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Do U.S. voters realize the scale and cost of the 47th #POTUS's *drastic* #immigration "slow-walking"?

This backlog is bigger than ALL FOUR YEARS of the 45th POTUS's term.

It's stopped TONS of #science by removing work authorization from LOADS of #scientists who were ALREADY LEGALLY WORKING HERE FOR YEARS (e.g., when graduating Ph.D. #students or #postdocs have to transition to an H-1B #visa when OPT expires).

We had to halt multiple #decisionScience projects when a Research Project Manager completed their doctorate. Why? Because #USCIS simply isn't processing certain #OPT applications — and #H1B processing is much slower than normal times. In the past year, the #UnitedStates multiplied this loss of #innovation and #productivity by HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS! And with no detectable benefit to #security, etc.

Naturally, the highest-skilled foreign nationals are taking their skills to other countries, contributing to further #brainDrain from the #USA.

Incredible waste and inefficiency.

US Senator urges Trump to scrap OPT program, citing job losses and security risks #Senator #Trump #OPT #socialnewsxyz

https://www.socialnews.xyz/2026/04/14/us-senator-urges-trump-to-scrap-opt-program-citing-job-losses-and-security-risks/

" ‘Genocide has two phases,’ Lemkin wrote in Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. The first involves the ‘destruction of the national pattern of the oppressed group’ – this was achieved in #Gaza by #Israel’s devastating bombing. The second involves the imposition of a design by the oppressor, like these reconstruction plans for Gaza."

#EyalWeizman | "All they will find is sand: Gaza's #YellowLine"

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n07/eyal-weizman/all-they-will-find-is-sand
#Palestine #oPt #GazaGenocide #colonialViolence

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📢 Islamic Resistance in #lebanon (H3zb0ll@h) released video #footage showing its fighters targeting the “Tiven” base belonging to the Israeli army in northern occupied #palestine #oPt with a barrage of qualitative missiles

#news #waronlebanon

📰 Report YPA APR-10 18:00 Sanaa-t

https://en.ypagency.net/389500

#PalestineLandDay marks #30March 1976, when Palestinians protested land confiscation and faced violent repression and massacre by the occupiers.

#PalestinianLandDay is not just a moment in history, but a reminder that the struggle for justice and self-determination continues.

For 50 years, #LandDay has stood as a reminder: the confiscation and destruction of Palestinian land has never stopped.

Today, Israel continues #land theft, settlement expansion and forced displacement.

#Palestine #oPt

#israel #palestine : #westbank / #opt / #uno / #settler / #violence / #interview / #audio

„The United Nations human rights office (#OHCHR) has warned of a sharp rise in the #eviction of Palestinian families, particularly around Jerusalem’s Old City.

According to Ajith Sunghay, OHCHR’s top official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, evictions have intensified since the 7 Oct. attacks of 2023, shifting from isolated incidents to more coordinated actions – some…

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https://news.un.org/en/audio/2026/04/1167236