Line. We will get the latest on the autoworkers strike as donald trump heads to detroit today. But first, to the u. S. Mexico border where an increasing number of migrants seeking refuge are crossing into the United States. The city of el paso only has so many resources and we have come to what we call a breaking point right now. Amy we will speak to the head of the Border Network for human rights and Democratic Congress member chuy garcia who was born in mexico. America is nothing without immigrants, plain and simple. It is who we are as a nation and it is about damn time we give immigrants the respect and the dignity they deserve. I make a plus, we will look at the u. S. Governments landmark lawsuit against amazon and the growing democratic calls for new jersey senator bob menendez to resign after he was indicted for bribery. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President biden became the first sitting u. S. President to join a picket line tuesday as he expressed support for auto workers in wayne, michigan, in their strike against the big three ford, gm, and stellantis. Pres. Biden you made a lot of sacrifices. You gave up a lot. The companies were in trouble. But now they are doing incredibly well. Guess what . You should be doing incredibly well, too. It is about being fair. Folks, stick with it because you deserve a significant raise you need and other benefits. Amy President Biden was standing next to uaw president shawn fain post of President Trump is speaking today at a nonunion working plant. Meanwhile, General Motors started hiring 14anhour scabs to cross the picket line. In more labor news, television and movie writers are back at work after ending their historic 148day strike at midnight following an exceptional tentative deal on a new contract with Hollywood Studios and streaming services. The Writers Guild of america said tuesday three of its internal boards had unanimously voted to end the strike and send the tentative threeyear agreement to its 11,500 members for ratification. The new contract includes an increase in residual payments, higher compensation better benefits, protections against artificial intelligence, and gains on data transparency and staffing minimums. The u. S. Supreme court rejected alabamas bid to use a republicangerrymandered congressional map that includes only one majorityblack district. Its the second such ruling in just three months after the Supreme Court in june ruled the map violated the Voting Rights act and ordered alabama to include another majorityblack district in the sevendistrict state. Over one quarter of alabamas population is black. A special master was appointed in the case and proposed three new congressional maps that abide by the Supreme Court order. A threejudge panel will select one of the maps. In new york, a judge ruled tuesday that donald trump, his sons donald jr. And eric, and the Trump Organization repeatedly violated state law when they fraudulently inflated the value of their assets by billions of dollars to obtain loans and lower their insurance rates. The ruling came as part of a civil lawsuit brought by new York Attorney general Letitia James and will force some of trumps Business Licenses to be dissolved. Trump could lose control of a number of his properties, including the trump tower and his new york city residence. Its a major win for attorney general james, whose case against trump is scheduled to go to trial monday and will focus on alleged falsification of business and financial documents, insurance fraud, and conspiracy. James is seeking 250 million in damages and a ban on trump doing business in new york. Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel said tuesday she plans to restore landmark Net Neutrality regulations that were repealed under former President Trump. This comes after democrats this week took majority control of the fivemember fcc. They will vote on reinstating Net Neutrality next month, which would bar internet providers from blocking access or throttling customers connections based on how much they pay or which websites they visit. This is rosenworcel speaking at the National Press club yesterday. Broadband is no longer just nice to have, it is need to have for everyone, everywhere. It is not a luxury, it is a necessity. It is an essential infrastructure for modern my. Amy Digital Rights activists welcomed the announcement. The Watchdog Group common cause said to allow a handful of monopolyaspiring gatekeepers to control access to the internet is a direct threat to our democracy. The federal trade commission and 17 states have filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against amazon. The plaintiffs say amazon illegally uses punitive and coercive tactics to unlawfully maintain its monopolies, allowing it to charge higher prices, harming customers, and weakening competition. Among other things, the complaint accuses amazon of burying retailers discounted products so far down in search results that consumers are less likely to find them. The lawsuit could lead to a forced restructuring of amazon. The senate announced a bipartisan stopgap deal that would keep the u. S. Government open through november 17 as well as provide 6 billion for ukraine