Voices, The Peoples News
April 26, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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“The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally
dependent on that world. It provides our food, water, and air.
It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.”
– Sir David Attenborough
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# Indigenous
‘We Are Nature’: Indigenous Women Come Together at the United Nations. Indigenous women from across the world discuss their struggles against the pollution of their ancestral lands and the displacement of their communities.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25042025/indigenous-women-come-together-during-new-york-united-nations-event/
Montana Farmers Union joins Blackfeet Nation in lawsuit against tariffs
https://www.krtv.com/news/montana-ag-network/montana-farmers-union-joins-blackfeet-nation-in-lawsuit-against-tariffs
How one Native American tribe is working to protect the Delaware River
https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-native-american-tribe-working-234509046.html
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation. Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/ice-deports-3-u-s-citizen-children-held-incommunicado-prior-to-the-deportation
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer. Two families — among them three U.S. citizens aged two, four, and seven — were abruptly deported under “troubling circumstances,”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-deport-child-cancer-us-citizen-1235325778/
New Orleans-born toddler deported to Honduras, court documents show. The judge has warned that the deportation was carried out “with no meaningful process” but the Trump administration argues the deportation was carried out according to the wishes of the mother, who had asked officials to be able to take her daughter with her to Honduras.
https://www.newsweek.com/two-year-old-deported-honduras-trump-administration-2064519
White House Blocked Plan to Return Wrongfully Deported Maryland Dad
https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-blocked-plan-to-return-wrongfully-deported-dad-kilmar-abrego-garcia/
El Salvador’s president says he will not return wrongfully deported Maryland man. “How could I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?” Bukele said. The administration has not publicly presented evidence that Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13 or a terrorist, and he has not been charged with any crime or convicted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWjhB6iziU
Trump’s migrant arrests forces all-male ICE center to hold women and exceed nearly triple capacity
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/trump-migrant-arrest-deportations-ice-krome-florida-b2739506.html
‘It’s time for you to leave the United States.’ DHS tells temporary US residents to self-deport
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-barbie-staff-tell-u-170108956.html
Trump Customs and Border official fired over a wedding photo: report
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-firing-2671845181/
New Mexico Tech doctoral student challenges Homeland Security’s termination of his student status
https://www.aclu-nm.org/en/press-releases/ghanaian-doctoral-student-challenges-abrupt-termination-international-student-status
Court grants NM Tech student temporary restraining order against Homeland Security
https://sourcenm.com/briefs/court-grants-nm-tech-student-temporary-restraining-order-against-homeland-security/
DHS forced to respond as flurry of letters sent to Americans telling them to leave country – despite being US citizens
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14105462/dhs-citizenship-letter-american-immigration-mistake/
Cuban-American Community Divided by ICE Deportation of Migrant Mother in Tampa. The deportation occurred after Sánchez attended a routine immigration appointment, despite her ongoing efforts to regularize her status and her compliance with all immigration requirements.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cuban-american-community-divided-by-ice-deportation-of-migrant-mother-in-tampa/ar-AA1DDknc
Trucking co. owner, four others, guilty in $64 million scheme to transport liquid meth from Mexico to Oklahoma in semi truck fuel tanks. 18 Now Convicted as Part of Drug Trafficking Organization Responsible for Approximately 16,000 Kilos of Methamphetamine with Estimated Street Value of $64,000,000
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/pr/federal-jury-convicts-five-drug-trafficking-conspiracy-used-semi-trucks-transport
Miami Migrant Detention Center Staff Fear Migrant Uprising As Population Swells To Three Times Its Capacity
https://www.latintimes.com/miami-migrant-detention-center-staff-fear-migrant-uprising-population-swells-three-times-its-581728
Family Arrested by US Border Agents While Trying to Relocate to Canada. “They reduced us to nothing when they didn’t believe us. They destroyed all our hopes, all our happiness that we would have a life of safety in Canada after so many years of fear. We are so afraid,” she said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/family-arrested-by-us-border-agents-while-trying-to-relocate-to-canada/ar-AA1DEDWg
Federal agents detain day laborers in Pomona, sparking community outrage. The Department of Homeland Security confirms it arrested 10 undocumented migrants during a targeted operation outside of a Home Depot in Pomona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_3XMKKC9iE
Mexican citizens left confused after being denied entry to Mexico at Laredo border. “We were coming back home to San Miguel de Allende, a city in Guanajuato, Mexico. We were trying to cross the border around 5:30 a.m., and we got detained by the National Guard,” Silva said. Authorities had an issue with Silva’s truck, which has never been an issue for the last five years.
