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Dad of 4 Preps for Deportation After 24 Years in US

Washington Post tells story of Guatemalan native, 39, set to be sent back after two decades

(Newser) - Nearly a quarter century ago, a teenage Eulogio Hernandez Box arrived to the US from Guatemala, building a life for himself in Ohio that grew over the decades to include a wife and four sons. Despite entering the country illegally, Box hasn't appeared, at least on the surface, to...

FEMA Fires CFO, 3 Others Over NYC Migrant Shelter Payments

City officials refute accusations that disaster relief funds were diverted to pay for migrants in hotels

(Newser) - On Tuesday, President Trump went on an online tear against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, calling the agency a "disaster" that "should be terminated" and noting that it was "under review and investigation." More official repercussions followed, with an announcement from the Department of Homeland Security...

Pope Delivers a Rebuke to JD Vance
Pope Takes Issue
With JD Vance

Pope Takes Issue With JD Vance

Francis calls out vice president's theological defense of mass deportation in rare rebuke

(Newser) - Pope Francis issued a major rebuke on Tuesday to the Trump administration's plans for mass deportation of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and "will end badly." Francis took the remarkable step of...

Religious Groups Push Back on Migrant Raids

Federal lawsuit seeks to roll back giving immigration agents more access to houses of worship

(Newser) - More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans—ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism, to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists—filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests in houses of...

Colorado Complex That Caught Trump's Attention to Close

As nominee, he'd promised to use 1798 law to carry out 'Operation Aurora' there

(Newser) - A Colorado apartment complex where armed members of a Venezuelan gang were caught on video entering a unit last summer is expected to close in about a month under an emergency court order, city officials said Monday. The city of Aurora had pursued a lawsuit to declare all but one...

Migrants About to Be Detained? There's an App for That

App out of Mexico will let people warn family, consulates if detention in US seems imminent

(Newser) - Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and local consulates if they think they're about to be detained by the US immigration department, a senior official said Friday. The move is in response to President-elect Trump's threats to carry out mass deportations...

Texas' $100K Billboard Campaign Warns Migrants of Rape

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered 40 signs in 4 languages to go up in Mexico, Central America

(Newser) - Gov. Greg Abbott, who once pledged to "eliminate all rapists" from his state of Texas, is now warning migrants that traffickers could rape and abuse them if they try to make their way to the United States. Per the Washington Post , Abbott is doing so via 40 or so...

Deportations Haven't Been This High in a Decade

More than 270K were deported this year, ICE says

(Newser) - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported more than 270,000 people to 192 countries over a recent 12-month period, the highest annual tally in a decade, according to a report released Thursday that illustrates some of the financial and operational challenges that President-elect Trump will face to carry out his...

Trial Kicks Off for Laken Riley's Alleged Killer

Jose Ibarra is accused of murdering Georgia nursing student in February

(Newser) - Opening statements are expected Friday in the trial of a man accused of killing a Georgia nursing student, in a case that helped fan the immigration debate during the last election cycle. Jose Ibarra is charged with murder and other crimes in the February killing of Laken Hope Riley, whose...

Weeks Before US Election, 2K Migrants Depart for Border

Group left southern Mexico, where an estimated 40K are stranded

(Newser) - A group of about 2,000 migrants left Mexico's southern border on Sunday, hoping to reach the country's north and ultimately the United States. The development comes weeks before the US presidential election, in which immigration has been a heated issue. Some migrants, like Venezuelan Joel Zambrano, believe...

Poland to Suspend Right to Asylum
Poland to Suspend
Right to Asylum

Poland to Suspend Right to Asylum

PM Donald Tusk says temporary halting is to curb alleged abuse by Belarus, Russia

(Newser) - Poland's leader said Saturday that he plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a new migration policy, pointing to its alleged abuse by eastern neighbor Belarus and Russia. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that "the state must regain 100% of the control over who...

Those Springfield Rumors Reach the UN

In speech to General Assembly, Haitian official thanks residents helping his nation's migrants

(Newser) - A strange moment in American politics emerged at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, courtesy of a top Haitian official. Edgard Leblanc Fils, the president of Haiti's transitional council, spoke to world leaders about gang violence in his country and bemoaned the large number of citizens fleeing the violence....

Ohio Gov Sends State Troopers to Springfield After Threats

Ohio governor says threats against city so far seem to be 'hoaxes,' but he wants to reassure parents

(Newser) - As the GOP machine, including Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance, continues to push unsubstantiated claims that Haitian immigrants are stealing and eating locals' pets in Springfield, Ohio, the state's governor is shoring up security for the city. On Monday, GOP Gov. Mike DeWine announced he was sending...

2 Springfield Schools Evacuated Amid Rumor Fallout

A local who played a role in pivotal Facebook post acknowledges she has 'no proof'

(Newser) - Springfield, Ohio, continues to deal with the fallout of becoming the unwanted focus of the 2024 election. The city evacuated two elementary schools on Friday and closed a middle school before classes even began, reports the Springfield News-Sun . The moves come a day after bomb threats were sent to multiple...

Vance Pushes Unusual Claim About Haitians Living in Ohio

Police in Springfield, Ohio, make clear they have no reports of pets being abducted and eaten

(Newser) - Police in Springfield, Ohio, have issued some unusual words of comfort for residents: Despite rumors to the contrary, they haven't received any reports of pets being abducted and eaten, reports the Springfield News-Sun . The claim originated in a viral, unsubstantiated post on a private Facebook group of Springfield residents...

Panama Sends Its Navy After 'Irregular' Migrants

Nation also erects barbed wire along perilous Darien Gap route out of Colombia to slow migration

(Newser) - Less than two weeks after Panama's leader vowed to shutter the perilous Darien Gap, the Panamanian government has taken another step to crack down on the 66-mile jungle route used by migrants to cross over into Central America from Colombia. The country's Ministry of Public Security on Thursday...

US Inks Deal to Help Panama Control 'Shocking' Migration

New Panama president says he'll shut down Darien Gap route; US will pay migrant repatriation costs

(Newser) - Hundreds of thousands of people cross the Darien Gap each year, a perilous 66-mile stretch of jungle connecting the South American country of Colombia and the Central American country of Panama—many of them on their way to the United States. Now, Panama's new leader is vowing to shutter...

Trump's Take on Foreign Grads From US Colleges Surprises

Former president says he'd be all for giving them green cards

(Newser) - Former President Trump says he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from US colleges, a sharp departure from the anti-immigrant rhetoric he typically uses on the campaign trail. Trump was asked about plans for companies to be able to import the 'best and brightest'...

Along the Border, an 'Unexpected Reprieve' for Biden

Illegal migrant crossings have plummeted 54% since December, per government figures

(Newser) - News along the southern border is offering the Biden administration "an unexpected reprieve" as the November election looms. Internal government stats show that illegal migration from Mexico into the US has fallen 54% from December to May, with US Border Patrol officials recording a daily average of 3,700...

Trump Spills Plans for Migrants, Abortion If He Gets to WH

Ex-president lays out for 'Time' what his next administration would do if he's elected again

(Newser) - Donald Trump has been spending his days of late mired in court proceedings , but he took some time out last month in Palm Beach, Florida, to chat with Eric Cortellessa for a new profile entitled "If He Wins" in Time . The former president, who wants to be the next...

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