THE GUARDIAN: The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out
In six weeks, the Trump administration’s “rapid scheduled disassembly” of American science has been as sharp and deep as its trashing of the US’s alliances and goodwill; Earth science, weather forecasting and early warning systems, medical research (including cancer research), Nasa. Academic grants more broadly have been cut, paused and subject to review for a long list of banned words (including such contentious terms as “political” and “women”).
This has caused universities across the country to reduce their intake of PhD students, medical students and other graduate students, introduce hiring freezes and even rescind some offers of admission. More than 12,500 US citizens currently in other countries on Fulbright research grants recently had their funding paused, along with 7,400 foreign scholars currently hosted in the US, leaving them financially stranded. And, when it came to one foreign academic visiting the US, detaining them and refusing them entry. » | Alexander Hurst | Monday, March 23, 2025
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Monday, March 24, 2025
Sunday, March 23, 2025
US Ends Legal Status for Over Half a Million Immigrants | DW News
Related article here.
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Shocking! USA Already at Authoritarian Rule
As the world watches, concerns are growing that democracy in the United States is under threat. A scary interview on LBC with Simon Marks, Global Correspondent is a wake-up call!
Once seen as a beacon of freedom, the country now faces rising authoritarian tendencies, deep political division, and challenges to its institutions. But how real is the danger? And what does this mean for the rest of the world and specifically Brexit Britain which is trying to get a trade deal with Trump
Once seen as a beacon of freedom, the country now faces rising authoritarian tendencies, deep political division, and challenges to its institutions. But how real is the danger? And what does this mean for the rest of the world and specifically Brexit Britain which is trying to get a trade deal with Trump
The US Is Poised to Use Terror Laws against Students. This Could Be Worse than McCarthyism
THE GUARDIAN: A new 7 October 2023 taskforce says it’ll investigate support for Hamas, paving the way for a legal strategy targeting free speech
On Monday, the Department of Justice announced the launch of “Joint Task Force October 7 (JTF 10-7)”. In an accompanying press release, the DoJ said it would bring to justice Hamas leaders who murdered and kidnapped innocent civilians in the deadly attack on Israel of 7 October 2023. Few would quarrel with this ambition. In the same breath, however, the press release claimed that the taskforce would also “investigate acts of terrorism and civil rights violations by individuals and entities providing support and financing to Hamas, related Iran proxies, and their affiliates, as well as acts of antisemitism by these groups”.
In plain English, this means the student protesters. It could also include universities and colleges that have entered the government’s crosshairs. » | Thomas Anthony Durkin and Bernard Harcourt | Friday, March 21, 2025
On Monday, the Department of Justice announced the launch of “Joint Task Force October 7 (JTF 10-7)”. In an accompanying press release, the DoJ said it would bring to justice Hamas leaders who murdered and kidnapped innocent civilians in the deadly attack on Israel of 7 October 2023. Few would quarrel with this ambition. In the same breath, however, the press release claimed that the taskforce would also “investigate acts of terrorism and civil rights violations by individuals and entities providing support and financing to Hamas, related Iran proxies, and their affiliates, as well as acts of antisemitism by these groups”.
In plain English, this means the student protesters. It could also include universities and colleges that have entered the government’s crosshairs. » | Thomas Anthony Durkin and Bernard Harcourt | Friday, March 21, 2025
Trump Revokes Legal Status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
THE GUARDIAN: Move takes effect on 24 April as president weighs also stripping parole status from some 240,000 Ukrainians in US
The Department of Homeland Security said on Friday that it would revoke the temporary legal status of more than 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans welcomed into the US under a Biden-era sponsorship process, according to a notice posted to the Federal Register and signed by the homeland security chief Kristi Noem.
The order cuts short a two-year “parole” program – known as CHNV – under Joe Biden that allowed 532,000 people who had arrived in the US since October 2022 with financial sponsors to obtain two-year work permits to live and work in the US. Noem’s notice said they will lose their legal status on 24 April. » | Diana Ramirez-Simon and agencies | Friday, March 21, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security said on Friday that it would revoke the temporary legal status of more than 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans welcomed into the US under a Biden-era sponsorship process, according to a notice posted to the Federal Register and signed by the homeland security chief Kristi Noem.
