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BREAKING NEWS: 13,061 unaccompanied Migrant minors Located by HHS and ICE – 422 sponsors Arrested and Under Investigation for Abuse

BREAKING NEWS: 13,061 unaccompanied Migrant minors Located by HHS and ICE – 422 sponsors Arrested and Under Investigation for Abuse

The Trump administration has located more than 13,000 unaccompanied migrant minors who went missing under the lax border policies of the Biden administration, according to a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official. UPDATE: An HHS...

ICE Air to Fly Away

Lea Jones makes signs in his Eugene kitchen and sends messages through his Facebook page urging friends near and far to take action against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Avelo Airlines. He has been fighting cancer for five years and has...

Noem and Fonseca Sign Agreement, Belize Will Share Biometric Data with US

Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca has returned from Washington DC where he participated in a flurry of meetings since Monday. Those meetings included sessions with the Foreign Minister of Guatemala, the Secretary General of the OAS, senior US...

African speaker to visit Ashley Growing Project

African speaker to visit Ashley Growing Project

ASHLEY — The Ashley Growing Project for Growing Hope Globally will host a speaker from the West African country of Burkina Faso on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Chapel Church of the Brethren, 1993 C.R. 8. The speaker will share how his community...

Upstate family rescued in Syria finally returns home

Upstate family rescued in Syria finally returns home

Family rescued in Syria finally returns home to South Carolina A local educator, her husband, and young child were left in the middle of a warzone while visiting family. Now they're home. OK, uh, you want me to tell you what happened or you wanna...

Faculty Spanish lessons set to return next year

Faculty Spanish lessons set to return next year

AMENIA — The Webutuck Central School District will continue to offer the Spanish for Educators program, which instructs teachers on basic principles of the Spanish language, during the 2025–2026 school year, citing the program’s success during the...

Another new winner

Another new winner

PALMDALE — The High Desert Runners’ Summer Cross Country Series finished its third of six weeks on Thursday night with a yet another new winner. This time, it was 2015 Desert Christian graduate Stephen Pacheco who crossed the line first at Pelona...

‘We are hiding on the roof. I love you.’ An ICE raid in Montco has left families bereft after 14 were arrested.

‘We are hiding on the roof. I love you.’ An ICE raid in Montco has left families bereft after 14 were arrested.

Erika Moreno was awakened by a call from her partner, José Vázquez, phoning from his job at the Super Gigante food market in West Norriton. “ICE is here,” he whispered. “We are hiding on the roof. I love you.” Then the line clicked off. Inside the...

Democrat politicians suspect Long Island prison illegally holding ICE detainees too long

Democrat politicians suspect Long Island prison illegally holding ICE detainees too long

Democrat lawmakers on Wednesday morning inspected the Long Island lockup where more than 1,400 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees have been held in the past five months, after jail staff initially tried to bar the politicians from...

These are all the countries currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list

These are all the countries currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Former New Life Senior Pastor Brady Boyd starts new ministry in Colorado Springs

Former New Life Senior Pastor Brady Boyd starts new ministry in Colorado Springs

After being asked by New Life Church’s board of elders to leave his 18-year job as senior pastor and stepping down on June 11, Brady Boyd has started his own organization, Psalm 68 Ministries, out of his home in Colorado Springs. “After pastoring...

Could the new pope fast track Blessed Stanley Rother's path to sainthood?

Could the new pope fast track Blessed Stanley Rother's path to sainthood?

Blessed Stanley Rother, an Oklahoma priest killed in Guatemala, and Pope Leo XIV, formerly a missionary in Peru, share similar paths. Both men served in Latin America during times of conflict, learned local languages and were beloved by their...

No Arrest, No Deportation, No Death: DHS Slams Allentown Grandpa Story as Fake

No Arrest, No Deportation, No Death: DHS Slams Allentown Grandpa Story as Fake

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has vehemently denied reports that an 82-year-old Chilean grandfather, Luis Leon, was deported and claims that he died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. A Pennsylvania newspaper, The...

Growing together through the decades

Growing together through the decades

As a young mission worker in the 1980s, Linda Shelly stood on the muddy banks of a Bolivian river, arms outstretched, learning to sing Maravilloso es el amor de Dios (Wonderful Is the Love of God), a children’s song about God’s boundless love. The...

Was he or wasn’t he? Elderly Pa. man’s deportation tale raises red flags

Was he or wasn’t he? Elderly Pa. man’s deportation tale raises red flags

By Ximena Conde, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) Federal immigration authorities say a story about an 82-year-old Chilean national being arrested in Philadelphia and deported to Guatemala after trying to replace his lost green card is a “hoax.”...

Princess of Girona Awards: A gala to recognize young people who choose "the difficult path"

Princess of Girona Awards: A gala to recognize young people who choose "the difficult path"

BarcelonaPablo Sánchez, Manuel Bouzas, Andrés Dotti, Gabriela Asturias, Antoni Forner-Cuenca, and Valentina Agudelo received the Princess of Girona Award this Wednesday for their commitment to the future of the planet, health, education, and...

Migrants send $200 billion home, some to help criminal cartels

Migrants send $200 billion home, some to help criminal cartels

Migrants working in the United States send at least $200 billion home every year, including cash to criminal cartels, according to a new analysis of “remittances.”The money collected by legal and illegal migrants went to 134 nations, but most was...

Where in the world is your City Council member? Rash of absences leads to delay

Where in the world is your City Council member? Rash of absences leads to delay

A family reunion. A trip to Guatemala. A church function. And an unexplained absence. Taken together, the outside commitments left the Rochester City Council unable to approve borrowing this week to replace lead water lines or buy street...

Obama-Appointed Judge Temporarily Blocks ICE Arrest of Suspected MS-13 Gang Member

Obama-Appointed Judge Temporarily Blocks ICE Arrest of Suspected MS-13 Gang Member

Federal ruling delays deportation of Salvadoran illegal migrant tied to major human smuggling operation. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom A federal judge appointed by former President Barack Obama has blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement from...

Frozen funds could impact teachers, students and those learning English

Frozen funds could impact teachers, students and those learning English

At the Guatemalan-Maya Center in Lake Worth Beach, students pack back-to-school supplies for an upcoming fair. Spanish is their primary language. Sindia Lopez worries some of her peers will suffer if programs that help children learn English are...

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