July 19, 2022 by V Leigh

Moroccan border forces are funded by the EU. When they carry out a massacre of 37 people on the EU’s borders, the EU bears responsibility. And we have a responsibility to call it out. It is not an accident. #MelillaMassacre

Human rights groups in Morocco and Spain demand an investigation into the deaths of 23 people during an attempted mass crossing into the Spanish enclave of Melilla in northern Africa ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/5SrihArWoX
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 28, 2022

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About 200 African refugees were just killed in #MelillaMassacre and the media is so awfully quiet as if nothing happened. Would this be the response if they were white refugees?
— Birgit Uwaila Umaigba (@birgitomo) June 30, 2022

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The White silence of British media to murder of & inhumanity unleashed on African migrants on Spain-Morocco border is profound.

They hammer on about White #Ukraine️ every day but can’t spare ANY time to investigate & report on atrocities against Black ppl. #MelillaMassacre pic.twitter.com/tch5W2VN9q
— Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (@SholaMos1) July 1, 2022

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Spanish media reported that they killed only 30 Africans. A blatant lie

Over 200 Africans were killed. It is so sad that Morocco was part of this

If they weren’t Africans the world would be at a standstill

THIS IS A MASSACRE. #MelillaMassacre #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/SrYlDbBBSj
— Africa story Live (@AfricaStoryLive) June 29, 2022

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Moroccan border forces are funded by the EU. When they carry out a massacre of 37 people on the EU’s borders, the EU bears responsibility. And we have a responsibility to call it out. It is not an accident. pic.twitter.com/t3sUdAbZ9p
— Clare Daly (@ClareDalyMEP) July 11, 2022

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June 30, 2022 by V Leigh

“A horrific human tragedy.” At least 46 people have been found dead inside a trailer truck in Texas in what appears to be one of the worst cases of migrant deaths in the US in recent decades

“A horrific human tragedy.”

At least 46 people have been found dead inside a trailer truck in Texas in what appears to be one of the worst cases of migrant deaths in the US in recent decades ⤵️

🔗: https://t.co/qF3cSTVT76 pic.twitter.com/0O1fpu7RoQ
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 28, 2022

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If the border policy were actually “open borders,” then why did the immigrants employ criminal smugglers?

It’s because the borders are closed. The predictable results are black markets, unnecessary crime, and tragedies like these. https://t.co/iwHF3cMHfo
— The Alex Nowrasteh (@AlexNowrasteh) June 28, 2022

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A day after at least 46 people believed to be migrants were found dead in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, the authorities were working to identify the victims. At least 16 others who were suffering from heat exhaustion were taken to hospitals. https://t.co/r6gTz5bf0u
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 28, 2022

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Texas police have arrested four men in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio. The Department of Justice said one of them has been charged with conspiracy to transport undocumented migrants resulting in death. pic.twitter.com/9uEFCeqvsP
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 30, 2022

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‘Texas has done just about everything wrong that I can think of … We dehumanize [migrants]. We make people think that they are something less than us and they are not less than us.’

Judge Nelson W. Wolff slammed TX leaders following the death of 51 migrants in San Antonio. pic.twitter.com/9HR3kViVzI
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 29, 2022

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The tragedy in San Antonio is devastating. My heart breaks for the victims and their families. May they find peace.

Inhumane policies like Title 42 and Remain in Mexico recklessly endanger people seeking asylum. We must end these policies and save lives. https://t.co/vKUGfOnQ51
— Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) June 28, 2022

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The tragedy in San Antonio tonight, the loss of life, is horrific. My prayers are with the victims, their families and the survivors being treated in our community. May God bless them.

We must end Title 42 which has put desperate, oppressed people in grave danger of death. https://t.co/P0l8YmtHmq
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) June 28, 2022

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“The border has become a mass grave and a testament to the decades-long inhumanity and irrationality of U.S. border and immigration policies.” Column from @jeanguerre https://t.co/F2LRvQA7j2
— Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) June 28, 2022

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May 3, 2022 by V Leigh

NEWS: We are bringing a landmark legal challenge against Priti Patel for her policy to expel asylum seekers to Rwanda.

ICE is skirting sanctuary laws by contracting with private data brokers, like LexisNexis & ThomsonReuters (two common academic library resource platforms). Universities that pride themselves on being sanctuary campuses need to be aware of this & fight back https://t.co/SmrAidzfB2
— Alison Macrina (@flexlibris) April 20, 2022

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The U.S. is sick to install death traps. They do this intentionally knowing people will die.

