Japan faces a demographic crisis that threatens its research talent and must build a more inclusive and welcoming society to attract and keep world-class scientists amid rising nationalism and economic challenges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/07/japan/japan-needs-world-class-researchers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #science #japaneseeconomy #agingsociety #immigration #racism
Alex Akselrod
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Here's how locals are getting ICE out. Distributing red cards and lawn signs, examples of real judicial warrants, signs for private work areas
LAist: This neighborhood council has distributed red cards to every storefront in Reseda. They say it's a model
#ICE #immigration#Reseda #activism
https://laist.com/news/politics/reseda-neighborhood-council-red-cards-immigration
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Here's how locals are getting ICE out. Distributing red cards and lawn signs, examples of real judicial warrants, signs for private work areas
LAist: This neighborhood council has distributed red cards to every storefront in Reseda. They say it's a model
#ICE #immigration#Reseda #activism
https://laist.com/news/politics/reseda-neighborhood-council-red-cards-immigration
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable for foreigners who are residents in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/economy/japanese-inheritance-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #foreignworkers #expats #taxes #inheritancetax #foreignresidents #immigration #permanentresidency
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"A march has begun from the southern Mexican state of Chiapas northward to the central part of the country, in protest of policies that make legal immigration status difficult to achieve.
"But the demonstration was overshadowed by the arrest one day earlier of one of its leaders, prominent immigration activist Luis Garcia Villagran."
"A march has begun from the southern Mexican state of Chiapas northward to the central part of the country, in protest of policies that make legal immigration status difficult to achieve.
"But the demonstration was overshadowed by the arrest one day earlier of one of its leaders, prominent immigration activist Luis Garcia Villagran."
Stephen Dioxide :TwinPines:
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ICE raided the Westlake Home Depot in Los Angeles this morning. ICE agents rolled up in a Penske rental truck.
Activists called Penske corporate, who said to email:
Randolph.ryerson@penske.com
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
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For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, they open up about the harm they experienced.
#Trump#Immigration#CECOT #ElSalvador#Immigrants#Deportation#ICE
ICE raided the Westlake Home Depot in Los Angeles this morning. ICE agents rolled up in a Penske rental truck.
Activists called Penske corporate, who said to email:
Randolph.ryerson@penske.com
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Let me emphasise again that when it comes to immigrants and #crime, you need to remember that the typical activity or profession among Norwegians is cello playing. Because I once heard about a Norwegian who played the cello.
If anyone disagrees, then that's just political correctness gone mad. Let's simply be honest about it. We all know what those Norwegians are up to with their string instruments.
Let me emphasise again that when it comes to immigrants and #crime, you need to remember that the typical activity or profession among Norwegians is cello playing. Because I once heard about a Norwegian who played the cello.
If anyone disagrees, then that's just political correctness gone mad. Let's simply be honest about it. We all know what those Norwegians are up to with their string instruments.
Pets have emerged as collateral damage of immigration raids in Los Angeles County that picked up this summer under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, when their owners get detained or deported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/world/society/pets-la-shelters-immigration-raids/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #losangeles #california #pets #dogs #cats #animalwelfare #immigration #migration #us #donaldtrump
A "one-in, one-out" deal in which Britain can return some migrants who cross the Channel in small boats back to France came into force on Tuesday, the U.K. government announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/uk-france-migrant-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #uk #france #immigration #refugees
Philly Anti-Capitalist: We Are Not Afraid Of Ruins
https://phlanticap.noblogs.org/we-are-not-afraid-of-ruins/
from O.R.C.A. We Are Not Afraid of Ruins is a film by Greek filmmaker Yannis Youlountas recently translated into English that follows the squatters’ movement from 2019-2024 in the anarchist stronghold of Exarcheia in Athens as they support refugees, resist incursions by organized fascists and the state, and try to live their day to day…
#Immigration#International#Movie
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The #State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business & tourist #visas to post a #bond of up to $15,000 to enter the #UnitedStates, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.
#law #immigration#Trump #extortion#MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/state-department-visa-bond-d532b186abf6e39c621d1bd0995d7509
The #State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business & tourist #visas to post a #bond of up to $15,000 to enter the #UnitedStates, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.
#law #immigration#Trump #extortion#MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/state-department-visa-bond-d532b186abf6e39c621d1bd0995d7509
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The father of 5 fled to Pakistan with his family in 2021. There, Zia applied for an #SIV, while his youngest brother—already a US citizen—applied for #humanitarian parole on Zia’s behalf.
In April 2024, the #State Dept approved Zia’s SIV application, acc/to a letter from the US Embassy in Kabul. He also received humanitarian parole that year, which temporarily granted him & his family entry into the #US.
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Zia worked as an #interpreter & cultural adviser at Camp Mike Spann in Mazar-e Sharif, #Afghanistan, from about 2005 until 2009, Petersen, his attorney, told The Post.
Because of his work, Zia “suffered & continues to suffer threats to the life & property of himself & his family members by enemy forces & criminal elements,” says a recommendation letter from a supervisor who oversaw Zia’s interpreter work.
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Matt Zeller, an #Army veteran whose #Afghan interpreter saved his life in a 2008 firefight, co-founded the nonprofit No One Left Behind to help resettle #Afghans. He said he fears the #immigration crackdown will unwind that effort.
“The #Trump administration knows what’s going to happen to these folks. They’re not stupid. They understand that the #Taliban is going to kill them when they get back to #Afghanistan,” Zeller said. “They just don’t care.”
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They point to the arrests of Zia, 36, and Sayed Naser, 33, whose attorneys argue they followed proper #immigration processes. The Post agreed to withhold the last names of both men because of the ongoing threats to their lives from the #Taliban.
“Zia is not an outlier,” his attorney Lauren Cundick Petersen said during a news conference last month. “We’re witnessing the deliberate redefinition of legal entry as illegal for the purpose of meeting enforcement quotas.”