It wasn't #immigrants who ran the #NHS into the ground. Nor was it immigrants who privatised the now failing water authorities, having stripped the assets for their fat cat CEOs. It's not immigrants who are demanding a 40% increase in your bills to fund this theft of public assets. It's not immigrants who are raising your food prices and rents. If Brexit was about taking #Britiain back then why are we worse off? Immigrants?

#socialism #gtto #toriesOut #immigration #socialist #uk #endPoverty

Recent debates over illegal #immigration to the U.S. have put a spotlight on the Darien Gap.

This treacherous route that connects Central and South America has seen an increasing number of migrants attempting to pass on their way to the U.S.

We spoke with an immigration scholar who knows the region well and has interviewed people who have traversed the jungle crossing:
https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-darien-gap-and-why-are-more-migrants-risking-this-latin-american-route-to-get-to-the-us-225422

What is the Darien Gap? And why are more migrants risking this Latin American route to get to the US?

More than half a million people made the treacherous crossing in 2023 – far higher than in previous years.

^{The Conversation}

Previously: At Abbott's sprawling (and costly) #border base, National Guard soldiers deployed in Eagle Pass will enjoy “chef-driven meals,” a fitness center, a lounge, a sand volleyball court, and an arcade. https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-border-military-base-millions/

#news #politics #USpol #Immigration #Mexico #Texas #GregAbbott #corruption #Republicans

Abbott’s Border Military Base Could Cost Texans $500 Million

Last Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference in Eagle Pass, the border town he has turned into a militarized staging ground for his standoff with the feds. It was his third such press conference in as many weeks.

^{Justin Miller (The Texas Observer)}

#SCOTUS is now in violation of the U.S. Constitution. They have granted an individual state (#Texas) the authority of the U.S. government to detain and arrest ANYONE they "think" may have come across the US/Mexican border without the proper documentation.

The step they have taken could be interpreted as an attempt to overthrow the U.S. government.
#immigration

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-texas-enforce-immigration-law-rcna142971

Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce immigration law

The Supreme Court rules on Texas' contentious new law that gives local police the power to arrest migrants.

^{Lawrence Hurley (NBC News)}

Via Will: "When a cargo ship took out a #Baltimore bridge, it also demolished the lies poisoning our #immigration debate

The 6 migrant men who died weren't drug dealers or sex traffickers but hero dads filling potholes to give their kids a better life.

This column meant more to me than anything I've written for a while. Here's an excerpt. Please take a moment to read the whole thing."

If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.©

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/baltimore-bridge-collapse-immigrant-deaths-20240328.html#loaded