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Right to Water
Indybay - California
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July 17, 2025
Climate change, social inequality, and industrial interests threaten the right to water. Without water, there is no life. But who actually decides how much of it people get? Who gets to live and who has to die? Corporations are making water...
Fargo restaurant owner pleads guilty to harboring illegal immigrants
Valley News Live - North Dakota
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June 25, 2025
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The owner of a Fargo restaurant is pleading guilty to a federal charge of harboring illegal aliens. On Tuesday, Ming Sun Cheung admitted to concealing, harboring, and shielding from detection two illegal immigrants...
Fargo restaurant owner admits to hiring illegal immigrants
KFGO - North Dakota
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June 25, 2025
The sign on the door of Giant Panda restaurant on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. FARGO (KFGO) — The owner of Giant Panda Chinese restaurant in Fargo has reached a plea agreement for harboring illegal immigrants. By signing a plea agreement, 65-year-old...
Trump immigration crackdown hits California economy as workers stay home
MLive - Michigan
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June 25, 2025
By Cindy Carcamo, Dianne Solis & Alfredo Corchado | Edited by Dudley Althaus SANTA ANA, Calif. — At Hector’s Mariscos restaurant in this heavily Latino and immigrant city, sales of Mexican seafood have plummeted. Seven tables would normally be...
Human rights group leaves El Salvador amid crackdown on dissent
Crossroads Today - Texas
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(CNN) — A prominent human rights group critical of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has suspended operations in the country, citing the government’s harassment, repression and persecution of human rights defenders. Cristosal Executive Director...
Giant Panda owner charged with harboring illegal immigrants
InForum - North Dakota
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June 25, 2025
FARGO — The owner of a popular Chinese restaurant in Fargo has been charged in federal court with harboring workers living in the U.S. illegally, according to a new case unsealed Wednesday. A plea agreement signed by Ming Sun Cheung, 65, of West...
Towards a Human Right to Democracy? Some Initial Thoughts on Guatemala’s Request for Advisory Opinion to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
EJIL: Talk!
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June 25, 2025
In December 2024, Guatemala filed a very extensive request (63 pages) for an Advisory Opinion to the Inter-American Court on Human Rights (IACHR) asking, among other things: “are States obliged to guarantee and promote democracy as a human right...
Trump administration could deport immigrants to 58 other countries after Supreme Court opened door for swift removals
The Independent
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June 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
First Ladies Determine Their Role in a Polarizing World—Together
Harper's Bazaar
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July 17, 2025
Amid constant warfare, climate change, a reduction in mental health across the globe, and the rapid deployment of AI, what does it mean to be a first lady? It is one of the most visible roles, with access to an international platform, and yet in...
Welcome to the ICE Age: Trump's Crackdown Splits Families, Experts Offer Tips for Choosing an Immigration Attorney
Cincinnati CityBeat - Ohio
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June 25, 2025
A man and his 3-year-old son were browsing paper towels in Kroger when CityBeat approached. “Hello! I’m a reporter with Cincinnati CityBeat. Do you think I could talk to you about the recent ICE arrests in the neighborhood?” There’s a pause: “I...
Florida secures funding for immigration detention centers, including ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The American Bazaar
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June 24, 2025
Florida’s detention center is getting a makeover, thanks to the federal government. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday the federal government will fund an effort by Florida to set up immigration detention centers, which include a...
Want to learn more about the Latino immigrant experience? These 5 films capture the journey
Los Angeles Times
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June 24, 2025
The ongoing ICE sweeps taking place across Los Angeles and the country have underscored the many challenges faced by immigrant communities. For decades, migrants across Latin America have traversed rugged terrain and seas in search of a better...
5 mins ago the hamptons issue the hamptons issue In the Hamptons, Undocumented Workers Are Choosing to Self-Deport By Paula Aceves Amid fears of ICE raids and audits, some immigrants have been quietly forced out of the jobs that brought them here.
New York Mag
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June 25, 2025
Day laborers wait for work outside the Southampton 7-Eleven. Photo: Mark Peterson/Redux for New York Magazine In the spring of 2023, Alejandra became the last of her family to arrive out East. Alejandra’s mother, a housekeeper, and her sister, a...
Here’s What’s Happening to the People ICE Arrests in Immigration Court
Capital & Main
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June 24, 2025
Beyond the Border brings you human stories about the U.S. immigration system through original reporting from journalist Kate Morrissey and curated highlights from reporters across the country. The newsletter is supported by Capital & Main. In a...
Latin Faith Shaken After Dodgers’ Silence Over Immigration Raid Fallout
LatinAmerican Post
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June 24, 2025
The Los Angeles Dodgers built their modern mystique on mariachi trumpets, Spanish-language broadcasts, and a sea of blue that is nearly half Latino. Now, a refusal to denounce federal immigration raids has many lifelong supporters wondering whose...
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Travels to Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala
teleSUR
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Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino (L) and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem (R), June 24, 2025. X/ @NewsroomPanama June 24, 2025 Hour: 10:54 am On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem began a three-day trip...
Syracuse mother, four children detained by ICE
Spectrum News NY1 - New York
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June 24, 2025
A mother and her four children, three of them born in the U.S., complied with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement order to report for detainment, reporting to the Syracuse ICE office early Tuesday morning. The woman and her kids, ages 13, 10, 9...
Has Kilmar Abrego Garcia been released? The latest in immigration case
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Tennessee
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident originally from El Salvador, was wrongfully deported and subsequently returned to the U.S. He was then indicted on human trafficking charges. Abrego Garcia faces charges of conspiracy and unlawful...
13 indicted in federal drug, weapons and immigration conspiracy case in Kansas City
KMBC 9 - Missouri
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June 23, 2025
A federal grand jury has indicted 10 Mexican nationals, one Guatemalan national and two U.S. citizens in a large-scale drug and firearms conspiracy spanning 18 months across the Kansas City region.The 40-count indictment charges the defendants...
‘You mind if we take this over?’: Video sheds light on Tennessee Highway Patrol interaction amid immigration arrests
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tennessee
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June 23, 2025
This story was originally published by the Nashville Banner. Sign up for their newsletter at nashvillebanner.com/newsletters. Video footage obtained by the Nashville Banner sheds new light on the state-federal joint immigration sweeps last month...