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President of Panama: 'The canal is and will remain Panama's'

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino says his nation intends to maintain control of the Panama Canal, after President Trump re-upped his intent to...

21.01.2025 20

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Rafael Bernal

Puerto Rico asks Trump for help after Venezuela's Maduro threatens invasion

Puerto Rico’s new Republican governor is drawing attention to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro’s military threats against the U.S. island in...

15.01.2025 100

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Rafael Bernal

Biden buys time for immigrants ahead of Trump inauguration

The Biden administration on Friday bolstered a key humanitarian program for immigrants, buying time for beneficiaries before President-elect Trump is...

11.01.2025 10

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Rafael Bernal

US streamlines deportation flights to China

The Biden administration repatriated more than 500 Chinese nationals in the last year, laying the groundwork for systematic deportations across the...

11.01.2025 4

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Rafael Bernal

DHS extends TPS for Salvadorans, potentially complicating Trump's plans

The Biden administration on Friday extended a key humanitarian program for El Salvadoran nationals in a move that could complicate the incoming Trump...

10.01.2025 10

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Rafael Bernal

Venezuelan opposition leader detained ahead of Maduro's inauguration

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was detained amid anti-government protests in Caracas on Thursday, a day before President Nicolás...

10.01.2025 2

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Rafael Bernal

Immigration firebrand takes reins of the Hispanic Caucus

Latino Democrats, under new management for the 119th Congress, are looking to flex their muscle under a razor-thin Republican House majority that...

09.01.2025 6

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Rafael Bernal

Mexico's president hits back at Trump over 'Gulf of America': 'We're going to call it Mexican America'

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum dove into President-elect Trump’s chatter of geopolitical rearrangement on Wednesday, proposing a name change...

08.01.2025 1

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Rafael Bernal

Gallego goes all in on GOP's Laken Riley bill

Arizona’s newly minted Democratic senator has announced he is backing the Laken Riley Act, a bill advocates say would eliminate due process for...

08.01.2025 3

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Rafael Bernal

Immigration drives population growth to fastest rate since 2001: Census

U.S. population growth sped up toward more "historical norms" this year following a two-decade slump, spurred by international migration. According...

19.12.2024 3

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Rafael Bernal

Latino Victory names new leadership team

Latino Victory is announcing a new leadership team on Wednesday, with the organization’s founding president coming back after five years to chair...

18.12.2024 8

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Rafael Bernal

Bush, Obama alumni ask Biden administration to ease up on Cuba before Trump takes office

A group of former diplomatic and national security officials is calling on the Biden administration to loosen some restrictions on Cuba before...

18.12.2024 30

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Rafael Bernal

DHS overhauls H-1B visa program

The Biden administration announced a new rule Tuesday clarifying who can apply for an H-1B work visa, a key program to attract international talent...

17.12.2024 4

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Rafael Bernal

Incoming Trump border czar on meeting with NYC mayor: 'He gets it'

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and incoming border czar Tom Homan swapped words of praise Thursday, after the two former law enforcement officers...

13.12.2024 10

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Economic fallout from Trump mass deportations could eclipse Great Recession: Report

President-elect Trump’s mass deportation proposals threaten to gut the U.S. economy, shrinking growth and the labor force while juicing inflation,...

12.12.2024 30

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Rafael Bernal

Trump mass deportation threats infuriate immigrant advocates

President-elect Trump’s pledge to enact mass deportations and end birthright citizenship, potentially affecting millions of U.S. citizens, is...

12.12.2024 4

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Rafael Bernal

Democratic exit poll: Trump's economic message transcended demographics

A new exit poll of battleground state voters found that President-elect Trump’s economic message broke through demographic barriers, building a...

11.12.2024 2

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Rafael Bernal

Mexico chews on Kari Lake ambassador rumors

Reports of President-elect Trump’s potential nomination of Kari Lake as ambassador to Mexico are receiving mixed reviews in the country, where...

10.12.2024 1

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Rafael Bernal

Mexico and Canada are shadowboxing for Trump's favor

Mexico and Canada are competing for President-elect Trump’s favor ahead of his Jan. 20 inauguration, each trying to make their case as the more...

07.12.2024 5

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Rafael Bernal

Hispanic senators press Biden to protect immigrants before leaving White House

The Senate’s three current Hispanic Democrats are calling on President Biden to extend and strengthen humanitarian protections for certain groups...

04.12.2024 4

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Rafael Bernal

Immigration advocacy group launches political arm to counter Trump agenda

A top immigration advocacy group announced on Tuesday a new political arm to highlight the human consequences of the incoming Trump...

03.12.2024 6

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Rafael Bernal

Trump tariffs threaten to crack open North American economies

MEXICO CITY — President-elect Trump’s pledge to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada threatens to upend decades of North American integration, a...

30.11.2024 30

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Rafael Bernal

Rubio brings Latin America expertise to State. Will Trump listen?

MEXICO CITY — President-elect Trump’s nomination of Florida's Marco Rubio to become the first Hispanic secretary of State has caused fewer...

26.11.2024 5

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Rafael Bernal

Trump immigration crackdown: Denaturalization just a drop in the bucket

President-elect Trump’s incoming administration is expected to take aim at legal immigration, in addition to cracking down on the illegal variety,...

22.11.2024 2

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Rafael Bernal

Trump's immigration grand strategy casts wide net

President-elect Trump is returning to the White House looking to dwarf his first term's significant impact on immigration policy. Eight years after...

20.11.2024 2

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Rafael Bernal

Trump declares 'true' reports of national emergency, military assets to achieve mass deportation plan

President-elect Trump on Monday recirculated a social media post suggesting his incoming administration will declare an immigration national...