Mexican woman dies entangled crossing Arizona border wall https://t.co/lRW4dK69OM
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) April 14, 2022

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I’m an immigration lawyer. Title 42 is not a border control measure. It’s a public health measure to temporarily halt *all* movement during a health crisis. Selectively banning brown asylum seekers while allowing white asylum seekers is not Title 42—it’s white supremacy. https://t.co/EKHsq4Dwpx
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) April 27, 2022

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Texas suing to block Biden rule on asylum decisions at the border https://t.co/T83OVliuOP via @nypost
— FAIR (@FAIRImmigration) April 29, 2022

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“I really think that there are a number of Democrats that are continuing to fall to what we see as just plain and simple xenophobic pandering around election concerns.” – @amywfischer, AIUSA’s advocacy director https://t.co/pjC7EjYDxX
— Amnesty International USA (@amnestyusa) April 29, 2022

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A teenage boy, who is non-verbal and has acute mental health needs, was found in an immigration detention centre after having gone missing.

Despite having never left the country, Home Office documents recorded his nationality as Nigerian.https://t.co/KdINCbhDy4
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) April 28, 2022

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NEWS: We are bringing a landmark legal challenge against Priti Patel for her policy to expel asylum seekers to Rwanda.

This challenge, brought together with @pcs_union & @Care4Calais is brought on behalf of everyone who is vulnerable to this 1/ https://t.co/SMx0m967EI
— Bella Sankey (@BellaSankey) April 28, 2022

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October 17, 2021 by V Leigh

Black Lives Matter = Haitian Lives Matter.

Black Lives Matter = Haitian Lives Matter.

Today I joined my colleagues to demand accountability for the inhumane & racist treatment of Haitian migrants by @CBP agents in Del Rio, Texas. pic.twitter.com/DZ2OgEb1Bf
— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) September 22, 2021

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At least 91,000 migrants, most of them Haitians, crossed Panama’s dangerous jungle in hopes of reaching North America https://t.co/iISIUhc18P pic.twitter.com/qMY7XnpxQs
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 8, 2021

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Between September 19 and October 3, the U.S. sent more than 7,000 Haitian migrants back to Haiti, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. https://t.co/YoNYS0FMlc
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) October 8, 2021

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I am concerned about the expediency of the Biden administration in deporting the majority of migrants back to Haiti. https://t.co/9V4rr8NyaT
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) October 6, 2021

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September 24, 2021 by V Leigh

Hundreds of Haitian nationals — soon to be thousands — are being sent back to Haiti by the Biden Administration from the border even though many haven’t lived in Haiti for decades and have zero work or even a place to stay in a country they barely know:

BREAKING: According to @CNBC President Biden has used Title 42 to expel 690,000 people, 250,000 more people than President Trump.
— Tracking Biden From The Left (@BidenTracking) September 21, 2021

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When people warned you this would happen you literally responded with: “I hear you. I know. And I don’t care” https://t.co/1xf3wCLkmB
— 🧞‍♂️ (@lexapreaux) September 21, 2021

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More scenes from the Texas Haiti camp. pic.twitter.com/5FeNbFCyBL
— Eoin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) September 21, 2021

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Too many people thought it was perfectly fine to flee their homes during Covid for more space and cheaper housing but have the nerve to judge asylum-seekers for fleeing because of war, hunger and natural disasters.
— Jamira Burley (@JamiraBurley) September 21, 2021

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Angry scenes at Haiti airport as deported migrants arrive https://t.co/MJwsuewYnM
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 22, 2021

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The Biden administration says about 1,000 migrants camped near Del Rio, Texas, have now been deported back to Haiti, but there are mounting questions over their treatment, who’s being sent home, and who’s allowed to stay. @BreakingChesky reports. pic.twitter.com/Ax2UoH3Amk
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) September 22, 2021

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People from Haiti are facing unconscionable treatment in Del Rio, Texas.

This is a result of Title 42, a public health policy the Biden administration is misusing to expel people from the United States.

Title 42 has got to go. https://t.co/LuLk158HJM
— ACLU (@ACLU) September 21, 2021

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The U.S. deported 300+ asylum seekers to Haiti and is planning 7 daily deportation flights starting Wednesday.

At least 3,000 people held at a bridge at Del Rio were moved to planes or detention facilities. One woman who was deported said: “We are on the streets with nothing!” pic.twitter.com/Cnp7NYvskd
— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 20, 2021

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Hundreds of Haitian nationals — soon to be thousands — are being sent back to Haiti by the Biden Administration from the border even though many haven’t lived in Haiti for decades and have zero work or even a place to stay in a country they barely know:https://t.co/3qSR9oIYYs
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 21, 2021

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April 10, 2021 by V Leigh

No one can seriously think the richest nation ever just has to put people in these conditions. This is a choice.

