Category Archives: Migration and Borders
Kumeyaay Nation Protest Stops Construction On Border Wall
by Max Rivlin-Nadler / KPBS Just before dawn on Friday, members of the Kumeyaay Nation set out to protest the construction of a border wall atop their ancestral lands in the Laguna Mountains. The youth-led group said the government has refused to consult with them to identify possible heritage sites they say the massive construction […]
ICE Is Using Industrial Disinfectant Sprays That Cause Bleeding, Burns and Pain to Detainees
by Hunter Walker / Yahoo! News Advocacy organizations have filed complaints against Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities in Florida and California, claiming that migrants being held there are suffering severe side effects from disinfectant sprays being used to combat the coronavirus. One of the complaints was sent by Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice and […]
Vacant Migrant Child Jail Building Stormed in Chicago on May Day
from It’s Going Down On May 1st a group of outraged neighbors, abolitionists and other rabble-rousers came together to storm the gates and occupy a child detention center run by Heartland Alliance in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. The child prison is currently under renovations and is temporarily unoccupied. According to the local news, “More than […]