The order cuts short a two-year “parole” program – known as CHNV – under Joe Biden that allowed 532,000 people who had arrived in the US since October 2022 with financial sponsors to obtain two-year work permits to live and work in the US. Noem’s notice said they will lose their legal status on 24 April. » | Diana Ramirez-Simon and agencies | Friday, March 21, 2025
More and More People Trying to Visit the United States End Up behind Bars | DW News
Thom Hartmann: The Billionaire Experiment to Kill Democracy
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Not a U.S. Citizen? DON'T TRAVEL!
Mar 20, 2025 | Thinking about traveling outside the U.S. but you’re not a citizen. Be careful!
Leaving the country could put your immigration status at risk, leading to denials, delays, or even being barred from re-entry.
Attorney Jim Hacking explains the dangers non-citizens face when traveling and how to protect yourself before making a decision.
Leaving the country could put your immigration status at risk, leading to denials, delays, or even being barred from re-entry.
Attorney Jim Hacking explains the dangers non-citizens face when traveling and how to protect yourself before making a decision.
Denmark and Finland Urge Caution for US-bound Transgender People
THE GUARDIAN: Travel advice updated amid reports of ordeals at US border after Trump said country would only recognise two genders
Denmark and Finland have updated their US travel advice for transgender people, joining the handful of European countries that have sought to caution US-bound travellers in recent weeks as reports emerge of ordeals at the American border.
Denmark said this week it had begun advising transgender travellers to contact the US embassy in Copenhagen before departure to ensure there would be no issues with travel documents.
The change came after Donald Trump made a priority of rolling back trans and non-binary rights, announcing that the US would only recognise two genders and signing off on executive orders that sought to exclude transgender people from the US military, limit their access to sport and curtail gender-transition procedures for people under the age of 19.
The Danish foreign ministry made no mention of Trump but noted that the application form for the US Electronic System for Travel Authorization allows travellers to choose only male or female. Danish law, in contrast, allows citizens to identify their gender as X. » | Ashifa Kassam | Friday, March 21, 2025
Denmark and Finland have updated their US travel advice for transgender people, joining the handful of European countries that have sought to caution US-bound travellers in recent weeks as reports emerge of ordeals at the American border.
Denmark said this week it had begun advising transgender travellers to contact the US embassy in Copenhagen before departure to ensure there would be no issues with travel documents.
The change came after Donald Trump made a priority of rolling back trans and non-binary rights, announcing that the US would only recognise two genders and signing off on executive orders that sought to exclude transgender people from the US military, limit their access to sport and curtail gender-transition procedures for people under the age of 19.
The Danish foreign ministry made no mention of Trump but noted that the application form for the US Electronic System for Travel Authorization allows travellers to choose only male or female. Danish law, in contrast, allows citizens to identify their gender as X. » | Ashifa Kassam | Friday, March 21, 2025
Friday, March 21, 2025
Can Germany and France Unite to Strengthen Western Democracies? | Berlin Briefing Podcast
Europeans should dump Trump and turn their backs on the US. Trump thinks he’s making America great again, but in fact he’s destroying it. – © Mark Alexander
Canadian MP Charlie Angus Stands Up to Trump's Authoritarianism in Powerful Speech.
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Great to hear this tough speech. Long live Canada! Vive le Canada ! – © Mark Alexander
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Putin Will Be ‘Stopped in His Tracks’ by a Unified Europe | World in 10
Mar 19, 2025 | “It's absolutely the time for the coalition of the willing… to step up and really show its metal.”
The military might of the coalition of the willing will stop Putin “in his tracks” as long as it is unified in its defence of Ukraine, says former British Army Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.
The military might of the coalition of the willing will stop Putin “in his tracks” as long as it is unified in its defence of Ukraine, says former British Army Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Canada, Europe Planning Defense 'without US at the Centre' for First Time since WWII • FRANCE 24
THE NEW YORK TIMES:
‘Most European Non-European Country’: Canada Turns to Allies as Trump Threatens: Days after becoming prime minister, Mark Carney visited Paris and London to highlight deep European friendships as his country fights back against President Trump’s tariffs and annexation talk. »
Monday, March 17, 2025
US Deports Hundreds of Venezuelans to Supermax Prison despite Court Order | BBC News
Mar 17, 2025 | More than 200 Venezuelans, alleged by the White House to be gang members, have been deported from the US to a super maximum-security prison in El Salvador, even as a US judge blocked the removals.
A group of 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and 23 members of the international MS-13 gang were sent to the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot).
Neither the US government nor El Salvador has identified the detainees, nor provided details of their alleged criminality or gang membership.
