Beyond Racism, Immigrant Mass Detention Is All About Profit

Trump’s “Make America Great” policies have resulted in misery for thousands of poor migrants, but the rise in human suffering has resulted in jackpot prizes for players at the New York Stock Exchange.

Elliott Gabriel
By Elliott Gabriel
A mural at the Casa Padre migrant children’s shelter in Brownsville, Texas, with a quote – in English and Spanish – from Donald Trump’s 1987 book, The Art of the Deal. Source | Department of Health and Human Services

BELLINGHAM, WA - While Donald Trump’s stepped-up repression of unauthorized migrants has been touted as a “get tough” policy meant to stem a flood of “animals” affiliated with transnational criminal groups, his draconian policies remain unlikely to deter desperate asylum-seekers from seeking entry to the United States. Instead, family separations

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What’s Behind the Central American Refugee Caravan Heading to the US Border?

While the Trump administration is busy blasting the incoming caravan, the US is actively supporting a budding Central American dictatorship that has sent thousands fleeing.

Emile Schepers
By Emile Schepers
Central American migrants arrive to a sports center during the annual Migrant Stations of the Cross caravan or "Via crucis," organized by the "Pueblo Sin Fronteras" activist group, as the group makes a few-days stop in Matias Romero, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Monday, April 2, 2018. (AP/Felix Marquez)

On Saturday, March 31, President Donald Trump angrily tweeted that the Mexican government is laughing at the United States by doing nothing to stop Central American migrants from crossing Mexican territory to get to the U.S. He stated that this puts an end to all efforts to find a solution for DACA beneficiaries in the U.S. He also hinted that

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Ron Paul: What to Really Expect From the Government Shutdown

Americans should understand that much of the Federal government is on auto-pilot. The deep state holds the cards no matter who is elected or how long the government is shut down.

Ron Paul
By Ron Paul
Lights shine inside the U.S. Capitol Building as day three of a partial government shutdown starts on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 22, 2018. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

It’s deja-vu all over again, as baseball legend Yogi Berra might have said. The politicians and media are telling us the world is coming to an end because a “compromise” could not be made at the 11th hour to keep the Federal government in business. Republicans blame Democrats for the shutdown over their insistence on legislation to benefit about

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Trump Administration Using ICE to Target Immigration Activists

Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, multiple high-profile cases have surfaced where immigrants involved in community activism were deported or faced an increased threat of deportation.

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
Ravi Ragbir, center, executive director of the New Sanctuary Coalition, walks with hundreds of supporters as he arrives for his annual check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, March 9, 2017, in New York. The Trinidadian immigrant works with an interfaith network of congregations and activists working to protect New York's immigrant families from detention and deportation. He was convicted of wire fraud in 2001 and served his sentence but has now been deported. (AP/Mark Lennihan)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to be escalating its targeting of immigrant rights activists for deportation. Since President Donald Trump was inaugurated, there have been at least ten prominent cases where immigrants involved in community activism were deported or faced an increased threat of deportation. Ravi Ragbir, who is the

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Trump’s DACA Compromise Part Of ‘White Supremacist’ Agenda, Activists Say

Trump’s “DACA fix” principles include funding a border wall, hiring more ICE personnel, slashing legal migration, and removing Central American refugee minors.

teleSUR
By teleSUR
A protestor shouts at cops with a bullhorn on Wilshire Boulevard, outside the Federal Building in Westwood, Calif., as DACA supporters square off with LAPD on deadline day for DACA renewals Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. ( John McCoy/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)

A broad-ranging set of demands relating to immigration enforcement has been laid out by the White House as the condition for a compromise that would see immigrant young adults secure Obama-era protections. About 690,000 holders of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status could soon face deportation if a deal isn't agreed to when the

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Where Was Obama’s ‘Decency’ When He Was Deporting Dreamers?

If what you’re suddenly worried about most is “decency,” then where the hell have you been?

Roqayah Chamseddine
By Roqayah Chamseddine
Upset with President Barack Obama's immigration policy, about 250 people march to the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office with a goal of stopping future deportations on Monday Oct. 14, 2013, in Phoenix. The protesters chanted "no more deportations" and "shut down ICE." (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

After an official announcement from President Donald Trump’s administration regarding plans to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, in place since 2012, former President Barack Obama released a statement that stands firmly in the middle, an art the Democratic Party has mastered. It had the same flatlined bipartisan

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