https://www.kold.com/2025/04/23/mexican-citizens-left-confused-after-being-denied-entry-when-returning-mexico/
Venezuelan family seeks answers after loved one deported to El Salvador prison. The Trump administration claims many of the immigrants deported there are criminals, but his family argues that he has no criminal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIluC29LckE
Trump’s War on Immigrants Has Become an Attack on Us All
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-war-immigrants-become-attack-100000304.html
Another deported man ordered to be returned
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/us/politics/deported-migrant-el-salvador-trump.html
‘The United States wants you to leave’: Unaccompanied migrant kids are being forced — some just toddlers — to represent themselves in deportation proceedings.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-cuts-leave-thousands-of-kids-to-face-immigration-court-alone/
Trump DOJ Ordered ICE to Invade Homes Without Search Warrant. The Justice Department quietly authorized immigration agents to seize power in arresting people under the Alien Enemies Act—no warrant required.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194442/trump-doj-memo-ice-arrest-search-warrant
Exiling Americans? This Isn’t Legal. It’s Not Even Close. Trump is openly floating the idea of banishing “homegrowns” to Salvadoran prisons, with zero legal basis. This isn’t “deportation.” It’s the kind of fascist lunacy that should be laughed out of the room—except his administration is actually considering it.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193971/big-law-firms-cave-trump-immoral-work
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Empty store shelves are coming as companies cancel orders from China amid tariff concerns. Number of freight vessels scheduled to arrive at the Port of Los Angeles is on track to be down by 31 percent for the week ending May 10
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-china-tradewar-tariffs-empty-shelves-b2739686.html
China accuses US of ‘bullying’ the world with tariffs at UN meeting
https://unwatch.org/china-convenes-u-n-security-council-meeting-on-u-s-bullying-in-international-relations/
Connecticut to join multistate lawsuit against ‘unlawful’ tariffs
https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-04-24/connecticut-to-join-multistate-lawsuit-against-unlawful-tariffs
The Tariffs Are Coming for Baby Products. “These tariffs are essentially a baby tax on already-struggling families,” says one CEO of a baby registry company.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/26/tariffs-baby-product-prices
# Education / Schools / Libraries
Bill to keep ICE officers out of public schools heads to state Senate
https://www.thecentersquare.com/nevada/article_2dc07115-5a03-4464-9718-a6eb023b7c0d.html
Ed Dept Opens Investigation Into University With ‘Deep Involvements With Chinese Entities.’ The Department of Education opened an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley over its reported ties to Chinese sources.
https://www.aol.com/ed-dept-opens-probe-university-155443547.html
Trump Strikes Again! Grants Pulled From Whitney Plantation Museum, Which Teaches Slavery Truths
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/23/whitney-plantation-museum-trump-funding
ICE backs down, says it will restore status of thousands of foreign students
https://apnews.com/article/international-student-status-restored-9e8a7cb90f4193ec52bf06edc5094cd9
Zuckerbergs leave parents ‘dumbfounded’ as they pull plug on lifeline in poor community, blindsiding parents who rely on those schools and leading some to wonder if it has anything to do with Trump’s crusade against diversity policies.
https://www.rawstory.com/mark-zuckerberg-2671845841/
Alabama Senate approves bill requiring school boards to adopt religious instruction policies. The updated “release time” policies would allow off-campus religious instruction with parental consent.
https://www.alreporter.com/2025/04/23/alabama-senate-oks-bill-expanding-release-time-for-religious-education/
Lawmakers revisit bills to ensure diverse histories are taught in Maine schools
https://www.mainepublic.org/education-news/2025-04-23/lawmakers-consider-bill-to-strengthen-wabanaki-studies-in-schools-statewide
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Workers in 600 cities to mobilize against ‘billionaire takeover’ in massive May Day protests
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/25/workers-in-600-cities-to-mobilize-against-billionaire-takeover-in-massive-may-day-protests/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
As US Dismantles Its Climate Policy, Other World Leaders Seek Solidarity. The day after a U.S. State Department proposal to shutter its climate-negotiations office, the U.N.’s secretary-general said, “No group or government can stop the clean energy revolution.”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25042025/un-responds-to-state-department-proposal-to-shutter-climate-office/
Judge rules federal government owes nearly $28 million to North Dakota for pipeline protests
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/04/24/Dakota-Access-pipeline-ruling/1641745484489/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
As Trump pushes public land sales, advocates rally. Broad support for public lands in the West is forcing some Republicans to break with the White House.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/will-the-u-s-housing-crisis-be-exploited-for-a-massive-public-lands-sell-off/
# Food General News
US Justice Department unit for drug and food safety cases being disbanded. A Justice Department unit that handles criminal and civil enforcement of U.S. food and drug safety laws is being disbanded as part of an ongoing cost-cutting campaign by President Donald Trump’s administration, according to…
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-04-24-justice-department-shuts-branch-that-prosecutes-consumer-fraud-cases/
# Gov / Politics
The U.N. rebukes Trump in his hometown: Foreign leaders came to President Donald Trump’s hometown of New York this week. But they refused to show the U.S. president the fealty that he’s come to expect from Republican lawmakers, conservative groups and even businesses.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/trump-un-foreign-policy-843110
‘Don’t be a ball buster, OK’: Inside Trump’s brash approach to silence dissenters and push his agenda
https://www.yahoo.com/news/don-t-ball-buster-ok-134348511.html
Trump Appears Unaware Supreme Court Ruled 9-0 Against Him: ‘That’s Not What My People Told Me’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/thats-not-what-my-people-told-me-trump-defends-defying-9-0-supreme-court-ruling-ordering-kilmar-garcia-returned/
‘Dark path’: Ex-national security official speaks out after Trump labels him a ‘traitor.’ “I said this would happen,” Taylor told his X followers. “Dissent isn’t unlawful. It certainly isn’t treasonous. America is headed down a dark path.”
