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‘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...
Trump administration wins in Supreme Court on immigration removals
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 24, 2025
A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to restart swift removals of migrants to countries other than their homelands, lifting for now a court order requiring they get a chance to challenge the deportations. The high...
Open burning of plastic is an escalating public health threat, say experts
Mongabay
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July 17, 2025
Plastic waste is an exploding global problem, with minimal recycling resulting in incineration as a common disposal practice. Shipments of plastic products and plastic waste from the Global North to the Global South are contributing to a flood of...
‘I’m scared to death to leave my house’: immigrants are disappearing from the streets – can US cities survive?
The Guardian
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June 23, 2025
At Hector’s Mariscos restaurant in the heavily Latino and immigrant city of Santa Ana, California, sales of Mexican seafood have slid. Seven tables would normally be full, but diners sit at only two this Tuesday afternoon. “I haven’t seen it like...
Kansas City federal case ties 13 to meth, cocaine, guns, and immigration
KTTN - Missouri
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June 23, 2025
A total of thirteen individuals—including ten Mexican nationals, one Guatemalan national, and two U.S. citizens—have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Missouri, on charges linked to a large-scale drug trafficking and firearms...
Yoder-Short: The trouble with Alligator Alcatraz | Column
Iowa City Press Citizen
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We like to think of ourselves as a good nation, but our priority of looking out for only ourselves, looking out only for those we deem worthy of humane treatment, is coloring our national identity. Good nations don’t have concentration camps. Good...
Supreme Court allows Trump to deport immigrants to ‘third countries’ for now
The Gazette - Colorado
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The Supreme Court on Monday handed a win to the Trump administration by allowing it to resume deporting criminal noncitizens to “third countries,” or places where they did not originate, such as South Sudan, without first giving them a chance to...
Noem to visit Central America to see arrival flight of deported illegal immigrants, meet world leaders
The Gazette - Colorado
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will travel to Central America to meet with leaders in the region, and the arrival of a plane carrying migrants who have been deported from the United States. The senior Trump administration official will...
Supreme Court allows Trump to swiftly deport certain immigrants to 'third countries'
NBC News
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June 23, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for the Trump administration to deport convicted criminals to "third countries" to which they have no previous connection. The court in a brief unsigned order that did not explain its...
Gamers Cosplay Wrestling Games And Geek Culture Will Take Over The Costa Rica Convention Center In September
MENAFN
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June 23, 2025
(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) Gamers, cosplay, wrestling, and all things geek culture will take over the Convention Center in Heredia on September 6 and 7. ConnecturDay 2025, the quintessential digital entertainment event in Costa Rica and the region,...
Omahan who is U.S. citizen spends two nights in jail on immigration ‘hold,’ drawing criticism
Nebraska Examiner
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June 21, 2025
OMAHA — Domingo Rey Valentine is a U.S. citizen who has lived nearly all his 50 years in this country since his adoption as a baby by Nebraska parents who had served in the Peace Corps in Honduras. Domingo in Honduras with adoptive mom, Linda...
Bring it on home: Guatemala
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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Who and where: Chris Jacobson and Rita Mersinger of St. Louis, Christine Reynoso of Vinita Park, and Dawn Riske of Affton with Brother Pedro Church behind them in Guatemala. Hidden in the clouds is the volcano “Agua.” The trip: Their nine-day...
California Voice: Critics of state’s immigrant embrace should hear remarkable stories of students
Marin Independent Journal - California
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June 22, 2025
“Where are the rest of them?” As about 400 soon-to-be high school graduates stood behind us ready to march out onto the field last week, teachers surveyed the crowd with disappointment as we realized some families were missing. It’s not hard to...
‘Love Island USA’ crowns Amaya and Mass. native Bryan as winning couple of show’s tumultuous 7th season
Boston.com - Massachusetts
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July 14, 2025
TV This image released by Peacock shows Amaya Espinal, left, and Bryan Arenales from the reality series "Love Island USA." Ben Symons/Peacock By ITZEL LUNA, Associated Press July 14, 2025 4 minutes to read Share Close Send this article to your...
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...
Hugo Blanco’s revolutionary legacy: An interview with María Blanco
Green Left
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July 17, 2025
Hugo Blanco (1934–2023) was a Peruvian revolutionary involved in grassroots struggles across Peru, Latin America and the world. He led a militant fight for land rights in Peru in the 1960s, for which the Ricardo Pérez Godoy military junta...
Making ‘Real Women Have Curves’: How the Musical’s ICE Storyline Captures Today’s Realities
Rolling Stone
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June 21, 2025
The creators behind Real Women Have Curves never imagined their musical, which is set in the Eighties, would hit as hard as it does today. Based on the 2002 film of the same name, the show follows a group of women working at a garment factory as...
Where to watch Guatemala vs. Panama: Gold Cup free live stream
Syracuse.com - New York
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June 20, 2025
Guatemala and Panama are both 1-0 headed into their CONCACAF Gold Cup matchup Friday. They’ll face off in Austin, Texas at 10 p.m. ET. How to watch: Fans in the USA can watch the match live on DirecTV (free trial). Here’s what you need to know:...
Webster Parish Journal: Guatemalans awaiting ICE pick-up
Magnolia Reporter - Arkansas
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A traffic stop on Interstate 20 on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 by a Minden police officer has netted three Guatemalan nationals, including two who are known to be in the country illegally. Minden Chief of Police Jared McIver said Officer Kendale Booker...
Indictment Unsealed After Accused Drug Trafficker Killed in Guatemala–Mexico Border Shootout
The Epoch Times
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June 19, 2025
A man killed by Mexican authorities was identified as one of 13 Guatemalan nationals believed to be part of a cocaine trafficking organization based along the Guatemala–Mexico border, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of...