With just over 18 months to go until the World Cup kicks off in a unique winter edition in the Middle East, organizers FIFA and hosts Qatar have come under renewed scrutiny for the country’s human rights record. According to a report in the Guardian in February, more than 6,500 migrant …
Read More »3 killed, dozens injured after migrant-smuggling boat capsizes off California (VIDEOS)
The first distress call was received around 10am local time (5pm GMT), resulting in a massive multi-agency rescue operation, including the US Coast Guard, San Diego Fire and Police Departments, Harbor PD, and even Park Rangers. However, by the time rescuers arrived, the 40-foot (12-meter) vessel involved in the accident …
Read More »Biden shuts migrant center for underage girls two weeks after opening, amid reports of ‘unbearable’ conditions
The Houston area shelter operated by the National Association of Christian Churches (NACC) saw a flurry of activity over the weekend as buses arrived and departed to transfer some 500 young girls living there elsewhere, video shot by ABC News showed. Nearly 130 of the girls were expected to be …
Read More »NASA staff now asked to help care for migrant children amid surge at US-Mexico border
An internal email sent to NASA employees on Tuesday – leaked to The Intercept’s Ken Klippenstein – asks the space agency’s employees to volunteer to care for “children without legal immigration status.” The greatest need is in the area of “youth care” and “conducting and translating intake information.” The four …
Read More »THOUSANDS of migrant children, some with Covid-19, crowded into Texas facility designed for 250 – reporters on US-Mexico border
After weeks of refusing all media access, the Biden administration finally allowed two AP journalists and a CBS crew to visit the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) detention facility in Donna, Texas on Tuesday. Photos from this very facility were leaked over a week ago – both by a …
Read More »Pentagon green-lights request to hold detained migrant children at two Texas military bases
Defense spokesman John Kirby announced the move in a statement on Wednesday night, noting that the military would fulfill a request from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to “temporarily house” migrant youths at military installations. One of the facilities set to hold the migrants is a “vacant …
Read More »Pentagon asked to house migrant children on MILITARY BASES. When Trump mulled the idea it was decried as ‘CONCENTRATION CAMPS’
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday that the Department of Health and Human Services requested to use facilities at Joint Base San Antonio and Fort Bliss, both in Texas, to house an unspecified number of minors apprehended after crossing the border from Mexico. “We have just received this …
Read More »Biden must be held accountable for ‘nightmare’ conditions at migrant facilities revealed in leaked photos – Project Veritas to RT
Photos reportedly taken from inside a temporary Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility in Donna, Texas, show children living in cramped, inhospitable, makeshift tent shelters. Separated into groups using plastic sheet dividers, the children are seen curled up on the floor, with only foil blankets to keep them warm. Nick …
Read More »Migrant kids held in US custody soar to 15,500 as journalists & rights advocates demand to see conditions inside ‘border camps’
Roughly 10,500 unaccompanied children are held in “licensed” migrant shelters, suitable for longer-term care for minors, the Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Mark Weber told CBS News on Saturday. But in the meantime, authorities are struggling to find space for another 5,000 kids, held by Customs and Border Protection inside …
Read More »Texas gov shreds Biden for ‘inhumane’ facilities for migrant kids, opens probe into Covid outbreak & lack of drinking water
“The Biden Administration has been an abject failure when it comes to ensuring the safety of unaccompanied minors who cross our border,” Abbott said in a statement on Friday, calling conditions at the federally-run detention facilities “unacceptable and inhumane.” From a lack of safe drinking water in one location to …
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