Human-caused #ClimateChange is expected to require up to a third of the population of the planet to have to relocate as the the conditions where they currently live become uninhabitable.
We are on the precipice of a human #MigrationCrisis on a scale unlike anything we’ve seen or are prepared to deal with.
Expect more conflict over #immigration policies moving forward as people and nations begin to panic.
The Tories are now offering emergency work visas to help fill the chronic shortage of skilled builders, plumbers, electricians etc, caused by Brexit! 😳
I thought 2016 warnings about this eventuality were merely "Project Fear"? 🤔
My two chapters included in the Handbook on Migration and Welfare, edited by Markus M. L. Crepaz and published by Edward Elgar, are now available #OpenAccess ! #immigration#politics#welfarestate
A move to start offering work permits to foreigners on U.S. H-1B visas seizes on the frustrations of many in the tech industry who are stuck in U.S. immigration limbo.
💛 “Inclusion > Diversity”
“More often than not, we don’t realize those biases even exist until we’ve stepped ankle-deep in a steaming pile of our own biases.”
–@clayrivers
As the #AmericaFirst movement of #WWII once again rears its head and gears up for the next elections, it is much better prepared than in 2016 and the #Midterms of 2022.
A racist utterance of a #US military 🪖 leader made me remember a thread I had published on the Birdsite in Sept. 2022.
It focused on the strategic use of #veterans by the #MAGA movement.
As it will happen again, I am republishing...
"...on the gender-neutral catch-all word #Latinx. 👈
👉#Bannon, meanwhile, has focused on that community’s greatly increased voter turnout in 2020, and how its internal diversity and segmentation accounted for a significant movement toward Trump👈—anti-Communist #CubanAmericans in #Florida, #MexicanAmericans in the #Texas borderlands eager to restrict illegal #immigration, and the...
The July/August issue is reaching mailboxes and select newsstands now!
Digital subscribers: Watch your email for your copy, coming later today. Enjoy, and share it with a friend who needs to discover why #TexasNeedsAnObserver!
In the words of a botanist Youtuber who visited a Starr County site being cleared for Greg Abbott's #border wall: "This is fuckin’ morbid man. #Texas just does not give a fuck.”
Probe Suggests Greek Coast Guard Caused Deadly Migrant Shipwreck—and Tried to Cover It Up
The incident "demonstrates once again the inhumane and lethal nature of the European border regime," said a research agency involved with the investigation.
After an overcrowded fishing vessel carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean last month, the Greek coast guard claimed that those in control of the ship rejected repeated offers of assistance
Research shows that the United States’ immigration policies have never deterred migrants from coming to the country; they have only made the migration process longer and more difficult.
Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up with U.S. Immigration System (www.wsj.com)
A move to start offering work permits to foreigners on U.S. H-1B visas seizes on the frustrations of many in the tech industry who are stuck in U.S. immigration limbo.
Oregon expands free health insurance for low-income residents – regardless of immigration status (www.opb.org)
The move coincides with debates in other states this year on expanding Medicaid coverage to undocumented immigrants.
Time for France to ditch its color-blind ‘myth’? (www.politico.eu)
France’s sacrosanct color-blind republicanism appears to be cracking as minorities seek more representation and anti-immigration parties rise.