Mexico

Donald Trump fancies himself as a deal-maker. His foreign and economic policies, however, are more akin to those of a Mafia extortionist. At a minute after midnight on May 10, Trump hiked tariffs from 10 to 25 percent on $200 billion of Chinese imports. He also threatened a 25 percent tariff on the rest of the $325 billion of imports from China. Trump, who is as challenged in simple mathematics as he is with the English language, falsely tweeted that Chinese tariffs would be paid directly into the US Treasury. This statement was both comically and tragically wrong.

Even after honorable discharge, foreign-born veterans who get arrested run the risk of deportation, writes Colonel Ann Wright. By Ann Wright Special to Consortium News No U.S. military veteran should face deportation, but many do.  United Deported Veterans, with an office…Read more →

Mexican authorities have not released any information about injuries during the riot and escape, however, they did reveal that approximately 700 later returned to the shelter.

(TT) – Minutes before being sent back into the federal government’s custody Thursday afternoon — and most likely back to Ciudad Juárez while his asylum case remains pending — Misael Acosta wanted to tell an immigration judge one last thing. Acosta said he was in downtown Ciudad Juárez last week buying fruit for his daughter when he […]

(TT) – Less than seven months into the fiscal year, the number of undocumented immigrants who have been apprehended or turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley has already surpassed last year’s total, the agency said Monday. From October, when the federal government’s fiscal year began, through Sunday, more than 164,000 […]

Sometime in the near future it is highly probable that the Arctic will no longer have sea ice, meaning zero ice for the first time in eons, aka: the Blue Ocean Event.
Surely, the world is not prepared for the consequences of such a historic event, which likely turns the world topsy-turvy, negatively impacting agriculture with gonzo weather patterns, thus forcing people to either starve or fight. But, the problem may be even bigger than shortages of food, as shall be discussed.

Judge Richard Seeborg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California blocked President Trump’s 'Migrant Protection Protocols' MPP policy that would have forced asylum seekers from Central America to wait in Mexico while their cases proceed.

Tijuana, right across the 'open border' with San Diego, is listed as the deadliest city in the world based on its 2018 homicide rate. Over a period of less than 48 hours last week, 21 people were murdered in a grisly fashion to make a statement to the living. Most of the bloodshed is related to drug-cartel turf wars.

Several years ago, the renowned linguist and thinker, Noam Chomsky, asked me, point blank, as we were working on our book: On Western Terrorism – From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare:
“Do you think it is possible that most of Europeans really don’t know about crimes their countries committed all over the world?”
“They don’t know… They don’t want to know… They make sure that they will never know,” I replied.

Mexican official says that Mexican-Americans will think "Mexico First" even after seven generations of living in the US and will refuse to assimilate. Mexico's policy of urging migrants to come to the US is an act of hostility.