Im/migrants and refugees

San Diego protests condemn abuse of refugees

January 19, 2019 Mary Lou Finley

On Jan. 11, the San Diego Migrant and Refugee Solidarity Coalition protested the treatment of refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border, which has recently resulted in the deaths of at least three children and one woman […]

Trump is the real shithole. Hands Off TPS!

January 11, 2019 Stephen Millies

Brooklyn, N.Y. — Fifty people gathered in the icy cold outside Brooklyn’s federal court for a news conference on Jan. 7. They were fighting to save temporary protected status (TPS) for 59,000 Haitians and hundreds of thousands […]

Hands off Patricia Okoumou!

December 21, 2018 Stephen Millies

Patricia Okoumou, the courageous woman who dramatically climbed the Statue of Liberty on July 4th to protest the jailing of 15,000 immigrant children by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was found “guilty” in Federal Court […]

U.S. crimes at the border: 7-year-old Guatemalan child dies in custody

December 20, 2018 Sharon Black

Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquín was barely 7 years old when she died on Dec. 8 following her detention by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. She had traveled with her father, Nery Gilberto Caal Cuz, […]

Caravan brings people’s aid, solidarity to refugees trapped at border

December 8, 2018 John Parker, Sharon Black and Jefferson Azevedo

Tijuana, Mexico Sometimes as workers we forget that we’re part of a large family of working people around the world. But it’s the truth. And when your family is under attack, you want to do […]

As repression grows at border, so does solidarity

December 8, 2018 Greg Butterfield

People around the world were outraged by video and photos showing small children and their families fleeing clouds of tear gas on the Tijuana side of the U.S.-Mexico border on Nov. 25. U.S. Border Patrol […]