Many people have expressed outrage since seeing pictures earlier this week of unarmed mothers and children coughing, crying, and running away from tear gas at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Some of the migrants, many of whom were trying to enter the U…
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Protesters disrupt Kirstjen Nielsen’s dinner at a Mexican restaurant, of all places
If you’re behind the separation of Latino families at the U.S. border, maybe dining at a Mexican restaurant isn’t the wisest of ideas.
Department of Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, berated in recent days for claiming the agency does “no…
Stephen Colbert rips into defenders of Trump’s child separation policy
The Trump administration’s forcible separation of children from their families at the border has seen its share of defenders in recent days, especially people who think these detention centres aren’t that bad.
In his opening monologue on The Late…
Microsoft says it is “dismayed” by the forced separation of migrant families at the border
Amid calls for a boycott and employee dissent over its cloud-computing deal with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Microsoft issued a statement saying that the company “is dismayed by the forcible separation of children from their families at the border.” The ICE is currently under fire from both sides of the political spectrum for separating […]
View More Microsoft says it is “dismayed” by the forced separation of migrant families at the borderNo, this viral tweet doesn’t show a migrant setting fire to a London bus
Fake news stories often target migrants or refugees in an attempt to carry out a far-right political agenda.
Take for example this tweet purportedly showing an immigrant in London setting fire to a bus and then walking away:
The footage is quite appalling so it’s no surprise it went viral among hardline rightwing supporters on Twitter, who exchanged tweets on how Britain needs to get rid of migrants or Muslims:
There is a problem with the video in the tweet though: it’s fake news.
The video conflates two separate incidents, one from Erdington, Birmingham and the other one from Lewisham, London. Read more…
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