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Re: Refugees Welcome
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: September 22, 2021, 9:54 pm
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HTML https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/17/politics/haiti-deportations/index.html
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> (CNN)More than 50 Democratic lawmakers urged the Biden
administration Friday to halt deportations to Haiti as nearly
10,000 migrants have overwhelmed Del Rio, Texas, many of whom
are Haitian.
> ...
> Haiti is still reeling from a major earthquake that resulted
in more than 2,000 deaths and thousands more injuries, as well
as the assassination of its late President Jovenel Moise in
July. For those reasons, the lawmakers, led by Reps. Ayanna
Pressley and Nydia Velázquez, argued the Biden administration
should consider indefinitely halting deportations to Haiti,
update eligibility for a form of humanitarian relief, and help
mitigate Covid-19 in the country.
>
> "The Biden administration cannot claim it is doing everything
it can to support the Haitian community while continuing to
unjustly deport Haitians as the island weathers its worst
political, public health and economic crises yet," Pressley said
in a statement.
> ...
> "The news of renewed Haitian deportation flights is the type
of morally indefensible news we would have expected from the
Trump Administration, not the Biden Administration. Given the
instability and suffering on the ground in Haiti, the last thing
we should be doing is deporting Haitians. These deportation
flights should stop, full stop,"
--- End Quote ---
HTML https://twitter.com/RepPressley/status/1440505464349872129
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> Black Lives Matter means Haitian Lives Matter–period.
>
> There must be accountability for the inhumane treatment of
Haitian migrants by @CBP
> agents.
>
> @POTUS
> must lead with compassion & #StopTheFlights.
>
>
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HTML https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_20E7-VIAcF8ej?format=jpg&name=900x900[/img]
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Re: Refugees Welcome
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: September 30, 2021, 10:11 pm
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Thank you:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/protesters-shut-down-traffic-golden-193400780.html
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> Protesters obstructed the Golden Gate Bridge on Thursday to
bring attention to what they said is "20 years of failed
promises" on immigration reform from lawmakers.
>
> Demonstrators parked their cars on the bridge, blocking
traffic, before getting out to stand with signs at around 7
a.m., footage from the protest showed.
>
> Several people spoke about their experiences with the
immigration system during the protest.
>
> “We are escalating our actions and our undocumented families
are risking arrest and possibly deportation to send the message
we can no longer wait,” said Luis Angel Reyes Savalza, a
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipient and
undocumented immigrant, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
>
> “The immigrant community has endured a politics of fear from
both Democrats and Republicans over the last 20 years, from
horrific family separations to for-profit detention, which has
skyrocketed beyond recognition, inhumane treatment inside
detention centers, and caging children at the border,” Reyes
Savalza said.
>
> “We were called essential workers, and yet both the Trump and
Biden administrations excluded undocumented families from
stimulus relief,” he added.
>
> A sign held by protesters read “Override the Parliamentarian,”
referring to the decision made by Senate parliamentarian
Elizabeth MacDonough to remove immigration components from
Congress's $3.5 trillion social spending package.
> ...
> The demonstration was reportedly organized by the Movement for
Citizenship for All and the Bay Area Coalition for Economic
Justice and Citizenship for All.
--- End Quote ---
But what if your concerns are dismissed yet again? What will you
do next? Why have your concerns been dismissed for 20 years, as
you yourself point out? Answer: because protest signs do not
threaten their lives. Try firearms instead.
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Re: Refugees Welcome
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: October 3, 2021, 10:03 pm
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This is how Western civilization treats heroes:
HTML https://mynorthwest.com/3172160/italian-ex-mayor-who-welcomed-migrants-sentenced-to-13-years/
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> ROME (AP) — A court in southern Italy on Thursday convicted
the former mayor of a tiny town dubbed “the town of welcome” of
aiding illegal immigration and sentenced him to 13 years and two
months in prison.
>
> Domenico “Mimmo” Lucano was also convicted of fraud,
embezzlement, criminal association and abuse of office by the
court in Calabria, the region which forms the “toe” of the
Italian peninsula.
> ...
> Humanitarian groups that rescue migrants from traffickers’
unseaworthy boats in the Mediterranean expressed outrage at the
court’s verdict and sentence.
>
> “The former mayor of Riace gave life and future to his city
through welcome and solidarity,” tweeted Sea Watch Italy. “We
are at the side of Mimmo Lucano and whoever practices solidarity
every day.”
>
> Many migrants in Riace, a town of some 1,700 people, obtained
municipal jobs, such as as street cleaners, while Lucano was
mayor.
>
> Another humanitarian group, Mediterranea Saving Humans,
decried the verdict as “shameful.” In a statement it described
the trial’s outcome as “the gravest repressive attack on the
culture and the practice of solidarity in our country.”