https://www.rawstory.com/miles-taylor-2671729890/
Donald Trump just confirmed we’re living under a dictatorship with his latest merch
https://apnews.com/article/trump-hannity-dictator-authoritarian-presidential-election-f27e7e9d7c13fabbe3ae7dd7f1235c72
Senator joins group of far-left lawmakers who think Trump has — again — committed impeachable offenses
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senator-joins-group-far-left-212736287.html
MAGA host: ‘Money-grubbing’ welfare recipients don’t deserve Trump’s $5,000 ‘baby bonuses’
https://www.rawstory.com/gina-loudon-baby-bonuses/
Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool. This presidency places authoritarian ambition above all – and now the people of Ukraine are paying the price
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/25/ukraine-donald-trump-true-identity-vandal-autocrat-gangster-fool
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Says He’s ‘Gotta Be Doing Something Right’ Because Law Firms Are Giving Him ‘A Lot of Money.’
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-says-hes-gotta-be-doing-something-right-because-law-firms-are-giving-him-a-lot-of-money/
Wisconsin governor says arrest of judge is part of Trump administration effort to ‘undermine our judiciary’
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-judge-arrested-7997186bbca5730e70a25f2347e631f6
‘Employees shell-shocked’: Ex-insider sounds alarm as Trump disarms ‘crown jewel’ of DOJ
https://www.rawstory.com/doj-civil-rights-division-jewel/
‘Exonerated Five’ Raymond Santana Says There’s A ‘Solid Case Against Trump’ After Judge Blocks Lawsuit Dismissal Attempts
https://www.blackenterprise.com/raymond-santana-breaks-silence-on-facing-trump-in-court/
Judge refuses to dismiss Central Park Five’s defamation case against President Trump
https://apnews.com/article/central-park-five-donald-trump-defamation-lawsuit-d7107a64130be9723d79c6cc52dfd0dd
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Justice Department says it will resume practice of obtaining reporters’ records in leak inquiries
https://nypost.com/2025/04/25/us-news/justice-department-says-it-will-resume-practice-of-obtaining-reporters-records-in-leak-inquiries/
USPS workers sound alarm over Trump efforts to dismantle service: ‘The hounds are at the door. The United States Postal Service is now facing off with Trump and Elon Musk’s Doge over privatization
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/24/usps-workers-sound-alarm-over-trump-efforts-to-dismantle-service-the-hounds-are-at-the-door
# Medicare / Medicaid / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Cutting federal Medicaid expansion funding could lead to 30K additional deaths: Analysis
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5261905-medicaid-cuts-house-republican-budget-plan/
# Medical / Health News
House oversight committee demands answers on gutting of CDC public records office. The top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability wants answers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about why its public records staff was gutted on April 1, when thousands of federal health agency workers were fired.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5375065/cdc-hhs-public-records-foia
# Military / General News / Global
Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth $200 million in recent weeks
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/25/nx-s1-5377192/houthis-reaper-drones-us-military-yemen
# Science / Science Engineers
Trump’s first-term pick to run the National Science Foundation quits: ‘I have done all I can.’ Sethuraman Panchanathan has left the scientific research funding agency amid widespread layoffs and canceled grants.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/trump-national-science-foundation-leader-resigns-00308198
Scientists scramble to save climate and health data as government deletions escalate
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250422-usa-scientists-race-to-save-climate-data-before-its-deleted-by-the-trump-administration
# Social / Social Programs
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has notified staff at the Social Security Advisory Board that it plans to cut the board’s annual budget from around $3 million to zero
https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-white-house-wants-defund-171747507.html
Trump and DOGE’s cuts to Social Security Administration spark fears that benefit payments will be ‘interrupted’ soon
https://larson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/social-security-benefits-could-face-interruption-within-30-days
‘A gut punch’: Trump admin cuts wipe out firefighter health and safety programs
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/a-gut-punch-trump-admin-cuts-wipe-out-firefighter-health-and-safety-programs-00308864
California Democratic mayor calls for jailing homeless people refusing housing amid encampment crisis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3390727/california-democratic-mayor-matt-mahan-san-jose-homeless-people/
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