Tag: Central America
US threatens legal action against Texas on shelter closures
The Biden administration threatened Monday to pursue legal action if Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doesn't rescind his order shutting down federally funded shelters that...
Tearful reunion after mom saw photo of daughter at US border
AUSTIN, Texas — Six years had passed since Glenda Valdez kissed her toddler goodbye and left for the United States — six years since...
Harris turns focus to Mexico on trip to address migration
MEXICO CITY — Vice President Kamala Harris is closing out her first foreign trip Tuesday with a visit to Mexico and a meeting with...
US identifies 3,900 children separated at border under Trump
SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration said Tuesday that it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border...
Spirituality underpins migrant activism in US borderlands
TUCSON, Ariz. — Alvaro Enciso plants three or four crosses each week in Arizona's desert borderlands, amid the yellow-blossomed prickly pear and whip-like ocotillo,...
Oosthuizen retirement plans start with a ranch in Florida
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Louis Oosthuizen could easily be portrayed as his generation’s Byron Nelson, and not just because of his syrupy swing.
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Nicaragua judge orders opposition figure jailed for 90 days
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan judicial authorities ordered Monday that a potential opposition presidential candidate be held for three months while his case is investigated....
Luiselli’s prize-winning novel responds to migratory crisis
MEXICO CITY — Valeria Luiselli is pleased to have passed the libraries’ test with her first novel written directly in English, “Lost Children Archive”...
Deported veteran sues to get naturalization interview in US
Hector Ocegueda-Rivera wanted to head to an interview in Los Angeles with immigration officers so he could become a U.S. citizen — but since...
Mexican traffickers steal bus trying to smuggle migrants
MEXICO CITY — In a sign of how bold migrant traffickers in Mexico have become, smugglers stole a purple passenger bus near Mexico City,...
