“Horrifying images of devastation continue to pour out of Guatemala, after the eruption of the ‘Fuego’ volcano near the country’s capital.”
“The Congolese asylum seeker who heard her six year old scream, ‘Don’t take me away from my mommy!’ and couldn’t reach her. The woman forced to put her 18 month old in a car seat in an ICE van, the door slamming shut before she could even say goodbye. The man who hasn’t seen his son in six months. The rows of children sleeping on thin mats behind chain-linked fences. The kids being led by guards to make phone calls, hands tied behind their backs. The prison van full of infant car seats.”
“[His wife], a U.S. citizen, said she and Villavicencio married five years ago and now have two daughters, ages 2 and 3.”
“About 200 federal officers blitzed two locations of Corso’s Flower and Garden Center. Agents surrounded the perimeter of the Castalia location, blocking off nearby streets as helicopters flew overhead. Dozens of the workers’ children were left stranded at day-care centers and with babysitters, local activists wrote on social media.”
“Shamdasani told a UN briefing Tuesday that the practice of separating families amounted to an ‘arbitrary and unlawful’ interference in family life, calling it a ‘serious violation’ of the rights of children, the Associated Press reported.”
“He is wanted by the US. He is in exile in Russia. But he is satisfied with the way his revelations of mass surveillance have rocked governments, intelligence agencies and major internet companies.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/04/edward-snowden-people-still-powerless-but-aware
“Isn’t that sad that calling the police to someone’s house is attempted murder?”
“If Homeland Security were genuinely concerned about public safety, they’d transfer those armed INS agents to serve as security guards in the baggage claim area, and leave intelligent, trained and — what the hell — polite and welcoming passport checkers to handle the paperwork end.”
Read more: https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/06/05/welcome-to-police-state-america-weary-traveler/
“At least 192 people are missing and 75 are dead as a result of the explosion of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala on Sunday. Villages were buried in volcanic ash and mud.”
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44378775
“Emergencies are when people are most likely to lose their freedom at the hands of their own government.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/06/04/the-emergency-destruction-of-american-liberty/