18.11.2024 60

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Bevy of immigration programs at risk under Trump mass deportation plan

Immigrants with humanitarian or temporary legal status in the United States are at risk of being rendered effectively undocumented by the incoming...

18.11.2024 70

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Rafael Bernal

Immigrant advocates to Biden: 'Meet the urgency of the moment'

A coalition of 138 immigrant, civil and human rights groups is calling on President Biden to take executive action to protect certain vulnerable...

15.11.2024 20

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Rafael Bernal

New York's Espaillat running unopposed for Hispanic Caucus chair

New York Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat is all but certain to lead congressional Hispanic Democrats next year, as he is running unopposed to...

14.11.2024 3

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Rafael Bernal

5 things to know about Tom Homan, Trump's new border czar

President-elect Trump has announced Tom Homan as his new administration’s border czar, putting a 30-plus-year immigration enforcement veteran at...

12.11.2024 70

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Rafael Bernal

Trump 'border czar' says administration will conduct workplace immigration raids

Incoming “border czar” Tom Homan said Monday the incoming Trump administration will crank up workplace raids as part of its broader immigration...

11.11.2024 90

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Immigration advocates brace for Trump: 'Buckle up'

Immigration advocates are bracing for Trump 2.0, whose pledge of mass deportation is sending waves of panic and anger throughout the movement. Even...

11.11.2024 50

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Rafael Bernal

Latino voters put identity issues aside in 2024

Former President Trump’s election to a second non-consecutive term instantly rewrote the playbook for pursuing the Hispanic electorate, burying...

07.11.2024 10

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Rafael Bernal

Wisconsin rejects ban on noncitizen voting

Voters in Wisconsin have rejected a ballot measure amending the state’s constitution to explicitly prohibit foreign nationals from voting in any...

06.11.2024 10

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Rafael Bernal

Latino voters ready to emerge from 'garbage' fight

The Hispanic electorate has found its place at the center of national political discourse in an election marred by nativist rhetoric and punctuated...

02.11.2024 5

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Rafael Bernal

Last-minute billboard campaign seeks to galvanize Puerto Ricans for Harris

New billboards are going up in Pennsylvania and North Carolina on Thursday, stoking Puerto Ricans’ pride in their island to shore up support for...

31.10.2024 2

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Rafael Bernal

Reggaeton star Nicky Jam withdraws Trump endorsement over Puerto Rico joke

Reggaeton star Nicky Jam walked back his previous endorsement of former President Trump Wednesday in the wake of fallout over a poorly received...

30.10.2024 2

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Rafael Bernal

Puerto Rico's biggest newspaper endorses Harris

Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día endorsed Vice President Harris on Tuesday amid a commotion over a comedian insulting the island at former...

29.10.2024 2

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Rafael Bernal

Bad Bunny releases video love letter to Puerto Rico after Trump rally slam

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny is highlighting his love for his home island Tuesday, following the fracas over a comedy set at former President...

29.10.2024 2

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Rafael Bernal

Puerto Rico GOP leader won't vote for Trump unless he apologizes for comedian's remarks

Puerto Rico GOP Chair Ángel Cintrón says he will not vote for Donald Trump in Puerto Rico’s symbolic presidential poll on Election Day unless the...

29.10.2024 50

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Rafael Bernal

Puerto Rican voters rise as key bloc in 2024

Puerto Rican voters have shot to center stage in national elections, marking a major shift for an electorate that was largely overlooked for a...

29.10.2024 2

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Rafael Bernal

Harris cuts ad featuring MSG Trump rally Puerto Rico 'garbage' joke

Vice President Harris’s campaign wasted no time making hay of the backlash against a crude comedy set at former President Trump’s Madison Square...

29.10.2024 5

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Rafael Bernal

National Latino group endorses Florida's Debbie Mucarsel-Powell for Senate

Democratic Florida Senate nominee Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has been endorsed by the country’s oldest Latino civil rights organization, a group that...

24.10.2024 2

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Rafael Bernal

September Border Patrol encounters lowest since the pandemic

Fewer migrants were apprehended between ports of entry at the southern border in September than in any month since August of 2020, according to new...

23.10.2024 70

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Rafael Bernal

Harris leads Trump among battleground Latino voters: Poll

Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump among Hispanic voters in all battleground states, according to a new poll commissioned by...

21.10.2024 4

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Rafael Bernal

Harris campaign hosts separated families ahead of Trump's Univision town hall

Three families spoke about their forced separation at the hands of U.S. immigration authorities at a prebuttal press conference hosted by Vice...

16.10.2024 10

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Rafael Bernal

Harris focuses on the economy in new Latino battlegrounds ad 'Hard Work'

Vice President Harris is releasing a new ad targeting Latinos in battleground states, focusing on her cost-of-living proposals. “Hard Work” will...

16.10.2024 7

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Rafael Bernal

Trump campaign flips Bill Clinton's Laken Riley remarks on Harris

Former President Trump’s campaign is using a snippet of former President Clinton campaigning in Georgia on Sunday to attack Vice President Harris...

14.10.2024 3

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Rafael Bernal

National Border Patrol Council endorses Trump at Arizona rally

The National Border Patrol Council on Sunday endorsed former President Trump at a rally in Arizona. “America, I have a message for you. If we allow...

14.10.2024 2

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Rafael Bernal

Fifth Circuit weighs fate of DACA in case likely headed to Supreme Court

Immigration advocates are on edge as a lawsuit against the popular DACA program makes its way through the courts, adding uncertainty to the lives...

10.10.2024 2

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Rafael Bernal