>
> The charity added: “Who is poor or a migrant is forced to
suffer every violence, and whoever helps them is considered a
criminal.”
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The 'crime scene', according to rightists:
HTML https://s.rfi.fr/media/display/668dff52-0fa5-11ea-bf88-005056a99247/w:1280/p:16x9/dsc_0023_0.jpg
Previous coverage:
HTML http://aryanism.net/blog/aryan-sanctuary/support-domenico-lucano/
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Re: Refugees Welcome
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: October 4, 2021, 9:30 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X-IfIcBfD0
Thank you for the activism, Lucha Arizona!
HTML https://twitter.com/lucha_az/status/1444729925408153601
HTML https://www.luchaaz.org/
UPDATE
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/sinema-confrontations-escalate-she-accosted-030900380.html
HTML https://twitter.com/Peoples_Watch_/status/1445142854892929032
HTML https://twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1445148449482153994
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Re: Refugees Welcome
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: October 12, 2021, 9:34 pm
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At least Cuomo's successor seems to be doing well so far:
HTML https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ny-state-of-politics/2021/10/11/new-law-criminalizes-threats-to-undocumented-immigrants
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> A measure criminalizing threats in New York to expose a
person's immigration status was signed into law this weekend by
Gov. Kathy Hochul.
>
> The new law considers threats to expose undocumented people in
the state as extortion or coercion, and is based on similar
measures already on the books in California, Colorado, Maryland
and Virginia.
>
> It's already illegal to threaten to expose a person's
immigration status in labor trafficking or sex trafficking
cases, but had not been previously considered as extortion or
coercion offenses.
>
> "New York is built on the hard work and determination of
generations of immigrants, and we need to support people who are
trying to build better lives for themselves and their families,"
Governor Hochul said. "This legislation will protect New Yorkers
from bad actors who use extortion or coercion due to their
immigration status, and make our state safer against vile
threats and intimidation."
>
> The measure is meant to allow prosecutors to take on blackmail
cases when a person is threatened with deportation, even when
the larger case does not relate to sex trafficking or labor
cases.
>
> "For an undocumented immigrant who fled danger in their home
country, being reported to ICE can be a death sentence, yet
sadly, far too many people are willing to take advantage of our
more vulnerable neighbors by threatening to reveal their
immigration status in order to exploit them in some way,"
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Well done Gov. Hochul!
In unrelated development:
HTML https://twitter.com/najatvb/status/1448341024275841028
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> Helping #refugees rebuild their lives and find jobs. @TentOrg
> 's mission is simple. And the contribution of businesses
incredibly valuable. So proud of this tremendous energy. Thank
you to the entire team and to all our partners
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HTML https://www.tent.org/
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Re: Refugees Welcome
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: October 25, 2021, 10:00 pm
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German police actually doing their job for once (to our enemies'
outrage):
HTML https://barenakedislam.com/2021/10/25/german-police-guarding-border-with-poland-not-from-illegal-alien-muslim-invaders-but-from-german-patriots-trying-to-stop-the-illegal-aliens-from-entering-germany/
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> German police were called in on Sunday morning to disperse
about 50 supporters of the “Third Way” militia that intended to
patrol the border area itself to turn back foreigners seeking to
enter. This movement is considered violent and dangerous by the
Internal Intelligence Service. Officers seized a machete, a
bayonet, sticks and pepper spray.
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This is the difference between Germany and Turandom countries
such as Poland:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/hungary-v4/msg9452/#msg9452
And herein is the wisdom behind Generalplan Ost:
HTML https://static.miraheze.org/reallifevillainswiki/5/56/Generalplan_Ost.jpg
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Re: Refugees Welcome
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: October 27, 2021, 9:21 pm
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Thank you for the good work:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9eqBJ7nwXk
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Re: Refugees Welcome
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: October 28, 2021, 9:23 pm
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Please support:
HTML https://www.sponsorcircles.org/
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Re: Refugees Welcome
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: November 11, 2021, 8:24 pm
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Minor success:
HTML https://us.yahoo.com/news/california-sheriff-ends-cooperation-ice-194633845.html
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> A county sheriff in Northern California announced Tuesday that
his office would no longer respond to any requests from U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about the release or
transfer of illegal immigrants in order to "protect the safety"
of residents in his county.
>
> San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos Bolanos said that his office’s
policy was now consistent with other counties in the Bay Area.
> ...
> "This change is being made after we heard from hundreds of
residents who shared their perspective on how we will all be
safer when the entire community understands the Sheriff’s Office
is here to protect the public, not enforce immigration laws,"
Bolanos said.