and 6 billion in disaster funding. Senate leaders hope to pass the measure by the end of the week, but its not clear whether it can break past the ongoing gridlock in the republicancontrolled house where farright congressmembers have already threatened to remove speaker Kevin Mccarthy if he brings the bill to a vote. Mccarthy is planning to propose a bill instead which again includes 8 cuts in social spending and resumption of construction on trumps u. S. Mexico border wall. Hunter biden is suing Rudy Giuliani and giulianis former attorney Robert Costello for the total annihilation of his Digital Privacy when they hacked, then distributed data from a hard drive associated with his personal laptop in 2020. Giuliani and costello have repeatedly acknowledged accessing the hard drives data. The information was used in a story by the New York Post implicating President Biden in alleged corrupt business dealings which have since become the focus of the republicanled house impeachment inquiry against biden. In iraq, at least 100 people were killed when a massive fire ripped through a Wedding Party in the northern nineveh province tuesday. At least 150 others were injured. The blaze may have been caused by fireworks used during the ceremony. Relatives of the wedding guests have been desperately searching for their loved ones. My nephews wife and children , all three of them we cant find them. You are looking at hospitals. We could not find them. We are looking at all hospitals, nothing. Amy the death toll from an explosion at a fuel depot in the nagornokarabakh region of azerbaijan has risen to 68 as tens of thousands of Ethnic Armenians have been rushing to the border following a military blitz by Azerbaijani Forces last week. Samantha power, head of usaid, said the u. S. Would provide 11. 5 million in aid for the worsening crisis and urged azerbaijan to facilitate access to those in need by humanitarian workers. Armenia has warned of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in the contested region. Canadian lawmaker anthony rota resigned as speaker of the house of commons tuesday, days after he led a standing ovation in the Canadian Parliament for a canadianukrainian veteran who fought in a nazi ss unit during world war ii. Prime minister Justin Trudeau and ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined in on applauding 98yearold yaroslav hunka. This is anthony rota speaking tuesday. I reiterate my profound regret for my error in recognizing an individual during the joint address to parliament of president zelenskyy. That public recognition as cause pain to individuals and communities, including the Jewish Community in canada and around the world in addition to survivors of nazi atrocities in poland among other nations. I accept full responsibility for my actions. Amy meanwhile, polands Education Minister said he is taking steps to investigate whether hunka was involved in crimes against poles during the war and to possibly extradite him to stand trial in poland. Officials in ukraine say they are clarifying information over whether top russian commander Viktor Sokolov was in fact killed after muska released after moscow released footage of him in which he appears alive and well. Kyiv reported on monday its forces had killed sokolov, the commander of russias black sea fleet, and 33 other officers in crimea last week. Israels tourism minister is in saudi arabia marking the first public visit by an israeli senior official to riyadh as the two countries move forward to normalize diplomatic ties. This comes as the first saudi ambassador to palestine made a trip to the israelioccupied west bank, the first time a saudi delegation visits the region since 1967. Nayef alsudairi was in ramallah to meet with the palestinian authority. Good evening, u. S. see. I am proud and happy to be in my country with East Jerusalem as its capital, god willing, hopefully next time or next times we will go together to jerusalem. Amy saudi arabia has said it will only normalize relations with israel if there is progress in the creation of a palestinian state. And Jpmorgan Chase has agreed to a 75 million settlement with the u. S. Virgin islands in a lawsuit over the banks role in financing Jeffrey Epsteins sex and Human Trafficking empire. Epstein owned two private islands in the virgin islands. Jpmorgan did not accept any liability in the settlement, which will be split between legal fees and funding efforts to combat Human Trafficking. The suit, filed last december by former u. S. Virgin islands attorney general denise george, also accused jpmorgan of profiting from epsteins operations and failing to report suspicious activity. George was fired soon after she launched the lawsuit. She had recently secured a 105 million settlement from epsteins estate. This comes after Jpmorgan Chase in june agreed to pay 290 million to settle another lawsuit brought by epstein survivors who said the bank ignored warnings about abstains abuses for years because he was bringing in wealthy clients. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Coming up, we go to a the u. S. Mexico border. Stay with us. Amy ya no estoy aqui by helado negro. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now s Juan Gonzalez in chicago. Hi, juan. Juan hi, amy. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. Amy we begin todays show with an update on the sharp increase in the number of people attempting to cross the u. S. Mexico border in recent weeks as thousands seek protection from violence, conflict, extreme poverty, and the impacts of the climate crisis. This week, mexicos government announced it would accept the Biden Administrations demand to start deporting migrants from northern Mexican Border cities back to their home countries. The move came after shelters in the texas border city of el paso said they are over capacity as thousands of Asylum Seekers continue to arrive. This is el paso mayor oscar leeser. The city of el paso only has seven resources, and we have come to what we are looking at as a breaking point right now. Amy meanwhile, Immigration Rights advocates have denounced the Biden Administration for deploying more military personnel to the southern border and for not prioritizing humanitarian relief or addressing the massive backlogs greatly delaying the processing of asylum and immigration cases. A recent report by Syracuse University found a backlog of some 2. 6 million cases in u. S. Immigration courts. Last week, the Biden Administration announced it is granting work permits and temporary protection from deportation to nearly half a million venezuelans. Migrants from venezuela who were already in the u. S. As of july 31 can apply for temporary protected status. The relief will last a year and a half. These are some of the voices of venezuelan migrants whove recently arrived to the u. S. Mexico border. We want to cross into the United States for a better future. The journey has been very difficult. We have been mistreated, we are hungry. The children are tired but we are going with the glory of god. We are going to cross the border so we can do well because our country is struggling. Amy harsh u. S. Economic sanctions on venezuela have largely contributed to worsening Living Conditions in the country forcing tens of thousands of venezuelans to flee. We took on this risk and this journey to escape the crisis in venezuela. We prefer to die on our journey to the United States than to die of hunger in venezuela. Amy meanwhile, thousands of migrants continue to arrive in cities like new york and chicago on buses from the texasmexico border. For more, we are joined by two guests. In el paso, Fernando Garcia is the founder and executive director of the el paso, texasbased Border Network for human rights. And in washington, d. C. , Democratic Congressmember Jesus Chuy Garcia of illinois joins us. Longtime immigration advocate who himself migrated from mexico. The first mexican immigrant from the midwest elected to congress. He has visited a center in chicago where some migrants have been received, and in may he sent a letter to Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling for expedited and additional funding to help the new arrivals. Last month, he spoke out after a threeyearold migrant child died while she was being bused from texas to chicago. We welcome you both to democracy now congressmember garcia, lets begin rather yes, garcia, lets begin with you. If you can start off by talking overall about what is happening right now . I think across the political spectrum, it is clear the migration, the immigration policy in the United States is broken. What you feel needs to be done . The historic interventions, military interventions, the sanctions that we have imposed on Different Countries in Central America, in the caribbean, in south america, and of course the failed war on drugs are all important factors that are displacing people and creating misery and responsible for much of the violence, corruption, and impunity in Central America, like venezuela. That is at the root of what is driving people to desperation. And they are coming to the u. S. Seeking asylum and refuge, fleeing terrible consequences, risking their lives to get here. And we continue to have an immigration system that is broken. We have not had Immigration Reform, a bill passed in 36 years. Obviously, we need to change our immigration system and we need a system that responds both compassionately and responds to the root causes of why people come to this country. Unless we do that, were going to continue to react this way. At the same time, it is clear we need to act multilateral in cooperation with countries where we have a long legacy of intervention and sanctions. And these are the things that are driving people to this country. Juan congressman garcia, i want to ask about the different narratives that we are hearing about the migration crisis. Chicago clearly has received more than 14,000 migrants in the past year but what we dont care about is chicago has also received as of june 30, more than 29,000 ukrainians, twice as many as the number of migrants from the border who have come here and yet we do not see any ukrainians in police stations. We dont see any cries the ukrainian refugees are overrunning the chicago area. Instead they are being quietly integrated into the general society, getting work permits immediately, and able to access government assistance. What about this editio