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Florida Governor DeSantis’ Plan to Bus Cuban Migrants Red Meat for Extremists (OPINION)
The busing of migrants was always nothing more than a taxpayer-funded stunt meant as red meat to the most extremist elements of the Republican base, who DeSantis is obsessed with pandering to as he weighs a possible presidential run in 2024.
Cuban Migrants Targeted in Mexico
While migrants at the border represent many different nations, they all share the same dream of contributing to a free and safe society with the promise of opportunity.
Growing Number of Cuban Migrants Trying to Enter US Via Mexico
The increase in Cuban asylum applicants at the U.S.-Mexico border is straining the already backlogged U.S. immigration system.
List of ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Protests Scheduled Across the Country
On June 1, a general strike among Latinos and their allies dubbed “Un Día Sin Inmigrantes” (A Day Without Immigrants) is scheduled to take place in cities across the country in protest of the anti-immigrant laws passed in Florida and other states.
US State Department Announces More Aid for Venezuelan Migrants
the U.S. Department of State is allocating more than $140 million in additional humanitarian aid and $31 million in development assistance to “respond to the needs of vulnerable Venezuelans in Venezuela, Venezuelan refugees and migrants, and their generous host communities across the region,” according to a press release by Secretary Antony Blinken.
US, Cubans Will Meet Again in Havana: State Department
U.S. and Cuban officials plan to meet in Havana on Tuesday to discuss migration policy, the latest in a series of sessions between two governments with a historically icy relationship and amid one of the biggest migratory flights from the island in decades.
Small Town in Southern Mexico Hosts Thousands of Migrants
San Pedro Tapanatepec had 7,000 migrants, about 75 percent Venezuelans, when the Associated Press visited at the beginning of October. By Monday, Mayor Humberto Parrazales estimated the number had grown to 14,000.
Why Venezuelans and Cubans Are Coming to Texas in Record Numbers
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol figures show that 110,061 Cubans crossed the border into Texas from October 2021 through September 2022. During that same time period, 109,106 Venezuelans crossed the border.
Cubans Seek Broad Reforms, Not Another Revolution (OPINION)
While many in the United States use social media information to justify a regime change, the reality is, that’s not what every Cuban wants.
End of Title 42 Sees Renewed Hate Towards Migrants of Color (OPINION)
As predictable as Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric, the decades-old language of anti-Latino hate has resurfaced like a festering boil in the wake of Biden’s plans to end Title 42 restrictions on immigration.
Migrants Hopeful, Suspicious at US Reopening to Asylum
More than a dozen migrants excitedly ran out of their dormitory at the Good Samaritan shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico at the mere mention that the Biden administration may lift a rule that expels people at the border before they can request a chance at humanitarian protection in the United States.
Makeshift Boat with Dominican Migrants Capsizes in Puerto Rico
Migrants from the Dominican Republic and Haiti have increasingly tried to cross the treacherous 92 miles of water known as the Mona Passage that separates the island of Hispaniola that both countries share from Puerto Rico. Some 449 Haitians and more than 200 Dominicans have been detained since October 1.
Confronting Cuban American Propaganda Head On (OPINION)
Misinformation in each respective Latino community is rampant, especially among the Cuban Americans of South Florida, and it’s going to take more than just talking about it to defeat it.
The Nightmare of Migrants Crossing the Darién Jungle
Reporter David González M. follows one Haitian migrant, his family, and others from as far away as Pakistan as they prepare to make the deadly journey through the Colombia-Panama border region.
Panama, Colombia Agree to Limit of 650 Migrants Per Day
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The governments of Panama and Colombia agreed Wednesday to impose a daily limit on the number of migrants passing through the thickly jungled and roadless Darien Gap on the two countries’ border.
Panama, Colombia Agree to Restrict Flow of Migrants
SAN VICENTE, Panama (AP) — Officials of Panama and Colombia agreed Friday to restrict the growing flow of migrants, mainly Cubans and Haitians, who have been crossing the Darien Gap that marks the border between the two countries.
OPINION: Anti-Blackness in the Cuban Diaspora
Racism is a deeply rooted issue that is widely ignored among Cuban Americans.
Mexico Will Build 17 Shelters for Child Migrants Near Southern Border
The shelters will be run by the country’s child welfare agency and will be located in different places in the states of Tabasco and Chiapas.
Trump Is Courting Florida Cubans, But His Past Words Are a Loud Warning (OPINION)
There is nothing inconsistent about Trump’s relationship with an older generation of largely conservative, mostly white Cubans.
Stalled by Pandemic, Migrants Press in Quest for Better Life
LAJAS BLANCAS, Panamá (AP) — Duperat Laurette fled Haiti after her country’s massive 2010 earthquake, making her way first to the Dominican Republic, then Chile and five years later to Panamá, all with the dream of reaching the U.S. and finding a job to help support 14 siblings left behind in Haiti.
Trump Signs Executive Order Excluding Undocumented Immigrants’ Census Count From Use in Congressional Redistricting
The practical effect of Trump’s memorandum, if it survives a court challenge, would not come until sometime in 2021, well after this year’s general election in November.