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Dec 27 2023
News
Thousands of immigrants head toward border as Blinken and Mayorkas travel to Mexico for help
A large caravan of roughly 8,000 immigrants is heading across Mexico toward the United States's southern border on Wednesday, the same day that U.S. officials are expected to ask Mexico for help with the border crisis.
The immigrants largely come from countries in Central America, Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela and began their joint trek in the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on
Washington ExaminerJan 06 2024
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32 migrants kidnapped near US-Mexico border were freed, not rescued, AMLO clarifies
Migrants from several countries abducted from a bus and held by armed men for days near Mexico’s border with Texas were released by their captors, not rescued as initially reported by authorities, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday.
"They decided to let them go," López Obrador said during his morning press briefing. The 32 migrants — authorities corrected the initial
Fox News (Online News)Jan 06 2024
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Mexico rescues 32 migrants kidnapped near US border
Mexican officials said they had found 32 Latin American migrants who were kidnapped near the southern US border over the weekend, as record numbers of people make treacherous journeys to try to reach the US.
The migrants from Latin American countries such as Venezuela and Ecuador had been on a coach from Monterrey to Matamoros, which borders Texas, when they were detained on Saturday,
Financial TimesDec 28 2023
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Migrant caravan heads toward U.S. southern border ahead of Blinken's trip to Mexico
A caravan of thousands of migrants continued its dayslong march through Mexico toward the southern U.S. border Wednesday, hours ahead of a scheduled meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
About 7,500 people from 24 different countries were believed to be part of a massive group making its way north Wednesday through the
NBC News (Online)Dec 31 2023
Opinion
Are Latino voters really defecting in droves to Republicans? Not according to our data
A widespread and misleading story about the Latino vote has taken hold in the media. It goes something like this: Latinos used to be monolithic base voters for Democrats, but now they are fracturing and increasingly fleeing to Republicans.
As longtime practitioners of Latino voter outreach, we’re skeptical of this herd narrative, and we have data to support our misgivings.
Our
Los Angeles TimesDec 11 2023
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Ousted New Jersey Senate president enters governor race to replace Phil Murphy
Former Democratic New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney announced on Monday he is running for governor to replace the term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) in 2025. Sweeney was ousted from office after Edward Durr, a little-known Republican truck driver who spent less than $200, defeated him in the 2021 off-year elections by fewer than 4 percentage points, an unforeseen loss that made
Washington ExaminerDec 04 2023
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Construction work paused at Brighton Park migrant camp after environmental review revealed contaminants
Chicago paused construction of a migrant tent camp in Brighton Park on Monday after an environmental report found high levels of mercury and other dangerous contaminants on the vacant lot. "The State has temporarily paused construction at the Brighton Park site pending IEPA's review of the environmental report. IEPA has some outstanding questions they are hopeful they can work through today,"
Washington ExaminerDec 10 2023
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‘People are fearful’: Guyana alert for land grab by Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro
Despite their proximity to Venezuela, inhabitants of the Guyanese border town of Mabaruma have little to do with their Spanish-speaking neighbors, says Brentnol Ashley, governor for the Barima-Waini region.
Like other communities dotted across the dense jungles of the Essequibo region, Mabaruma is a patchwork of Indigenous peoples bound together by the English language and Guyana’s
The GuardianOct 03 2023
News
Mexico’s President Says 10,000 Migrants A Day Heading To U.S. Border
Ten thousand migrants are heading to the U.S. border on a daily basis, Mexico’s president said this week.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made the remarks Monday, saying the thousands of migrants making their way north through his country often hail from other countries, the Associated Press reported.
About 6,000 migrants a day have come into Mexico from Guatemala
The Daily WireSep 21 2023
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DHS to offer work permits, deportation protection to over 470,000 Venezuelans amid new border surge
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that it will be offering hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants already in the U.S. – including those in the country illegally – work permits and protections from deportations, just as numbers are skyrocketing at the southern border.
Officials announced a move to redesignate Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status, which allows
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