→ Drownings and Deterrence in the Rio Grande
https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/drownings-and-deterrence-in-the-rio-grande/

“In 2021, the state of #Texas launched a multi-billion dollar initiative to stop #asylum seekers from stepping foot in the #US, called #OperationLoneStar, erecting hundreds of miles of razor wire, floating buoys and other barriers. Meanwhile in #Mexico, the number of troops on its northern #border doubled by 2022.”

“We found at least 1,107 #people drowned crossing the #RioGrande between Texas and Mexico from 2017 to 2023 […]”

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers say he wants to seek #asylum in the #US

#KilmarAbregoGarcia, who has become the face of the #Trump admin’s #immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the US, his lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday.

Garcia, 30, was detained Mon in Baltimore by #ICE after leaving a Tennessee jail on Fri. The Trump admin said it intends to deport him to the African country of #Uganda.

#law #rendition#StateSponsoredAbduction#TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deportation-asylum-62f3d781878a3787ae27d6ea42662dc0?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-27-Breaking+News

I wrote a thing about being "a stranger in my own country" on LinkedIn.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7366383847896244226/

#Asylum#Racism#UKPolitics

I wrote a thing about being "a stranger in my own country" on LinkedIn.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7366383847896244226/

#Asylum#Racism#UKPolitics

With all this stuff about asylum hotels in the news, you might be interested in what the Green Party have to say about it.

If you are, you'd better follow the link in this toot, because you sure as hell aren't going to hear it from the BBC or other corporate media. Have they even heard of the Green Party?

https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/08/20/asylum-seekers-should-be-to-be-able-to-work-while-application-is-being-decided-say-greens/

#Asylum#BBCBias#MediaBias#GreenParty

With all this stuff about asylum hotels in the news, you might be interested in what the Green Party have to say about it.

If you are, you'd better follow the link in this toot, because you sure as hell aren't going to hear it from the BBC or other corporate media. Have they even heard of the Green Party?

https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/08/20/asylum-seekers-should-be-to-be-able-to-work-while-application-is-being-decided-say-greens/

#Asylum#BBCBias#MediaBias#GreenParty

The Newest Immigrants at the Southern Border - Canada's Southern Border!

Staggering number of Americans applying for refugee status in Canada since Trump took office

To be granted asylum in Canada, refugees must convince Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board that nowhere in the U.S. is safe for them
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline#GOP #Politics #uspolitics#uspol #Canada #asylum #immigration