MN Activists Rally Against Trump in Response to Anti-Immigrant Executive Orders

Minneapolis, MN – On February 20, 2025, activists gathered outside of Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar’s office to protest the government’s executive orders and policies that negatively affect marginalized communities, including getting rid of “ICE-free spaces” like places of worship, schools and hospitals. Klobuchar’s office has…

Vigil at GEO ICE Detention Center in Aurora Spreads Love to Immigrants

Aurora, CO — On the evening of February 10, community members gathered for a vigil outside the for-profit GEO ICE Detention Center in Aurora, Colorado “to honor and spread love to immigrants” inside the facility. The event is called “Love Knows No Borders! No Walls!”…

University of Utah Students Protest Against ICE and Police on Campus

Salt Lake City, UT — On Thursday evening, a crowd of several dozen community members gathered on the University of Utah campus to express solidarity with immigrants and denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and police activity on campus.

“People are afraid, but actually…

A LAtino man in a white shirt sports medium-short hair and a trimmed full beard while holding a sign that says "If you think I'm "illegal" because I'm a Mexican learn the true history because I'm in my HOMELAND" - the sign also features a white and red sombrero with a pair of eyes peeking out from under it. The man holds the sign amidst a dense crowd of immigrant rights protesters on May Day 2006 in downtown Los Angeles. Photo credit: Jonathan McIntosh, Creative Commons 2.5

Calls For a Migrant Labor Strike Grow on Social Media

Since the xenophobia-fueled presidential re-election of Donald Trump, calls have been growing on social media for a pro-immigrant labor strike beginning on January 11, days before Trump is to take office. The emerging movement’s goal is to highlight the social, cultural, and economic importance of…

ICE is Training Civilians to Conduct Violent Raids on Immigrants

New details about a program from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are getting attention after the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) published a trove of internal documents about ICE’s ‘Citizens Academy’ programs. The academy trains civilians to operate multiple firearms,…

President of the Pakistani Community of Greece, Javed Aslam, chanting slogans during a demonstration in Athens, commemorating the one year since the shipwreck of Pylos, which took place on June 14, 2023 and officially killed 82 people, but left hundreds more missing to this day.

‘We Want Justice’: One Year Since the Pylos Shipwreck

A year after the Pylos shipwreck, one of the deadliest shipwrecks in modern history, relatives and survivors protest in Athens. Some of the survivors say a Greek Coast Guard vessel attempted to tow the fishing boat carrying 750 refugees and migrants and caused the shipwreck.

As Border Protection’s Budget Increases, So Does Its Reach

Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency tasked with policing international borders in the U.S., is set to receive billions in additional funding after Congress passed its latest spending package. The agency, which has long avoided accountability, has a troubled history of law enforcement away…

Queer Migrants Find Shelter and Community in Tijuana Collective House

Tijuana, Mexico — As the Biden administration continues in Trump’s footsteps — constructing a 30-foot-tall border wall along the Tijuana/San Diego border and imposing new barriers to seeking asylum in the United States — many activists in Tijuana have continued the quiet, daily work of…

Distress Hotline Volunteer Speaks on 500+ Dead from Pylos Shipwreck

This summer, as climate disasters and human-made catastrophes compounded each other in and around Greece, one of the deadliest shipwrecks in recent history occurred off the country’s coast. The Adrianna, a boat carrying an estimated 750 migrants, capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, leaving nearly 500…

Shahba, Syria: Survival as Resistance

Shahba and the wider Aleppo area have been the most damaged by the ongoing war, as it was the worst-hit during the clashes between warring parties. For years subjected to infrastructure bombing, the 2023 earthquake made it even worse.

Greek Seas: Europe’s Largest Migrant Cemetery

An Egyptian boat set sail from the city of Tobruk, in Libya, on June 9, 2023. The overcrowded Adriana is carrying more than 600 refugees from Pakistan, Egypt, Syria and Libya. The vast majority of them are held in the cargo hold. Some will pay…