Gabe Ortiz, Author at Flux

Court preliminarily approves ‘historic’ settlement won by Latino workers targeted in 2018 raid

Gabe Ortiz — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:00:57 +0000

A federal judge has preliminarily approved the major settlement won by Latino workers who were targeted and harassed in a discriminatory workplace raid back in 2018, attorneys announced Wednesday. Tennessee Outlook reported earlier this week that the federal government had agreed to settle with workers who’d been targeted during a raid at the Southeastern Provision slaughterhouse in Tennessee for $1.2 million. This agreement stemming from a class action […]

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Sizable numbers of Americans are believing lies about migrants and fentanyl, so-called open borders

Gabe Ortiz — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:00:14 +0000

Nearly 40% of Americans and most Republicans believe the lie linking migrants to fentanyl smuggling, an NPR/Ipsos finds. When respondents were asked about the false claim that “most of the fentanyl entering the U.S. is smuggled in by unauthorized migrants crossing the border illegally,” 39% of respondents said it was true. That includes 23% of Democrats, 38% […]

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‘We’re being policed for no reason’: Texans protest Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star scheme

Gabe Ortiz — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:00:25 +0000

Grassroots immigrant advocacy groups and civil rights organizations gathered in multiple Texas border cities over the weekend to protest Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s ongoing border scheme that has cost precious human lives and wasted billions in state taxpayer funds. Organizations and advocates gathered in El Paso, Presidio, Pharr, and Brownsville, all border regions that have been significantly impacted by the racist Operation Lone Star […]

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Biden administration renews deportation relief for Syrian immigrants

Gabe Ortiz — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:00:44 +0000

The Biden administration has announced that it is extending and redesignating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria, citing “ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in Syria that prevent individuals from safely returning.” Under the extension, eligible applicants will be protected from deportation and allowed to work legally for another 18 months, through March 2024. The […]

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Separated mom was told to forget about her son because he would be put up for adoption, lawsuit says

Gabe Ortiz — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:00:31 +0000

An asylum-seeking parent who has filed a lawsuit against the federal government after being separated from her son under the previous administration’s zero-tolerance policy said they were never even given a chance to hug goodbye. Instead, M.S.E., as she is known in court documents, said her son, identified only as J.M., could only wave as officers ripped him and other […]

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Fox News propagandists and guests spewed racist ‘invasion’ rhetoric 20 times in just three days

Gabe Ortiz — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 20:00:20 +0000

There is no daylight between the violent rhetoric of racist mass killers and the Fox News propaganda network. In 2019, a white supremacist spewed “invasion” rhetoric three times throughout a so-called manifesto before driving hours to El Paso, Texas to target Latinos; 23 were killed, and another 23 were injured. The Fox propaganda network spewed this same rhetoric at […]

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