Lamont Reinforces State Plans To Protect Immigrant Students

HARTFORD, CT – Gov. Ned Lamont reassured immigrant families across the state that local schools have a plan to protect students from federal immigration raids. “Schools only work if everybody’s coming and they feel safe being here,” Lamont said,...

In Guatemala, young Kaqchikel Maya protect their sacred forest with open mapping

The Indigenous community of San José Poaquil is using technology to monitor the health and integrity of their ancestral forest. As a result of an open mapping project started in 2022, locals have created online maps for their forest, which have...

The mysterious disappearance of hundreds of immigrants detained at Alligator Alcatraz

Hundreds of people detained at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration processing center west of Miami, Florida, appear to have vanished. They have disappeared from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) online database, and their lawyers and...

‘Proudly Brown’: Latinos head into Hispanic Heritage Month with resilience amid immigration crackdowns

Abby Palacios can feel the political tension in the air just by walking in a room. But she said the fear she carries won’t stop her from celebrating her culture this month. “I’m proudly Brown,” said Palacios, of Spokane. While multiple Washington...

'Really scary': More ICE action causes fear among Columbus immigrants

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests in a 26-county Ohio area have significantly increased in 2025 compared to the previous year. Advocates and attorneys report that ICE is targeting not just individuals with criminal records but...

Rev. C. Richard Cox, 91, civil rights activist, organizer

The Rev. C. Richard Cox, 91, who lived for a half-century in Mt. Airy and Wyndmoor, and spent his life fighting for civil rights, racial equity and victims of injustice, died of complications from Parkinson’s disease at Foulkeways in Gwynedd on...

Explaining Guatemala's Claim To Half Of Belize

Earlier on the news we had the Prime Minister's reaction - or non reaction to the latest formal provocation from Guatemala's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Well, if you want to know. How the Guatemalans are thinking - their former vice minister of....

Guatemala’s community journalists silenced as promises of change go unfulfilled

By Silvia Higuera September 17, 2025 Indigenous peoples’ support for the election of Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo in 2023 and through his inauguration in January 2024 was vital in preventing efforts to block him from taking office. As a...

Inaugural Hispanic Heritage Celebration to honor Latino culture in Grand County

Granby will host its first Hispanic Heritage Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 21 in Polhamus Park. From 12 to 3 p.m., dance performances, art and culture displays, live music, food trucks, activity booths and vendors will be featured in the park to...

Operation Walk Florida performs over 70 free surgeries in Guatemala

FOX 13's Aaron Mesmer shares the mission by one Tampa nonprofit to give people the ability to walk again by providing live-saving surgeries. TAMPA - A team of about 65 medical professionals from across Florida is back home this week after...

ICE Arrests WORST OF THE WORST Criminal Illegal Alien Pedophiles Convicted of Horrific Crimes Against Children

WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested multiple criminal illegal aliens across the country convicted of horrific sexual crimes against children. These arrests highlight the agency’s unrelenting commitment to...

Fiestas Mexicanas brings culture, community to Downtown Bryan

Last weekend, the streets of Downtown Bryan were cleared to make way for the Fiestas Mexicanas parade and festival, bringing in a lively celebration of culture to kick off Hispanic Heritage Month. Locals, and even out-of-towners, lined the streets...

Guatemala becomes the deadliest country for environmental defenders

At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or disappeared globally last year, according to a new report by the British NGO Global Witness. Some 82% of these cases were in Latin America, where the situation continues to be...

142 Environmental Activists Killed Worldwide in 2024

LONDON: Global Witness, a non-governmental organization (NGO), revealed that at least 142 environmental activists were killed around the world in 2024, while four others went missing. According to a report released by the organization today, the...

Without insurance, immigrant patients may face unregulated ‘medical deportation’

ALLENTOWN, PA. (AP) — Junior Clase’s cluttered kitchen table paints a picture of his life in the United States. Scattered across it are bottles of deodorant and conditioner that he sends back to the Dominican Republic, a Spanish-language Bible and...

‘Inhumane’: Trump’s mass deportations ensnare noncriminal immigrants from all walks of life

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — When Juan and Madison Pestana went on their first date in 2023, Juan vowed to always keep a bouquet of fresh flowers on the kitchen table. For nearly two years, he did exactly that. Their love story was a whirlwind: She...

Democratic Perspective: Immigrants contribute to United States

As estimated in January 2025, almost 16% of people living in the United States (about 52 million) are immigrants. This number is basically a straight-line increase from a low in 1970 of about 5%, after passage of the 1965 Immigration and...

Siembra NC strives to protect immigrants in the workplace, build community support

Maria Mejia, a philosophy professor at Elon University, first became involved with Siembra NC when she attended a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement verification training at a local church. She worked with organizers to plan a similar...

A law enforcement surge has taken a toll on children of immigrants in Washington, D.C., schools

WASHINGTON — The last time she saw her husband, the father of her three children, was when he left their Washington apartment a month ago to buy milk and diapers. Before long he called to say he had been pulled over — but not to worry, because it...

Federal surge has taken a toll on children of immigrants in Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time she saw her husband, the father of her three children, was when he left their Washington apartment a month ago to buy milk and diapers. Before long he called to say he had been pulled over — but not to worry,...