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Editorial: What did these kids do to deserve this?

These are little kids. Just kids. We don’t know much about them. We don’t know their names or even where they’re from. Maybe Venezuela. Maybe Colombia. But we do know this. They’re just kids, and they deserve to be kids, not props or pawns in some ridiculous political grandstanding about…

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Biden outraged as Texas, Florida governors displace migrants across country

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took credit Thursday for sending two planeloads of undocumented Venezuelans from Texas to wealthy Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as Republicans play up immigration issues before November midterm elections.

France 24

GOP governors bused migrants to liberal cities. Texas sent them to the vice president’s home

WASHINGTON — Politicians have been using migrants as props for decades. Republicans visit the Southwest border and declare that immigration is out of control. During the Trump administration, Democrats made their way to detention centers to decry the treatment of children locked in cages.

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Goldberg talks immigration on "The View"

"We don’t have any problem when people come through the border from Canada," Goldberg said

Salon

Top Biden officials to discuss "litigation options" over migrant buses sent by GOP governors

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chartered two planes to fly roughly 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard.

Axios

Cruel or harmless? Pastors mixed on GOP migrant transports

As Republican governors ramp up their transports of migrants to Democratic-run jurisdictions, the practice is getting a mixed reaction from Christian faith leaders — many of whom, especially evangelicals, have supported GOP candidates by large numbers in recent elections

The Independent UK

"They've been lied to": The scramble to help migrants on Martha's Vineyard

Roughly 50 people are packed into a homeless shelter at a small church in Edgartown.

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Mexico officials abused 47% of migrants awaiting US asylum, rights group says

Nearly half of asylum-seekers returned to Mexico under the “Remain in Mexico” program to await a U.S. immigration court hearing said they’d been abused by local officials, according to a Human Rights First report released Thursday.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis defends sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Critics blast ‘inhumane’ stunt

The day after Florida took credit for sending two planeloads of undocumented immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested the flights were to “protect” the state while the backlash swelled, with critics decrying the flights as an inhumane political stunt.

Tribune News Service

Call for UN torture watchdog to investigate Australia’s handcuffing of asylum seekers en route to medical care

Detainees report feeling humiliated sitting in handcuffs in waiting rooms during medical appointments

The Guardian - AU

Migrants, long used as political props, were dumped Thursday at the vice president’s residence

Los Angeles Times

Teen left alone in UK after parents die urgently trying to move to US to live with aunt

After 16-year-old Pramiti tragically lost her mum two years ago, when she was just 14, and her dad died after suffering a heart attack earlier this year, she is now left desperately trying to move country to live with her aunt

Daily Mirror

Anti-immigration election gains divide Sweden, worry rights groups

The populist, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats' rise to real power after Sunday's election has civil rights groups and many immigrants worried about what the future might hold in a country long known for tolerance and openness.

Reuters

Success for party of 'Sweden first' energizes global right

An anti-immigration party is the now second-most popular party in Sweden following a weekend election held amid fears of rising crime

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The Conversation

Debates about migration have never been simple – just look at the Hebrew Bible

Today, the Bible is often invoked during public debates about immigration. From former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to a group of 2,000 rabbis, people have referred to the Bible to explain their differing positions on immigration and refugees. Several specialists in biblical studies have spoken and written about what the…

Daily Mirror

Man pleads with budget airline after Covid mistake sees him thrown in Singapore jail

A man travelling to Thailand was thrown into immigration detention in Singapore as he was refused entry due to a lack of a Covid PCR test. Richard Grant said he was in a cell for nearly two days

Evening Standard

Magdalena Andersson: Sweden’s Prime Minister to resign after conceding defeat to right-wing bloc in elections

The bloc contains the Sweden Democrats, a populist party which takes a hardline anti-immigration stance

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: What’s behind Sweden’s lurch to the right

In today’s newsletter: A country that once favoured open borders and internationalism has embraced anti-immigration rhetoric – and now a political party with extremist roots has come to power

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Axios

Florida Gov. DeSantis sends 2 planes of migrants to Martha's Vineyard

The Republican has said Floridians shouldn't be responsible for subsidizing costs of living for undocumented migrants.

Miami Herald

DeSantis’ office takes credit for sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In a surprise Wednesday evening, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office said the state had sent two planes with migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, apparently jump-starting an immigration program that the administration has released no details on.

The Independent UK

Populist leader claims right-wing victory in Sweden election

Sweden’s center-left Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has conceded defeat in a weekend election while the leader of a nationalist anti-immigration party declared victory for his right-wing bloc

Wales Online

Woman taken to hospital after being moved five times to different immigration detention centres

Christine worked in a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo but refused to carry out inhumane acts

Tribune News Service

Complaint alleges immigration detention officials use solitary confinement as retaliation

SAN DIEGO — Immigration detainees at Imperial Regional Detention Facility say they have been placed in solitary confinement after speaking out about conditions there.

Reuters

Sweden Democrat surge a chance and a challenge for right-wing PM hopeful

Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson's big bet that a deal with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats would make him prime minister looks likely to pay off, but squabbling allies, policy divisions and a cost-of-living crisis could make his tenure turbulent.

Los Angeles Times

Jean Guerrero: How Biden can do right by undocumented Americans

During Hispanic Heritage Month, which starts this week, President Joe Biden should skip the praise of our various cultures and cuisines. We know he can bop his head to reggaeton. We know the First Lady appreciates breakfast tacos.

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