After he derided Haitians as ‘cat and dog’ eaters, Mexicans ‘all rapists’ Trump’s assault on Somalis in Minneapolis comes up against stiff resistance
Creating new ICE watch patrols and rapid response networks, fearing going to work or leaving home, watching their shared community spaces grow desolate and their shops sit empty – these are the experiences of Somali residents of the Twin Cities who spoke with The Intercept about being under siege in their own hometowns.
President Trump threatens to use tariffs to push countries to back US controlling Greenland
US President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought to lower tensions in the Danish capital. Trump for months has insisted that the US should control Greenland,...
‘They could see my colour’: Minneapolis Uber driver recalls encounter with ruthless US Border Patrol agents
In the videos of the incident, one posted by a bystander and one from Bin Hassan himself, the Uber driver can be seen asking the ICE officers for their ID, questioning their citizenship. Throughout the confrontation, Bin Hassan remains defiant, refusing to share his identity with the officers and asking them for their identities and proof of citizenship. At one point a Border Patrol agent tells him, “Man, shut up!” Bin Hassan never does.
Celebrated African novelist Wole Soyinka, from Nigeria, reveals his US visa has been revoked by Trump regime
Soyinka, who has taught in the US and previously held a green card, joked on Tuesday that his green card “had an accident” eight years ago and “fell between a pair of scissors.” In 2017, he destroyed his green card in protest of President Trump’s first inauguration.
Why the ‘No Kings’ protests matter: Americans’ peaceful stand against illegal, authoritarian and un-American Trump agenda
Throughout US history, mass protest has driven some of our most consequential shifts in public opinion. Mass protests were critical in building public support and shaping beliefs to win core democratic advances, including civil rights, the social safety net, and women’s suffrage.
Supreme Court clears way for deportation to South Sudan of several immigrants with no ties the African nation
The Supreme Court majority wrote that their decision on June 23 completely halted Murphy’s ruling and also rendered his decision on the South Sudan flight “unenforceable.” The court did not fully detail its legal reasoning on the underlying case, as is common on its emergency docket.
Trump is building a global gulag for immigrants captured by bureau of Immigration, Customs and Enforcement
The White House did not respond to a request for clarification about which countries are receiving third-country nationals. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the George W. Bush administration created a worldwide network of secret prisons and torture sites as part of its global war on terror. Its crown jewel, the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, was established in January 2002 as a place for the United States to hold so-called enemy combatants.
