Thomas Malone, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America Bread and Roses Caucus and organiser with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), told the 91̳ Show about his experiences of the LA protests against Donald Trump's deportations of immigrants.
Mass protests have broken out in response to United States mass arrests of migrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard report.
Kon Karapanagiotidis, CEO of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, told a refugee rights forum that a sanctuary network, involving churches and unions, is being built. Chris Slee reports.
Columbia University postgraduate and pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil dictated this letter from his cell in an immigration detention centre in Louisiana.
The attacks on immigrants, international students and permanent residents in the United States are a grim reminder of the long history of deportations and border control as a strategy to punish political radicals, writes Malik Miah.
More than 200 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States to El Salvador are being held under harsh conditions in the country’s Terrorism Confinement Centre. Meanwhile, the US is threatening further economic sanctions against Venezuela, reports Chris Slee.
People in indefinite detention across the country held peaceful protests demanding their release. Chloe DS reports.
Ending deportations will be the real character test for the new Labor government, writes Janet Parker.
Three hundred people rallied on May 24 to show solidarity with refugees, who face increasing attacks following the re-election of the Coalition government.