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Reminder: there is no such thing as an "immigration law". A law
protects the same people who follow it. Those who follow
so-called "immigration laws" are not protected by them, as they
are left outside.
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Re: Refugees Welcome
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: November 13, 2021, 8:47 pm
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HTML https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/world/asia/migration-eu-poland-belarus.html
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> Belarus is granting visas to thousands of Middle Easterners
and driving them to the borders of Poland, Latvia and Lithuania,
all E.U. member states. Those countries must then either process
them — or allow them to freeze at the border, which has so far
been their preference.
> ...
> Belarus, in the process, put thousands of innocent people in
harm’s way. Still, it did not invent the E.U.’s refusal to
process migrants and refugees who it considers undesirable, even
if it means their deaths. Nor did it invent the E.U.’s
embarrassment at the world seeing this.
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Belarus has done nothing wrong. All it has done is shorten the
overland distance refugees have to travel to enter the EU by
letting them fly into Belarus. It is those refusing to let the
refugees continue their journey who are solely to blame. If EU
countries were willing to take in refugees on flights just like
Belarus did, we wouldn't even have a problem!
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> International law, as well as the domestic laws of most
countries, requires processing any border arrival with a
credible asylum claim. The host country has to let those people
stay while it evaluates their claims, which can take months or
even years.
> ...
> These laws grew out of World War II, when many Europeans were
themselves refugees.
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A.k.a. it's OK for refugees to be "white".
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> It instilled a belief that basic human rights, as well as
global stability, required safe countries to accept people who
were at great risk.
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But only if they are "white".
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> In 1991, the United States opened a loophole in these
obligations. To prevent refugee boats from reaching Florida,
which would oblige the United States to process the Haitians on
board, Coast Guard vessels diverted them elsewhere.
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See?
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> Ever since, several wealthy states have embraced this as
explicit policy, and none more enthusiastically than the
European Union.
>
> “It allows wealthy states to have their cake and eat it, too:
maintaining a formal commitment to international refugee law,
while at the same time largely being spared the associated
burdens,”
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A.k.a. it's OK for countries to be "white".
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> European officials have repeatedly stressed, through policies
aimed at would-be migrants overseas, that they have made the
journey more dangerous to dissuade people from coming. When many
crossed the Mediterranean in small boats, the E.U. curtailed
search-and-rescue missions, restricted aid groups and even
closed its ports to emergency rescue vessels.
>
> This predictably increased the number of people who have
drowned while trying to cross, sometimes by the hundreds. And
some researchers believe that these efforts have not actually
deterred people from coming. Sea crossings have remained
numerous, and refugees often say, when asked, that they are
fleeing far more desperate or dangerous circumstances.
> ...
> The Polish government has been particularly forceful in its
attempts to keep people out, sending thousands of soldiers into
the frontier zone. The hard-line policy has played well with
Poland’s right-wing nationalists.
> ...
> This and similar deals with other countries have proved, for
the European Union, effective. Refugee arrivals are down by
two-thirds since 2015. The effect is noticeable. On a recent
trip to Italy, in cities where a few years ago refugees were
highly visible, I saw almost none.
>
> But the global refugee crisis has hardly eased since then.
Rather, the E.U. has simply succeeded in offloading it to poorer
and more authoritarian countries on its periphery, freeing
itself of legal obligation and of having to confront the
substantial human cost of its policies.
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A.k.a. it's OK for the EU to be "white".
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> This set of priorities applies to the standoff with Belarus,
too. Poland’s government, in addition to refusing to process the
people huddling at its border, has blocked journalists and aid
agencies from visiting the border. Even doctors are not
permitted, despite what is thought to be a rising risk of death.
>
> It’s not clear how different this is from preventing refugee
and migrant arrivals by forcing them into extremely dangerous
circumstances in the Mediterranean or in North Africa. Perhaps
the difference is that, in Europe’s usual strategy, those people
are kept out of sight, far from Europe, and detained indirectly
so that Europeans do not have to feel culpable. Now, the scene
that might normally play out in Tripoli is playing out on the
Polish border.
--- End Quote ---
A.k.a. it's OK to feel "white".
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> Although it would be easy to put responsibility entirely on
Poland’s right-wing government, which has frequently
transgressed the bloc’s more liberal norms, it may not be so far
off from European Union preferences. Angela Merkel, the German
chancellor who accepted one million refugees in 2015, publicly
thanked Poland, Latvia and Lithuania for protecting the E.U.
borders.
--- End Quote ---
I always told you Merkel was not on our side.
In contrast, look at Albania (which is poorer than Poland)
setting a positive example:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ZH828qYEI
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1JAuC28oQ
This is all it takes to welcome refugees. How difficult is it?
Not difficult at all! Yet most of the EU are more concerned
about making it OK to be "white".
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