Meanwhile, the White House has denied an accusation from rights groups that it flouted due process by defying a judge's order while carrying out deportations at the weekend.
Related article here.
A group of 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and 23 members of the international MS-13 gang were sent to the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot).
Neither the US government nor El Salvador has identified the detainees, nor provided details of their alleged criminality or gang membership.
Meanwhile, the White House has denied an accusation from rights groups that it flouted due process by defying a judge's order while carrying out deportations at the weekend.
Related article here.
Prince Harry’s Immigration Files Will Reveal If He Lied about Past Drug Use
Mar 17, 2025 | “Did he admit to past drug use, or did he lie?”
A court has ruled that Prince Harry’s immigration files should be released after a conservative think tank pushed for a freedom of information request into whether the Duke revealed the past drug use he admitted to in his book Spare. Kate Mansey and Sarah Hewson report.
A court has ruled that Prince Harry’s immigration files should be released after a conservative think tank pushed for a freedom of information request into whether the Duke revealed the past drug use he admitted to in his book Spare. Kate Mansey and Sarah Hewson report.
France Can Deter Putin with Nukes as Trump Makes US Unreliable Ally | François Hollande
Mar 17, 2025 | "De Gaulle wanted France to have, through the power of deterrence... a capacity for independence and influence that could be different from that of the United States and certainly of the Soviet Union."
François Hollande, former President of France, says France's nuclear umbrella will be key to helping Europe to deter Putin if America abandons NATO.
François Hollande, former President of France, says France's nuclear umbrella will be key to helping Europe to deter Putin if America abandons NATO.
Venezuelan Families Fear for Relatives as Trump Celebrates Deportations
THE NEW TORK TIMES: The news that hundreds of migrants were headed to an El Salvador prison caused panic for some Venezuelans, who worried that their loved ones might be among them.
A screenshot taken from this article. | The government of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, has denounced the United States’ deportation of 238 Venezuelans accused of gang membership to El Salvador.Credit...Ariana Cubillos/Associated Press
Mirelis Casique’s 24-year-old son last spoke to her on Saturday morning from a detention center in Laredo, Texas. He told her he was going to be deported with a group of other Venezuelans, she said, but he didn’t know where they were headed.
Shortly after, his name disappeared from the website of the U.S. immigration authorities. She has not heard from him since.
“Now he’s in an abyss with no one to rescue him,” Ms. Casique said on Sunday in an interview from her home in Venezuela.
The deportation of 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador this weekend has created panic among families who fear that their relatives are among those handed over by the Trump administration to the Salvadoran authorities, apparently without due process.
The men were described by the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, as “terrorists” belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang. She called them “heinous monsters” who had recently been arrested, “saving countless American lives.” But several relatives of men believed to be in the group say their loved ones do not have gang ties.
On Sunday, the Salvadoran government released images of the men being marched into a notorious mega-prison in handcuffs overnight, with their heads newly shaven. » | Annie Correal | Reporting from Mexico City | Sunday, March 16, 2025
When one reads horrific stories like this, the concentration camps in Hitler’s Germany spring to mind. What on earth is happening to the America we all once loved? – © Mark Alexander
Mirelis Casique’s 24-year-old son last spoke to her on Saturday morning from a detention center in Laredo, Texas. He told her he was going to be deported with a group of other Venezuelans, she said, but he didn’t know where they were headed.
Shortly after, his name disappeared from the website of the U.S. immigration authorities. She has not heard from him since.
“Now he’s in an abyss with no one to rescue him,” Ms. Casique said on Sunday in an interview from her home in Venezuela.
The deportation of 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador this weekend has created panic among families who fear that their relatives are among those handed over by the Trump administration to the Salvadoran authorities, apparently without due process.
The men were described by the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, as “terrorists” belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang. She called them “heinous monsters” who had recently been arrested, “saving countless American lives.” But several relatives of men believed to be in the group say their loved ones do not have gang ties.
On Sunday, the Salvadoran government released images of the men being marched into a notorious mega-prison in handcuffs overnight, with their heads newly shaven. » | Annie Correal | Reporting from Mexico City | Sunday, March 16, 2025
When one reads horrific stories like this, the concentration camps in Hitler’s Germany spring to mind. What on earth is happening to the America we all once loved? – © Mark Alexander
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Houthis Condemn Deadly US Bombardment of Yemen as a 'War Crime' and Promise Retaliation | DW News
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