge surge of migrants at the U.S. southern border has created a humanitarian nightmare for more than 10,000 people. The fingerprints of U.S. imperialism and the Biden administration are all over the crisis.
Scott Cooper
September 17, 2021Receiving Refugees and Repressing Migrants: The Rhetoric and Reality of AMLO’s “Humanitarian” Policies
Mexico has recently received hundreds of Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban. While AMLO’s administration tries to paint a humanitarian face, it doesn’t apply the same treatment to migrants stranded within the country. A migrant caravan made up of thousands of Haitains was recently repressed by the Mexican government and AMLO continues to collaborate with U.S. border policy by militarizing the border using the Mexican National Guard.
Rosa María Narváez
September 2, 2021Two Thousand Migrants Missing in Mexico
According to a report by the Mexican Federation of Public Human Rights Organizations (FMOPDH), at least 2,000 migrants are missing in Mexican territory, while the government maintains 8,000 National Guard troops on the border.
La Izquierda Diario Mexico
April 28, 2021Build the Border Wall Back Better?
The Biden administration is hinting that it will pick up building the border wall where Trump left off.
Scott Cooper
April 8, 2021ICE Detainees at Bergen County Jail Enter 25th Day of Hunger Strike
ICE detainees at Bergen County Jail have been on a hunger strike for 25 days to protest inhumane conditions and demand their release. We must abolish ICE.
Otto Fors
December 8, 2020Donald Trump, the Squad and the War Against the Most Oppressed
Donald Trump’s attacks on Ilhan Omar and the “Squad” is yet another chapter in Trump’s war against People of Color and immigrants in the United States.
Jimena Vergara
July 19, 2019Migrants on Hunger Strike Are Being Force-Fed at Texas Detention Center
In the El Paso Processing Center in Texas, eleven migrants are on hunger strike against the conditions of the center, the slowness of their legal proceedings, and the verbal abuse they regularly receive from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Ioan Georg
February 1, 2019A Second Child Dies in the Custody of the US Border Patrol
The death of Félix Gómez Alonzo comes three weeks after Jakelin Caal Maquin, a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl, also died in U.S. custody.
Luigi Morris
December 27, 2018