The Hudak Report 04/12/25

April 12, 2025

Once again, we’ll start with the crackdown on immigration in the USA. In the home state of yours truly, the Department of Homeland Security revoked the visas of “several” students at Indiana University. Meanwhile, in Texas, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans in Southern Texas. In a story that’s made international news, an Australian man who’s on a work visa was deported after returning to the states after attending his sister’s memorial. Then, in an act of cruelty that’s evil even for the Trump administration, about 6,000 immigrants, who are very much alive, have been declared to be “dead”. All this to force them out of the country and self-deport. That’s not all in shockingly cruel moves. A judge has decided that all immigrants without legal status must register with the Department of Homeland Security and carry registration documents with them at all times. This includes Canadians who stay in America for more than 30 days.

Next up, as labor news. Starting in the nation’s capitol, Utah Senator Mike Lee wants to ban federal employees from doing union-related work while on the clock. Also in the Senate, Bernie Sanders tried to get the Senate to raise the federal minimum wage to $17. Currently, the federal minimum wage, which hasn’t changed since 2009, is $7.25. Republicans, predictably, voted against raising the minimum wage, baselessly claiming that it would destroy jobs. Moving over to West Virginia, the Senate wants to make it easier for 14 and 15 year-olds to work by no longer requiring them to have a work permit. In Chicago, teachers are speaking out against the Chicago Teachers Union as voting continues for a sellout deal. Down in the South, a Florida teacher has lost her job because she used a trans student’s chosen name without parental consent.

Up in Canada, the election continues. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith continues to throw gasoline into the fire and has given Prime Minister Mark Carney a list of demands “to avoid an unprecedented national unity crisis.” Speaking of fires, Saskatchewan Party MLA Racquel Hilbert created one by calling federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh “a terrorist” recently. Now, the Saskatchewan Party has removed her from additional responsibilities. She is still an MLA and a member of the party’s caucus. Finally, Nanos Research has released new seat projections. If their projections are accurate, Carney’s Liberal Party will end up being a minority government. Their polling shows that as the election cycle wears on, the burst of support for the Liberals is starting to wane. While you would probably think the Conservatives are the biggest benefactor, it seems to actually be the Bloc Québécois, gaining 13 seats from previous projections.

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We’ll start the World News section off with updates from the Palestinian genocide. According to the UN, in at least three dozen air strikes by Israel, ONLY women and children were killed. Speaking of Israel, the Army will be firing air force reservists who signed a letter condemning the genocide. Almost 1,000 signed the letter. After this, it was discovered by Drop Site News that a crackdown on pro-Palestine posts on Meta platforms was orchestrated by the Israeli government. Meta complied with 94% of takedown requests made by Israel since October 7, 2023. As Drop Site News says in the article, it is “largest mass censorship operation in modern history.”

Moving over to England, they were in the news quite a bit yesterday. We’ll start with the British Foreign Office getting in trouble for taking too long to release key documents on UK mercenary operations in Sri Lanka. It took about seven years to do so. That, and not informing police of war crimes mentioned in the documents. After that, it was announced that MP’s would be recalled from recess on Saturday to vote on nationalizing British Steel. The last time MP’s were recalled from recess was in 1982 due to the Falklands War. Finally, we’ll end with another vote: 93.7% of National Education Union members rejected a 2.8% pay rise. This sets teachers up for a strike.

We’ll end with some news from Africa that is worth knowing about:

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