Immigrants/Migrants

Migrant children sleeping in crowded conditions on the US southern border detention center
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Thousands Still Being Held in Detention on the Southern Border

April 4, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Media accounts in the United States have shown that thousands of migrant workers and their families are being held in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention facilities in the state of Texas. […]
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar on Monday released photos from inside a facility where the Biden administration is housing migrants, offering the public's first glimpse inside overflow facilities as the administration has restricted press access amid a surge of border crossings.
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Failed Foreign and Immigration Policies Underline Crisis on the Southern Border

March 30, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since coming to office on January 20, the administration of President Joe Biden has faced a mounting problem of managing the influx of migrant workers and their families on the southern border […]
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Trump, Sessions and Miller, you can’t hide! The people charge you with genocide!

November 1, 2020 fwstaff
By Chris Fry From the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Article 6 Genocide For the purpose of this Statute, “genocide” means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole […]
Christopher Vialva and his mother Lisa Brown just days before his execution in Indiana
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Racism and the Death Penalty

October 11, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Christopher Vialva, 40, was executed by the United States government on September 24, 2020 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Vialva was the first Black person put to death by the federal criminal justice […]
Cassandra Devereaux press conf Vallejo PD 012220
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Candidate for CA State Assembly Calls for a “bottom up” revolution

February 27, 2020 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux This is from a talk written for a “Political Revolution Potluck” on the Vallejo, CA Waterfront, hosted by Jason Kishineff, candidate for U.S. Congress 5th District, on Saturday, February 22. Cassandra was […]
Migrant families caged in a makeshift detention center
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Groups tell Congress – Impeach Trump for hate crimes

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff The following letter was sent to the Democratic Party leadership in the House of Representatives urging that an article of impeachment be drawn up against President Trump for hate crimes against […]
Cassie with ICE Kills sign at SF ICE Dentention Center Close the Camps rally
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Cassandra Devereaux for California State Assembly, District 14

December 3, 2019 fwstaff
By  Cassandra Devereaux My name is Cassandra Devereaux and I would like to announce my candidacy for the office of California State Assembly for District 14 under the Peace and Freedom Party ticket. I am […]
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Invader or invaded

October 16, 2019 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux Vicente Guerrero was the first descendant of African slaves to serve as a North American head of state. He was a general in the war for Mexico’s independence from the Spanish Empire, […]
Detroit Moratorium NOW! Coalition demonstration at Prudential in Farmington Hills MI
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“No Detention Centers in Michigan” Demonstration Held by Moratorium NOW! Coalition

October 11, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff Moratorium NOW! Coalition and the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI) held a noon-time demonstration in Farmington Hills, Michigan, a suburb right outside Detroit at the Prudential Financial office […]
Protestors demand that the opening of Baldwin detention camp be stopped
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No Detention Center in Michigan

September 4, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff A demonstration of over 80 people, organized by the group No Detention Centers in Michigan, took place on Tuesday, August 13, in Troy, Michigan. They  demanded that Prudential Financial, Inc. immediately […]