There’s a whole world system of terror and exploitation leading up to this, not to mention a cruel immigration system. But, like, even granting all that – no one can seriously think the richest nation ever just has to put people in these conditions. This is a choice. https://t.co/7lpebpY5vi
— Liam Bright (@lastpositivist) April 3, 2021

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The border wall has never been a “solution”—it is an expensive & outrageously destructive prop to make people who’ve never even been to the border feel “safe”

We don’t need walls. We need radical immigration reform, a change in narrative & some compassionhttps://t.co/cgXYc2Q7oJ
— Maxie Adler (@maxie_adler) March 22, 2021

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EXCLUSIVE: President Biden’s top advisers promise “long-needed systemic reforms” to address a backlog of more than 1 million asylum cases in the immigration court system. https://t.co/bkacuclUPj
— NPR (@NPR) April 1, 2021

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March 17, 2021 by V Leigh

The Democrats’ Long War on Immigrants

Must-Listen! @HarshaWalia on @intercepted: “the border was not just a line on a map. It is a constantly produced racial regime. It’s a constantly produced labor regime and it’s a carceral regime. It’s a form of enacting immobilization and control.”https://t.co/dFM1G213ki
— Azadeh Shahshahani (@ashahshahani) March 15, 2021

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A bipartisan group of senators who successfully pushed for a second coronavirus aid bill last year will meet today as they weigh whether to wade into another thorny topic, such as immigration or the minimum wagehttps://t.co/QoiN0AiWGA
— POLITICO (@politico) March 16, 2021

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A 45-year-old Colombian man seeking asylum in the US died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at a hospital in Texas on Monday. https://t.co/sdPexW1fwl
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) March 16, 2021

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Republicans revive one of Trump’s most notorious immigration lies https://t.co/h5n1WnSZXC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 16, 2021

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The House will consider the American Dream and Promise Act this week, which would establish a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children — otherwise known as “DREAMers.” https://t.co/3PVOMfUSXx
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) March 15, 2021

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The House will begin work on two bills this week that construct a pathway to legal status for millions of people living in the U.S. https://t.co/JLzWEVNhUP
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) March 15, 2021

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Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin says he doesn’t believe there’s enough support to pass a full-blown immigration bill with a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants, a key pillar of President Biden’s immigration plan https://t.co/4APn5aphxg
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 15, 2021

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February 2, 2021 by V Leigh

President Joe Biden’s administration has deported hundreds of people despite his campaign pledge to halt most deportations at the beginning of his term.

Since the creation of ICE, there have been over 177 reported deaths at immigrant detention centers.

At these detention centers, immigrants are denied medical care & forced into slave labor in order to afford food.

We must #AbolishICE & close these barbaric immigrant prisons! pic.twitter.com/qmYVPqRxM2
— Robert Greenwald (@robertgreenwald) December 8, 2020

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People must understand the depth of what’s happening here: the President of the United States has ordered a halt to deportations. ICE, a federal agency, is refusing to comply.

There’s no reforming this rogue dept. It’s time for a new, just vision.

#FreeMariana & #AbolishICE https://t.co/USurOjNYw5
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 26, 2021

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ICE and CBP carried out unimaginable cruelty at Trump’s direction. Now they’re defying President Biden’s order to halt deportations—even though they have discretion to not schedule them.

President Biden must get these agencies under control immediately. https://t.co/F9JVw0ykA5
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) February 2, 2021

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🚨ICE just deported a survivor of the El Paso Walmart shooting.

“This decision amounts to a re-victimization of this young lady, who only came forward to help build the case against the shooter in the racist attack.” –@DMRS_ElPaso https://t.co/9YIR0ON2EF
— Laura Lynch (@LLynch1) January 30, 2021

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Rosa — an El Pasoan and survivor and material witness of the deadliest terrorist attack against Latinos — was deported yesterday.

