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Immigration arrests in San Francisco region up 77% since Trump took office
The Mercury News - California
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July 6, 2025
Since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests have shot up 77% in Northern California since the last year-plus of Joe Biden’s administration, according to recently released data from ICE. The...
Pastor, father of 5 deported to Guatemala after 2 decades in Florida
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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July 8, 2025
By CP StaffTuesday, July 08, 2025 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents making an effort to deport an undocumented illegal immigrant. | U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementA pastor who led a small Hispanic church in Florida was deported...
Wimauma pastor deported to Guatemala, leaving church and family reeling
WFTS Tampa Bay - Florida
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July 9, 2025
WIMAUMA, Fla. — A once-packed church is now empty after 42-year-old Maurilio Ambrocio was deported back to his home country of Guatemala last Wednesday. After not seeing him for months, his daughter, Ashley, bought a last-minute plane ticket to...
Mexico: The search for disappeared persons is a high-risk activity for collectives of women searchers
Amnesty International
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July 8, 2025
Women who search for their loved ones among the more than 128,000 disappeared and missing persons in Mexico additionally face a growing number of impacts and violence which have so far claimed the lives of at least 16 of these women, Amnesty...
Trump Using Gitmo to Detain Migrants with Serious Criminal Histories, Including Crimes Against Children
Breitbart
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July 8, 2025
President Donald Trump is using Guantanamo prison to detain migrants with “serious” criminal histories, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Trump signaled his plans to open Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house tens of thousands of...
1% Remittance Tax Raises Concerns Among Immigrant Communities
El Periodico - Texas
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July 8, 2025
Part of the “big beautiful bill” has sparked nationwide discussion after unveiling a provision that would introduce a 1% tax on international cash transfers, commonly known as remittances. This measure is intended to target noncitizens, and is...
A Drag Queen Was Detained by ICE in San Francisco. Activists Are Fighting to Get Her Back
them. - New York
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July 7, 2025
Sign up for The Agenda, Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered every Thursday. Community activists in San Francisco are rallying to support Hilary Rivers, an immigrant drag queen who was arrested by ICE agents after an asylum hearing...
ICE arrests five Guatemalan men in South Philadelphia, activists say
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 8, 2025
By Jeff Gammage, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) Immigration activists say ICE agents arrested five Guatemalan men at a home in South Philadelphia on Sunday. A video shot by a neighbor from a nearby rooftop shows two young men in handcuffs, one of...
ICE arrests five Guatemalan men in South Philadelphia, activists say, as video shows neighbor cursing at officers
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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Immigration activists say ICE agents arrested five Guatemalan men at a home in South Philadelphia on Sunday. A video shot by a neighbor from a nearby rooftop shows two young men in handcuffs, one of whom is then placed in a gray car as a neighbor...
West Liberty man with no criminal background deported to Guatemala
Iowa Public Radio
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July 7, 2025
When Pascual Pedro Pedro immigrated to eastern Iowa from Guatemala seven years ago, he was given an official order of expedited removal, but allowed to remain in the country under special supervision. The expedited removal order would have been...
253 New Immigration Cases Filed June 20th-26th
Texas Border Business
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July 7, 2025
United States Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas announced, that federal prosecutors in the district filed 253 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from June 20 through 26. Image for illustration...
UNK students deliver free medical care during outreach trip to Guatemala
Central Nebraska Today
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UNK students assist at a free medical clinic during a recent outreach trip to Guatemala. (Courtesy photo) KEARNEY — San Pedro is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Guatemala. Located along Lake Atitlán, the small city is known for its...
Immigrants with no criminal convictions represent sharpest growth in ICE detention population
NPR
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July 4, 2025
Krome Detention Center officers man a gate leading to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, May 24, 2025, in Miami. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Blackwell/AP President Trump is enacting a mass...
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...
West Liberty man deported to Guatemala despite community’s efforts to stop it
WQAD 8 - Illinois
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After being detained by ICE during a routine check-in, Pascual Leonardo Pedro-Pedro was deported to Guatemala despite efforts from the West Liberty community. WEST LIBERTY, Iowa — Pascual Leonardo Pedro-Pedro has been deported to Guatemala, days...
Change at Baltimore court could hurt immigrant children, advocates fear
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 7, 2025
A recent policy change at Baltimore City Circuit Court could lead to the separation of children from their parents or guardians, according to several immigrant advocates. Judge Audrey J.S. Carrión, the court’s administrative judge, last month...
What Is Diego Luna’s Nationality, Ethnicity & Religion? Is He Mexican?
Essentially Sports
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July 7, 2025
A reporter once asked the USMNT star winger Diego Luna, “What would you be doing if you weren’t a soccer player?” And he replied, “Man, that’s tough. A firefighter, maybe.” Well, it was truly a blessing from God that the beautiful game found its...
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...
Documenting ICE Agents’ Brutal Use of Force in LA Immigration Raids
The Intercept
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July 7, 2025
This article includes images of law enforcement violence and medical emergencies. SInce June 6, federal agents have embarked on a militarized rampage and terror campaign across the greater Los Angeles area. Pursuing the Trump administration’s...
A 13-year-old immigrant was arrested in Maine. It took 2 weeks to get her home.
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 7, 2025
FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts — In the summer of 2021, Lesca got a startling phone call. “We have your daughter,” an immigration official said on the other line. Lesca’s 9-year-old daughter, Yori, had crossed the southern border alone, hoping to...