Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who likes to bill herself as a progressive capable of standing up to the old guard in the U.S., proved to be nothing more than an establishment tool when she addressed the Munich Security Council last week and talked about the need for the U.S. to stand up against Iran and Russia to help prevent the spread of authoritarianism.
ICE issued an internal memo last week that lays out plans to develop “mega-centers” to hold illegal immigrants who have been detained during sweeps across the country that include “eight large-scale detention centers and 16 processing sites” just in time for the Midterm Elections in November, WSWS reported.
The Trump administration has been handed stinging rebukes from federal courts in the U.S. since October, which ruled that over 4,400 immigrants have been unlawfully detained during the government’s crackdown on illegal immigration, Reuters reported.
The U.S. announced last week that it carried out its 31st airstrike on Somalia’s Puntland region to target ISIS fighters in the region, as the Horn of Africa emerges as a region drawing new interest from global powers.
President Donald Trump said Friday that the best outcome for Iran would be regime change, but demurred when asked about who he believed should run the country.