Immigrants/Migrants

Protesters outside Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey
Domestic News

Biden, Bollwage: New Jersey Doesn’t Want an ICE Detention Center in Elizabeth

August 4, 2023 fwstaff
By Detention Watch Network Elizabeth, New Jersey – With just five weeks until the Elizabeth Detention Center’s (EDC) contract expires on August 31, dozens gathered to protest the continued arrest and incarceration of immigrant community […]
Elizabeth Detention Center
Domestic News

Elizabeth Detention Center Could Close This Summer

June 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Kathy O’Leary, Pax Christi NJ and Jenny Garcia, Detention Watch Network June 19, 2023 Elizabeth, New Jersey – Local New Jersey groups gathered Saturday in front of the Elizabeth Detention Center (EDC) taking turns […]
International News

World Refugee Day Marked by 108 Million Being Displaced

June 23, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe June 20th of every year is commemorated as World Refugee Day, an acknowledgment of those who have fled their countries of birth to seek relief from dangerous conditions which are human in […]
Migrant children - from cages to sweatshops
Domestic News

Migrant children forced to toil for Big Business

March 5, 2023 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On February 25th, the New York Times published an article titled “Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.” The article describes in gruesome detail how thousands of migrant […]
African students continue experiencing racism after fleeing Ukraine war
International News

Statement on the situation of African Students who were studying in Ukraine

February 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Africans in Ukraine As the thousands of African students who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion in February 2022, we are writing to you in a time of great need. We are calling on […]
Frederick Douglass
Domestic News

Frederick Douglass speaks on immigrant rights

February 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff In 1867, the most important figure in the anti-slavery movement in the U.S., Frederick Douglass, gave a speech in Boston about immigrant rights, specifically those people coming from China and Japan. […]
Supporters of the Interfaith Campaign for Just Closures rally in front of courthouse in downtown Elizabeth, NJ
Domestic News

Rally to Shutdown the ICE Immigrant Detention Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey

December 14, 2022 fwstaff
By Terri Kay December 10, 2022 – On International Human Rights Day, about 40 supporters of the Interfaith Campaign for Just Closures rallied at the Union County Courthouse in downtown Elizabeth, New Jersey, demanding the […]
Coup ringleader “Prince” Heinrich XIII arrested in Germany
International News

German Nazi Coup Plan Thwarted

December 14, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole Police across Germany carried out raids against Nazis who reportedly were planning an armed overthrow of the government of that nation. Twenty-five ultra-rightists were arrested as 3,000 police officers searched 130 locations […]
African American voting advocates hold signs
Domestic News

Election Results Affirm Continuing Far Right Threat

December 4, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Stewart Rhodes, the national leader of the far-right Oath Keepers, along with his Florida chapter chief, Kelly Meggs, were both convicted of seditious conspiracy on November 29 in connection with the attempted […]
Migrants deported from Texas arrive in New York City.
Domestic News

Texas Governor Guilty of Mass Kidnapping

August 28, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole Since April it has been reported that Texas Governor Greg Abbott and his administration have deported over 7,000 migrants from southern Texas to New York City. Buses have been filled with migrant […]