Paola Nagovitch

Donald Trump won the election with the promise of deporting 11 million migrants, Joe Biden restricted the right to asylum at the border and states like Texas rebelled against Washington’s response to the migration crisis

Families at the Floyd Bennett Field camp, one of 25 centers that will shut down in the next two months, worry that the closure and relocation process will be disruptive for their children

Human Rights Watch argues that those responsible for the ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy applied at the border six years ago should not return to government. But the president-elect has already appointed three of them to new positions

The president-elect has not specified how he will convince other countries to take back their citizens, but there is a law he can use to deny visas to uncooperative nations

Ottawa is beefing up surveillance along the world’s longest international boundary, capping visas and promising to cooperate with the incoming US administration

The future White House deputy chief of staff, ‘border czar’ and secretary of Homeland Security will seek to fulfill the president’s promises, including the mass deportation of millions of people

The most radical wing of the Republican Party wants to ban Sarah McBride, the first transgender legislator, from using women’s bathrooms in the Capitol

The next secretary of state, known for his tough stance on countries such as Cuba, is expected to put the region at the center of his agenda

On social media, many Americans disappointed by Kamala Harris’ defeat are turning to this South Korean-born trend that calls on women to refuse to date, marry or have sex with men

Donald Trump knew how to capitalize on this discontent of the Latino community, which feels increasingly alienated by the Democratic Party

The Democratic candidate has a clear lead among those under 34, but her support for the Israeli offensive in Gaza and her administration’s handling of issues such as migration and the environment threaten to narrow it

The comedian mocked the US territory by calling it ‘a floating island of garbage’ during a campaign event for the Republican candidate

Nebraska is the latest state to remove all barriers to former inmates being able to participate in the November election. But one in 59 adults (mostly Black and Latino) are still excluded from the electoral process

Following the Biden administration’s decision not to extend the parole of 530,000 people, two other federal programs could expire between now and 2026. This is especially likely if Donald Trump returns to the presidency

The Republican presidential candidate has been making the same claim since he won in 2016, and this year he has reinforced the message ahead of November 5

The small Ohio town has received more than 30 bomb threats since the former president began spreading lies about its Haitian immigrant community

A recent Scripps News/Ipsos poll found that more Americans trust the former president to handle immigration than Kamala Harris

Both candidates have recently redoubled their efforts to appeal to the growing Puerto Rican electorate, especially in the decisive state of Pennsylvania, where 80% of the Latino vote is Puerto Rican

A new report shows telehealth procedures have increased by 16% since the Supreme Court struck down the federal right to abortion in 2022

The expert in law, racial discrimination and critical race theory publishes the Spanish translation of her book ‘Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality,’ in which she seeks to debunk the myth that racism does not exist within the Latino community

With Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance’s visit to ground zero of the immigration crisis, and new polls showing Kamala Harris narrowing Donald Trump’s lead, the race is on to win the only swing state that borders Mexico

While the vice president has indeed played an immigration-related role under Biden, her responsibilities are often mischaracterized. The reality is that her role has been diplomatic

The state’s governor, Republican Greg Abbott, has harshly criticized the vice president and all-but-certain Democratic presidential candidate for her role in the immigration policies of the Biden administration

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Southwest Key alleging that employees have harassed unaccompanied minors in their care from 2015 to 2023

The American of Venezuelan origin was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring with her boyfriend to kill his ex-wife. In the end, he committed suicide before the trial and she was the only one convicted in the case. Her family is now fighting a legal battle to reverse the sentence and clear her name