by Amy Goodman | Nov 14, 2025 | Alien Enemies Act, CECOT, due process, El Salvador, Human Rights, Immigrants, Interview, Prisons, Sexual Abuse, Solitary Confinement, Torture, War Powers Act
252 Venezuelan immigrants in the United States were flown to El Salvador in the dead of night and indefinitely imprisoned at the Salvadoran mega-prison CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center. The detainees had no ability to communicate to the outside world before they were finally released to Venezuela in a prisoner exchange. The men were “subjected to beatings almost daily upon arrival…
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by Ralph Thomassaint Joseph | Nov 2, 2025 | Ankle Monitors, electronic surveillance, GEO Group, ICE, Immigrants, immigration, Migrants, News, Surveillance
Diallo crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without authorization in December 2023, with hopes of escaping the violence and injustice he experienced back home in Guinea, Conakry. He traveled from Guinea through Turkey, then through South America and Central America, and finally to the United States. After arriving in New York, he filed for asylum within the required one-year deadline.
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by October Krausch | Nov 2, 2025 | Divestment, education, Higher Education, Immigrants, Israel, News, Palestine, palestine solidarity, Trump Administration
Photos of Palestine solidarity encampments have disappeared from the news, replaced by pictures of immigration agents kidnapping university students and community members, but the campus-based battle to force universities to divest from Israel and weapons manufacturing is still underway. This a long-term, smoldering battle. “The campuses are definitely as active as they were a year ago from…
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