#Earthquake (#sismo) M4.3 strikes 79 km S of #Ocós (#Guatemala) 32 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1806046
#Earthquake (#sismo) M4.3 strikes 79 km S of #Ocós (#Guatemala) 32 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1806046
“They Actually Had a List”: #ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark #LaborRights Case
“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly #ProUnion worker leaders,” said a union official about a raid in western New York.
Noah Hurowitz
May 5 2025
"An immigration raid in western #NewYork on Friday targeted a group of immigrants involved in a landmark statewide effort by #FarmWorkers to #unionize.
"On Friday morning at around 9:30 a.m., federal agents in unmarked cars and bearing no agency insignia pulled over a bus in Albion, New York, about 35 miles west of Rochester, and took 14 people of Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms into custody. All of the detainees, who hailed from Mexico and Guatemala, were year-round employees of Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms, a family-owned business in nearby Kent, New York, which has been locked in a multiyear battle to prevent workers from unionizing.
"The company is one of five agricultural businesses that, together with a state growers’ association, have tried for years to overturn or chip away at New York’s 2019 #FarmLaborLaw. The law enshrined protections for the right of #farmworkers — whether seasonal or year-round — to seek union representation.
" 'This was strange because they actually had a list of most of the workers on the bus.'
"Several of the workers taken into custody on Friday have been active in efforts to unionize year-round employees, including at least one who has spoken publicly in favor of joining the United Farm Workers of America, according to Elizabeth Strater, director of strategic campaigns for #UFW, the storied labor union.
" 'We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,' said Strater.
"Most of the workers detained on Friday hail from #Mexico or #Guatemala.
"The raid did not appear to be a broad sweep but rather a targeted enforcement aimed at specific people, according to sources who have been in contact with the families and spoke to The Intercept on condition of anonymity to candidly discuss a sensitive legal situation."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/05/ice-raid-farm-labor-union-new-york-ufw/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/xLMYr
#Earthquake (#sismo) M4.3 strikes 76 km SW of #Coatepeque (#Guatemala) 14 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1805363
The planned use of a #military plane for the flight to #Libya comes after the #Defense Dept has assisted in transporting migrants to locations such as #India, #Guatemala & #Ecuador.
In late March, #DOD ofcls flew a group of #Venezuelan migrants to #ElSalvador without any staff from #DHS on the plane, acc/to court records. The flight took off from #GuantánamoBay, Cuba, to El Salvador & included 4 Venezuelans.
#Earthquake (#sismo) M4.1 strikes 125 km S of #Escuintla (#Guatemala) 19 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1805045
#Earthquake (#sismo) M4.1 strikes 75 km SW of #Coatepeque (#Guatemala) 23 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1804590
#Guatemala arrests #Indigenous leader of 2023 protests, accusing him of terrorism https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220292462 #Fascism #HumanRights
Arizona governor pauses deportation for Guatemalan who gave birth days ago https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/guatemalan-arizona-deportation #US-Mexicoborder #USimmigration #Migration #Guatemala #Americas #Arizona #USnews
Rewriting Mayan History: Archaeologists Discover Hidden Altar Buried Underground
»Völkermord ist eine räumliche Praxis. In #Guatemala wurden die Dörfer niedergebrannt und die Menschen in angebl. sichere Zonen umgesiedelt, die der Regierung unterstanden. Innerhalb der Todeszone wurden alle Lebensgrundlagen zerstört. Aber auch die angebl. sicheren Zonen waren nie sicher: Die Versorgung mit Wasser, Nahrung & Medizin war nie ausreichend. Diese Logik gab es auch beim dt. Völkermord an den Herero & Nama im heutigen Namibia - und es gibt sie heute in #Gaza.«
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/eyal-weizman-sobald-es-um-israel-geht-wirft-man-mir-antisemitismus-vor
Wrong turn onto U.S.-Canada bridge has Detroit woman facing deportation
A woman from Guatemala says she and her two U.S.-born children were held for nearly a week by customs agents in Detroit after a phone app's directions to the nearest Costco led them to the Ambassador Bridge.
#travel #law #family #Detroit #Guatemala #US
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/wrong-turn-bridge-us-canada-deportation-1.7518404?cmp=rss
#Earthquake (#sismo) M4.3 strikes 75 km S of #Champerico (#Guatemala) 22 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1796776
#Earthquake (#sismo) M4.0 strikes 26 km S of #Champerico (#Guatemala) 28 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1796495
Ice agents smashed car window to detain asylum seeker, wife says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/17/ice-detention-massachusetts-man-video #USimmigration #Massachusetts #Guatemala #Worldnews #Americas #USnews
Confesión: en Argentina necesito mas de 30 minutos de fiaca antes de salir de la cama. Esto en #Guatemala no pasa!
Von dem jüngst verstorbenen Mario Vargas-Llosa habe ich bislang drei Romane gelesen, einer wartet noch im Regal. Sein »Harte Jahre« ist politisch, ziemlich bitter und durchaus spektakulär bei der Auswahl der Figuren.
#Guatemala #USA #CIA #Roman #Literatur #Lesen #Buchtipp #lesetipp
Mehr zu Harte Jahre auf meinem #Blog:
https://schreibgewitter.de/mario-vargas-llosa-harte-jahre/