Chips vs. fries: I speak English fluently and yet I am always translating
Wole Olayinka immigrated from Nigeria to Calgary four years ago. When he speaks English in Canada — a language he has spoken all his life — the very thing that should connect him becomes another layer of distance.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-english-but-always-translating-9.7168581?cmp=rss
👏👏 #ICE Agent Charged in #Shooting of a #Venezuelan #Immigrant in #Minnesota
The agent is the second federal officer to face #felony charges in Minnesota stemming from Operation Metro Surge, the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown.
#law #UseOfForce #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/ice-agent-charges-venezuelan-immigrant.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
This has to be a #DOGE Easter Egg.
#IRS “improperly” [accidentally-on-purpose] disclosed #confidential #immigrant tax data to #DHS
The #tax agency only recently discovered the “mistake” & is working with other federal agencies on a response.
#law #privacy #immigration #InfoSec #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/02/11/immigrants-irs-dhs-tax-data/
#Trump says he could bring back #KilmarAbregoGarcia, an #immigrant his admin wrongly deported to the infamous #CECOT prison in #ElSalvador. But he won’t, despite #SCOTUS’ order to “facilitate” the return of Abrego Garcia, who was deported unlawfully in the first place.
by Adam Serwer
#law #immigration #FactCheck #TrumpLies #DueProcess #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trump-abrego-garcia-smears/682773/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxXUvK2gAhWVb3xi8qi5xPpA
I'm kind of sick of endless #superhero movies and endless reboots
But I can totally get behind this:
"#JamesGunn Says ‘#Superman’ Is About an ‘#Immigrant That Came From Other Places’ and How We’ve ‘Lost’ the Value of ‘Basic Human Kindness’: ‘Yes, it’s About #Politics’"
So much can be mined from the golden age of comic books which had its roots in fighting #fascism in #WWII
And the silver age and the #civilRights struggle (#XMen)
#PopCulture is a tool to fight #MAGA
I recently lost my job and I’m currently unemployed, without health insurance, and in need to support my family. I’ve launched a campaign to cover basic expenses while I complete a technical certification and transition into a more stable career.
If you can donate or share, it truly helps. Thank you.
#MutualAid #Crowdfunding #GoFundMe #Support #Solidarity #CommunitySupport #Unemployed #Immigrant #MentalHealth #HelpNeeded
Some good news
Federal & State Officials Discuss Closing Florida’s ‘#AlligatorAlcatraz’
The #immigrant #detention center in the #Everglades, which Gov #RonDeSantis, a Republican, opened last July, may be too expensive to keep operating.
#immigration #law #HumanRights #ConcentrationCamps #Trump #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/us/florida-alligator-alcatraz-possible-closure.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Newly Obtained Video of #Minneapolis #Shooting Undermines #ICE Account
Prosecutors did not watch video of the nonfatal shooting until weeks after charging the wounded man, an official said.
Almost immediately after an #immigration agent shot & wounded a #Venezuelan #immigrant in Minneapolis this winter, the #Trump admin cast the injured man as an attempted murderer & the agent as the victim of a brutal beating.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #UseOfForce
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/us/minnesota-ice-shooting-video.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y1A.OmDN.Fv5buFePrRMO&smid=nytcore-ios-share
US Senator warns of #Trump admin plan to hastily remove over 500 unaccompanied #immigrant #children
A Democratic US senator warns the Trump admin is getting ready to round up 500 immigrant children in a hasty effort to remove them from the country, bypassing #legal protections. It would be their second attempt after a federal court intervened last year in an overnight plan to fly out hundreds of children on Labor Day weekend.
#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://apnews.com/article/migrant-children-deportation-border-trump-wyden-853585bc4efd13e59eccfb43fc4d0ceb
NEW: ProPublica journalist Max Blau spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers.
It left him wondering: Is there any way to find out whether the produce he buys at the grocery store comes from farms with a record of mistreating workers?
https://projects.propublica.org/blueberries-farmworker-mistreatment/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Food #Farm #Agriculture #Ethics #Labor #Groceries #Immigrant #Workers
#Trump murders again
#Immigrant Held at #Delaney Detention Center [ #ConcentrationCamp ] Has Died, Officials Say
The mayor of #Newark, #NewJersey identified the dead man as Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo. The NJ center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its #inhumane treatment of detainees.
#law #immigration #DueProcess #ExtrajudicialKillings #murder #UseOfForce #CivilRights #HumanRights #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #Sturmabteilung
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/nyregion/ice-detention-center-death-delaney-hall-nj.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2lA.W_xj.iS3G4L4Id25S&smid=nytcore-ios-share