I’m supporting @DMRS_ElPaso efforts and will do everything I can to bring Rosa home and fight to protect victims and witnesses from deportation. https://t.co/K4w1l5iX2q
— Rep. Veronica Escobar (@RepEscobar) January 30, 2021

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ICE Deported A Survivor Of The El Paso Walmart Shooting Who Was Assisting In The Investigation, Her Lawyers Say https://t.co/zp7hnmJPNE via @RyanBrooks
— dmrs_elpaso (@DMRS_ElPaso) January 31, 2021

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Put another way: ICE gave the El Paso shooter what he wanted. https://t.co/D5Abgqz4Xt
— Michael Kagan (@MichaelGKagan) January 30, 2021

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President Joe Biden’s administration has deported hundreds of people despite his campaign pledge to halt most deportations at the beginning of his term. That includes one of the witnesses to a massacre at a Texas Walmart in 2019. https://t.co/4NpH8Sf7r4
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 2, 2021

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October 22, 2020 by V Leigh

Lawyers say they can’t find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by the Trump administration.

Since 2017, at least 265 calls made to police through 911 and nonemergency lines have reported violence and abuse inside California’s four privately run federal detention centers overseen by ICE, a Times investigation found. https://t.co/NK12FzOhKy
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 18, 2020

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Donald Trump, aided and abetted by Stephen Miller, Jeff Sessions, and Rod Rosenstein, ripped thousands of children, including infants and toddlers, from their parents. Then they put them in cages. Over a hundred are still alone. At least six have died. #VOTE #BidenHarris2020
— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) October 7, 2020

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Breaking News: “We need to take away children.” Jeff Sessions and top Justice Department officials pushed hard for migrant family separations in 2018, a watchdog found.https://t.co/g0LsvY5jUe
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 6, 2020

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BREAKING: Lawyers say they can’t find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by the Trump administration. With @JuliaEAinsley. https://t.co/riUuEshXnc
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) October 20, 2020

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A critically important story from @KQED, @michelleewiley and @adrianamorgao. The work @JusticeInMotion, @supportKIND, @wrcommission, @ACLU and others are doing to search for and reunite families separated by Trump has ground to a halt because of COVID. https://t.co/SQNDbdezjS
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) September 23, 2020

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October 8, 2020 by V Leigh

The U.S. has a long, dark history of inflicting these forced operations on the most vulnerable groups of people, in jails, prisons and detention centers.

“In Budd’s experience, Bortac agents are among ‘the most violent and racist in all law enforcement’ …’They view people they encounter in the military sense as enemy combatants, meaning they have virtually no rights.’https://t.co/juKRyQAIUw https://t.co/WRHPdRMKMn
— New York City Antifa (@NYCAntifa) August 2, 2020

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**CLARIFICATION: When raiding our humanitarian aid camp last night Border Patrol did have a warrant, but refused to show it upon entry. The warrant specified the seizure of all cell phones and paperwork, in a clear attempt to suppress documentation of their actions. ** https://t.co/5xWXMJMJ27
— No More Deaths (@NoMoreDeaths) August 1, 2020

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Over a dozen women were pressured into getting medically unnecessary gynecological procedures without informed consent.

This is horrifying. Every woman has the right to make her own choices about reproductive health.

We need an immediate investigation.https://t.co/iFxekBUkQX
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) September 29, 2020

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If there were mass hysterectomies at an ICE detention facility, then the United Nations must conduct an independent investigation against the United States for crimes against humanity. The doctors who performed the hysterectomies must be brought before The Hague and stand trial.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) September 14, 2020

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Detained migrants reported lack of COVID-19 protection, medical neglect, abuse, being sprayed with poisonous levels of chemical disinfectant & now mass hysterectomies. This is genocide. ICE is operating concentration camps. We need to #AbolishICE now. https://t.co/R4Ug9JzUbx
— SBCC (@SBCCoalition) September 16, 2020

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NEW: ICE deported a crucial witness in an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual assault and harassment at an El Paso immigrant detention center, according to the witness’ lawyers.

With @ProPublica: https://t.co/63mFRBkJbD
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) September 15, 2020

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This is tampering w/ a witness. Under federal law using physical force (in this case deportation) to withhold testimony &/or cause them to be absent from an official proceeding is punishable by up to 30 years. W/o physical force, corruptly impeding a proceeding is up to 20 years. https://t.co/7YOgoU62NM
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) September 16, 2020

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in 2020, immigrant women are having their reproductive organs removed without their full consent
The U.S. has a long, dark history of inflicting these forced operations on the most vulnerable groups of people, in jails, prisons and detention centers.https://t.co/AAUIpaHWC0
— Carlos F. de Cossio (@CarlosFdeCossio) September 30, 2020

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Moroccan border forces are funded by the EU. When they carry out a massacre of 37 people on the EU’s borders, the EU bears responsibility. And we have a responsibility to call it out. It is not an accident. #MelillaMassacre

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