Los Angeles, US (EFE).- A United States federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy 300 California National Guard soldiers to Oregon to quell protests over federal immigration raids. Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, issued the ruling in response to a motion filed by the state of California. The decision came two … Read more
By Juan Manuel Blanco Tapachula, Mexico (EFE).- Activists and authorities at Mexico’s southern border have set up a daycare that offers a safe place and child care services for 90 days for migrant children fleeing violence and insecurity in their countries. Gabriela Rueda Pérez, the director of the facility in Tapachula, Chiapas, told EFE that … Read more
Pedro Pablo Cortés Miami (EFE).- Authorities forcibly removed an activist from a public hearing this Thursday, who was questioning an agreement signed between the jails of Miami-Dade County, the most populous in Florida, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Dozens of civil groups packed the Miami-Dade commissioners’ meeting to oppose the pact that allows ICE … Read more
International Desk, (EFE).- California officials filed a lawsuit Monday against United States President Donald Trump, accusing him of “illegally” deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles to contain protests against immigration raids. Attorney General Rob Bonta, alongside Governor Gavin Newsom, announced legal action to overturn what they called the president’s “unconstitutional federalization” of California’s Guard … Read more
By José María Rodríguez Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, May 30 (EFE).- Over a year has passed since Brazilian authorities discovered a 50-feet-long migrant raft from Mauritania with nine heavily decomposing bodies. The boat had drifted for 81 days across the Atlantic after its failed attempt to reach Spain’s Canary Island, leaving 55 people … Read more
San Antonio, US (EFE).- United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Todd Lyons said Wednesday that he wants to streamline the deportation process in the same way Amazon efficiently delivers packages across the US. “We need to get better at treating this like a business,” Lyons said at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona. … Read more
By Jorge Mederos Miami, Feb 7 (EFE).- The second Trump administration launched on Thursday its new war against the sanctuary cities in the United States by ordering the withholding of federal funds destined to help migrants in Chicago, Illinois. Sanctuary cities, counties, and states are jurisdictions that limit their cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement … Read more
Washington, Feb 6 (EFE).- United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth released a video on Thursday of the first flight of migrants apprehended on US soil, sent to the Guantanamo US naval base in Cuba. US President Donald Trump “has taken swift action to expel them immediately from our county, and our nation’s finest are … Read more
Mexico City, Dec 27 (EFE).- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Wednesday to address the resurgence of migratory flows that led to the closure of border checkpoints for several days in the last month. The emergency meeting at the National Palace in Mexico comes as a caravan … Read more
Tijuana (Mexico), Sep 14 (EFE).- Mexican authorities acknowledge that organized crime “totally” controls at least three crossing points for undocumented migrants in Baja California, on Mexico’s border with the United States. David Pérez, delegate of the National Migration Institute (INM) in Baja California, recognized that criminal groups’ control of these areas has been excessive. He … Read more
London, Mar 8 (EFE).- The United Kingdom prime minister on Wednesday defended his government’s controversial migration bill, which aims to scrap the right to asylum for migrants who arrive in the country in small boats and speed up their deportation. Rishi Sunak, leader of the Conservative Party government, said the plans were being drawn up … Read more