Asylum claims in Canada soaring as US tightens immigration policies

A growing number of migrants in the U.S. are heading north to seek asylum, even as Canada adopts increasingly restrictive immigration policies of its own. During the first six days of July, Canadian officials at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border...

Eleven coffee shops that are elevating Boston’s cafe culture

Bostonians want our coffee when we want it: early in the morning, late at night, over ice on the coldest day of the winter. How else could we sustain so many Dunkin’s? (We’ll happily seek out the best ice cream in the depths of February, too.)...

Immigration enforcement should be proportional

ORLANDO | So 40 miles due east from Everglades City and 55 miles due west from downtown Miami lies a center of controversy surrounding the complicated issue of immigration. “Alligator Alcatraz,” as it has become known, is in Ochopee, Florida,...

Relatives of Exiled Journalists Harassed in Nicaragua

Police harassment at the homes of relatives of exiled journalists has intensified. / File photo: Confidencial Exiled journalists and their families in Nicaragua face harassment, smear campaigns, and threats, warns a report. By Confidencial HAVANA...

Longtime Miami immigrant joins federal lawsuit to stop Trump administration from ending TPS

An immigrant from Miami is joining a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to end temporary legal residency for immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras and other countries, a union announced Thursday. Maria Elena Hernandez is...

DHS will end deportation protections for over 70,000 Nicaraguans and Hondurans

The Trump administration is eliminating Temporary Protected Status protections for 76,000 migrants from Honduras and Nicaragua, claiming significant improvements in both countries. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on...

Religiosas en México acompañan a migrantes ‘atrapados’ por políticas de EU

Hermanas católicas apoyan a quienes no pueden avanzar ni regresar a sus países. Por Rhina Guidos/ Global Sisters Report Es difícil saber cuántos han pasado por el mural en el albergue administrado por las Hermanas Josefinas en Ciudad de México y...

Ending deportation protections for Hondurans, Nicaraguans sparks fear

The Trump administration's ending of deportation protections for those who have fled Honduras and Nicaragua shows "no discernment," an immigration policy expert told OSV News — while a pastor at one Philadelphia parish said the moves have sparked...

Amazon warehouse workers lose jobs after Trump's immigration crackdown: 'We have done everything legally'

Boxes are selected on a conveyor belt during Cyber Monday at Amazon's fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., December 2, 2024. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Daphnee Poteau, a Haitian who came to the U.S in 2023, began working for Amazon...

UNITED STATES-IMMIGRATION – Haitian Bridge Alliance condemns termination of TPS for Hondurans, Nicaraguans

Twin Cities day cares lose workers after Trump administration cancels immigration program

Operators of at least two day care businesses said they have lost staff with valuable language skills since the Department of Homeland Security terminated the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela Parole Program (CHNV) in April. The Biden-era...

'Just makes things harder' | Thousands of immigrants lose protected status after DHS revokes Temporary Protected status for Hondurans and Nicaraguans

Bridge Refugee Services Inc. assists immigrants living in the U.S. The organization says the change in legal status puts people's future in limbo. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — People in East Tennessee are reacting to the federal government's plan to roll...

Immigration crackdown: Trump revoking TPS for Hondurans, Nicaraguans

The Trump administration is ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Hondurans and Nicaraguans, potentially affecting 76,000 people. TPS allows recipients to live and work in the U.S. due to unsafe conditions in their home countries. Some have...

‘It’s just unfair’: What end of TPS means for Nicaraguans and Hondurans in the US

Virginia Guevara came to the United States from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the 1990s, before the country was granted Temporary Protected Status following the devastating destruction caused by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Guevara, 48 at the time, found...

Immigration News Today: Federal Bill Would Force ICE Agents to ID Themselves, Ban Most Masks

Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here. Washington, D.C. Bill...

Where things stand with Trump and immigration nearly 6 months in

President Donald Trump headed back to the White House in January after a campaign where he promised to take an aggressive stance on immigration and conduct the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. Since taking office, border crossing numbers...

America, ‘nation of immigrants,’ turns on immigrants: A conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen

For generations, the Statue of Liberty has stood as a beacon representing the promise of America as a land of freedom and opportunity for immigrants from all over the world. But in 2025, as immigrant communities are being vilified and terrorized...

Expertos: El fin del TPS para Honduras y Nicaragua muestra una ‘falta de discernimiento’ y provoca miedo

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Co-President Rosario Murillo, are seen in file photo. Under the Ortega-Murillo regime, Nicaragua has seen a brutal crackdown on the Catholic Church and faces a human rights crisis, as does...

Trump administration holding immigrants from 26 countries at Guantánamo prison

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Supervisors Move to Shield Immigrant Communities from Escalating Federal Enforcement

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors July 8 passed three motions introduced by Chair Pro Tem and First District Supervisor Hilda L. Solis to defend immigrant communities amid a sharp escalation in federal immigration...