Gary Williams/Getty Images US Sen. Ted Cruz suggested mobilizing the National Guard to the southern border where thousands of Central American migrants are making their way toward the US. Cruz suggested sending the National Guard or amassing more Border Patrol agents, citing former presidents. A United Nations spokesman said more than 7,000 migrants have joined the caravan. Trump […]
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Don’t Believe Everything You See About the Migrant Caravan
A migrant caravan traveling through Mexico is the latest news event to be weaponized online. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bcf916a34b0f849058a827e/master/pass/Caravan-1052757996.jpg
‘Me & Orban fought Brussels quotas’: Czech PM takes credit for derailing ‘absurd’ EU migrant sharing
Czech PM Andrej Babis believes that canceling EU migrant quotas was one of the major successes of his foreign policy, saying that he fought against quotas together with Viktor Orban and managed to “abolish the absurd system.” “[Orban and I] fought against the quotas in Brussels, and we have abolished this absurd system,” Babis said. Read […]
Homeless & migrant workers ‘exploited’ to clean up Fukushima radiation, UN warns
UN human rights experts have slammed the Japanese government for the alleged exploitation of “tens of thousands” of workers, as well as migrants and the homeless, said to be cleaning up the mangled Fukushima nuclear plant. In a three-way joint statement, released Thursday via the United Nations, the human rights experts detailed their deep concern […]
There are so many migrant children in one shelter a headcount is taking hours
Administration for Children and Families at the US Department of Health and Human Services Migrant children are being forced to undergo prison-like headcounts at some shelters. At the country’s largest shelter for migrant children, Casa Padre, the count can last for hours. In prison, inmates are usually required to stay in their cells or by […]
Walmart blasts Trump administration’s ‘disturbing’ detainment of migrant children in one of its former stores (WMT)
Administration for Children and Families at the US Department of Health and Human Services Walmart on Tuesday attacked the Trump administration’s detainment of migrant children in one of its former stores. “We had no idea our former store would be used for such a disturbing purpose,” Walmart tweeted. “We are just as shocked and disappointed […]
Cry me a river? Rachel Maddow's tears during migrant piece get mixed reaction
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow broke down in tears over a piece on children of illegal migrants. While some expressed sympathy, others accused her of hypocrisy and staged emotions. “This is incredible,” the host of ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’ uttered live on air on Tuesday when she began reading the recent scoop by the AP on […]
Ex-Trump campaign chief Lewandowski slammed online for mocking migrant girl with Down Syndrome
Corey Lewandowski, the former campaign manager to then-presidential nominee Donald Trump, has angered critics after mocking a story of a disabled migrant being separated from her mother. READ MORE: Campaign manager who ‘let Trump be Trump’ unceremoniously dumped During an appearance on Fox News, Lewandowski responded to a story of a 10-year-old girl with Down […]
Trump’s wife ‘hates’ to see migrant families split as president cracks down on illegal immigration
Following weeks of speculations about her health, first lady Melania Trump re-appeared with a sobering statement, hinting at her disapproval of her husband’s immigration policy. In an attempt to halt the forced separations of migrant families crossing the US-Mexico border, the first lady verbalized her apparent disapproval of Trump’s ambitions. In a comment to The Hill, […]
‘It is immoral’: Former first lady Laura Bush criticizes the separation of migrant children from their parents
Tom Pennington/Getty Images Former first lady Laura Bush has criticized the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that has seen nearly 2,000 children separated from their parents in two months. Bush, who rarely speaks out on politics, wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post on Sunday. The wife of former president George W. Bush called the policy […]