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Poll: Plurality Support ICE Raids
A plurality of likely general election voters support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, a Cygnal survey revealed. The survey asked respondents, “Do you support or oppose Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) making raids to remove...

IDB’s estimates likely provide a more accurate view of the significant poverty level here
Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Joel Bhagwandin’s letter in the July 19, 2025 edition of Stabroek News, where he questions the World Bank’s accuracy of the 2019 poverty rate of 48%. While he raises valid concerns about the use of outdated data, his...
LA County Transfers First Jail Inmates to ICE Since 2020
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, for the first time since 2020, is once again transferring jail inmates to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, releasing 20 inmates since May through a legal maneuver that is not...

Florida Pastor, Father of Five Deported After Two Decades in the US
A preacher who led a small Hispanic church in Florida has been deported to Guatemala after two decades on American soil. The 42-year-old immigrant is married with five children. Maurilio Ambrocio pastored the 50 members of Iglesia de Santidad Vida...

Detainees report relentless mosquitoes, limited water in the Florida Everglades holding centre
Five other states are considering using the site as a model, said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement prepares to double the nation’s immigrant detention capacity to 100,000 beds. The location and the...

ICE secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost his Green Card
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Lawyers and Families Report Squalid Conditions and Lack of Legal Access at Alligator Alcatraz
Prisoners at Florida's newly opened immigrant detention center in the Everglades are suffering in squalid conditions and are cut off from legal access, according to attorneys, detainees, family members, and lawmakers. While Florida state officials...

Tucson Speaks Out: July 19
Doves fly during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, marking the 79th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing. (2024 file photo) Yu Nakajima, Kyodo News Re: ‘Remembering Hiroshima’ I agree with John Warnock...
Opinion: Grassley, Ernst, and Hinson mislead Iowans
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. As Pascual Pedro’s parish priest and godfather, I am deeply troubled by the recent statements of Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, and Rep. Ashley...

Kidney donation a ‘God-driven act,’ says Chagrin Falls resident
Chagrin Falls resident Kris Welch is a wife, mother of three, retired school secretary and longtime member of the United Methodist Church on South Franklin Street. At 67 years old, she is also a living organ donor, whose kidney saved not just one,...

Tucson speaks up: Letters to the editor for the week of Jul. 18, 2025
Project Blue data center Please. We’ve already got too much data, and too little water. George Timson Midtown FEMA A quick Google search (Would most states support the elimination of FEMA) yields the following: “There is widespread consensus among...

Homeland Security rescinds emergency deportation order against Cleveland man following lawsuit
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security agreed to rescind an emergency deportation order against a Cleveland man who had been arrested twice by immigration agents and who had been granted a bond by an immigration judge. Mario...

LA County jails are handing inmates over to ICE for the first time in years
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has resumed transferring jail inmates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the first time in years, despite local sanctuary policies that aim to shield people from deportation....

California man freed by mental health law accused in brutal killing just days later
'Common Sense' Department: An illegal immigrant in California is being let out of prison after 3.5 years, when he was supposed to serve 10. The CSD is wondering just how often criminals like this are getting out early. NEWYou can now listen to Fox...

L.A. County jails are handing inmates over to ICE for the first time in years
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has resumed transferring jail inmates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the first time in years, despite local sanctuary policies that aim to shield people from deportation. Eight inmates...

“Bring him back”: Supporters of Pascual Pedro plead their case in Davenport
Andrea Grubaugh, Reporter Posted 7/16/25 The fight for the return of 20-year old Guatemalan immigrant and West Liberty resident Pascual Pedro has continued throughout the past week, with Pedro’s supporters making their voices heard through prayer...

The Battle for the Future of Farmwork
The jail where they have taken his wife is very cold and very far away. In the weeks since immigration agents pulled her off the work bus, she has been in jail and he has kept working at the vegetable farm where they worked together. She calls him...
Opinion | West Liberty man’s deportation is sad, but not wrong
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The recent deportation of Pascual Pedro is a heartbreaking situation. The 20-year old former West Liberty resident and Guatemalan national, who was not...

What is 'Expo diplomacy'? How many foreign dignitaries has Japan PM met through it?
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pose for a photo at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 2, 2025. (Mainichi/Akihiro Hirata) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers...

The Relics of American Martyrs in Rome
Hidden in the crypt of the Bascilia of St. Bartholomew are the relics of the first martyr of the United States, Father Stanley Rother. Fr. Stanley served as a missionary in Guatemala during civil war and refused to abandon his parishioners amidst...