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Religion: Jesus was a refugee
Morgan Hill Times - California
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July 3, 2025
Our days are filled with extreme concerns for our immigrant population, especially refugees seeking asylum in the United States. Levels of anxiety, uncertainty and fear seem to rise daily, not only for those who are directly affected but by those...
Guatemala: More than 865,000 children work in homes and streets
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 3, 2025
In Alta and Baja Verapaz, Chiquimula and Petén there are more cases of minors helping to load firewood or performing other activities considered dangerous, the newspaper Publinews detailed after a document prepared with data from the National...
Guatemalan national in Oregon faces federal charges for traveling to Washington to sexually abuse minor
KGW 8 - Oregon
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July 3, 2025
Leonias Juber Ramos-Garcia, 25, of Culver faces federal charges for allegedly traveling from Oregon to Washington to sexually abuse a minor. EUGENE, Ore. — A Guatemalan national unlawfully residing in Oregon faces federal charges for allegedly...
Supreme Court ruling casts doubt on birthright citizenship for immigrant families in Chicago
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 6, 2025
Pregnant and living in Chicago without legal immigration status, Daniela Sigala has spent the last several months thinking of names for her soon-to-be-born son and imagining him receiving something she’s yet to attain: U.S. citizenship. But...
Immigration data shows surge in detentions and deportations in Iowa
KCRG - Iowa
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July 3, 2025
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - New data shows the impact of President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants in Iowa. The group “The Deportation Data Project” sued to get data on ICE arrests, detentions, and deportations. The data shows detentions,...
Travel: Hiking through Guatemala's active volcanoes
Mint
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July 6, 2025
Volcanoes spell danger for some, adventure for others. But for the people of the Central American nation of Guatemala, volcanoes are a part of life. Sitting south of Mexico, Guatemala is home to mountains, thick tropical forests and 37 volcanoes,...
Guatemalan national, Culver man living illegally in U.S. arrested on federal charges of enticing, abusing minor
KTVZ - Oregon
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July 2, 2025
EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A suspected child abuser living illegally in Culver has been arrested on federal charges, accused of enticing and sexually abusing a minor in Oregon and Washington, federal prosecutors said. Leonias Juber Ramos-Garcia, 25, a...
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Immigration raids sweep up people who just want to work
Cedar County News - Nebraska
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July 2, 2025
These days, besides seeing American bombers attacking Iran, we’re confronted with almost daily news about immigration raids and with court rulings about what ICE can, and cannot, do. We’ve been treated to the arrest of a man whose three sons are...
Why this dope smoking, privately educated Marxist - set to be New York's next mayor - could bankrupt the once proud city I call home: TOM LEONARD
Daily Mail
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July 6, 2025
The New York subway system has never exactly been a cosy place, but the past six months have seen two crimes take place there that appalled even its most hardened travellers. Three days before Christmas, a man approached a woman sleeping on a...
Guatemala: Water Law Urgently Needed
Human Rights Watch
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July 2, 2025
Play Video Read a text description of this video SOUNDBITES María Osorio Osorio We are suffering a lot because of water. Patricia Mejía Pérez Honestly, knowing that there is much water in Guatemala but that here we have no freshwater is so sad....
Runners protesting ICE cover 15 miles through immigrant communities
Los Angeles Times
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July 5, 2025
DeMille Halliburton founded a running club 10 years ago to bring together residents of his South Los Angeles neighborhood. On Saturday, he and several club members joined hundreds of other Angelenos for a different cause, the Run Against ICE,...
‘Little buddy’ Guatemalan restaurant manager released on bond after month in ICE custody
Nebraska Examiner
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July 4, 2025
OMAHA — The Guatemalan restaurant manager detained by immigration agents following a “wrong turn” onto a Bellevue military base June 7 has been released on bond, pending resolution of his case seeking to stay in the United States. Richard Randall...
Guatemalan man sentenced for illegal reentry; deportation pending
Keystone Today - Pennsylvania
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July 1, 2025
John C. Gurganus Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Department of JusticeJohn C. Gurganus Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Department of Justice The United States...
Man from Guatemala charged with child rape in Limestone County; ICE notified
WAAY31 - Alabama
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July 5, 2025
A serious crime involving a child leads to the arrest of a 29-year-old man in Limestone County. The Limestone County Sheriff's Office identified Juan Castro Hernandez of Guatemala as the suspect in the rape of a child under 10. Officials from the...
Spanish immersion day care in Rochester feels effects of Trump immigration crackdown
Post-Bulletin - Minnesota
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July 5, 2025
ROCHESTER — Two Spanish immersion day care programs in Rochester are losing staff as a result of the Trump administration’s decision to terminate a program that allowed immigrants from Latin American countries to work in the U.S. A source told the...
I’ve watched hundreds of ICE raid videos. What the immigration algorithm tells us about L.A.
Los Angeles Times
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July 5, 2025
Nearly a month into the ICE sweeps that have upended immigrant life in Southern California, I found myself rummaging through some boxes in my garage, searching for understanding. I pulled out dusty copies of T.C. Boyle’s “Tortilla Curtain” and...
Northwest AD Kyle Wampler helps build houses in Guatemala
Leader Publications - Missouri
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Northwest R-1 School District’s athletic director Kyle Wampler, along with members of Faith Community Church in House Springs, recently spent eight days on a mission trip in Guatemala, building homes and sharing their faith. Wampler, 37, of House...
Pochettino says crowd in St. Louis was ‘like to play in Guatemala’
The Antelope Valley Press - California
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ST. LOUIS — Mauricio Pochettino got a feel for what the U.S. men’s national team still faces at times during home games: a crowd rooting for the opposition. “It was like to play in Guatemala,” the coach said after his team got two early goals from...
Youth athlete, Shriners patient will take the field in St. Louis on Wednesday
WIBW 13 - Kansas
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July 1, 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Zane Riley-Brown is able to live a pretty normal life. He plays soccer, basketball, and baseball, but what you may not notice immediately is that Zane was born with a few differences. Three of his four extremities don’t look...
Guatemala’s Shark Meat Trade Exposed
Forbes
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Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), one of the most commonly landed sharks on both coasts of ... More Guatemala. Silky sharks are listed under CITES Appendix II and are considered globally vulnerable.ullstein bild via Getty Images Every year,...