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Except for Guyana — which got hit with a 38% duty — Latin America and the Caribbean were relatively unscathed by President Trump's global tariff hikes. Still, experts see significant effects there and here, especially in South Florida tourism.
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The public university in Boca Raton could be the first to enter such an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which lists the campus police department as one of 75 entities that have submitted paperwork for consideration.
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Critics of the 287(g) program say it fosters fear and distrust of authorities in immigrant communities across Florida.
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Packed pews, rollicking singing and emotional devotions have marked Lent worship services at Notre Dame d'Haiti, the Catholic church at the heart of the largest Haitian diaspora in the United States.
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Argentina says that its poverty rate has dropped to 38.1% in libertarian President Javier Milei’s first year in office.
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They're making their voices heard in Tallahassee. They hope to convince legislators that eliminating in-state tuition for students like them does more harm than good.
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Federal authorities in several countries have recently nabbed several caches of weapons headed to Haiti, but armed violence continues to rise there.
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The order by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco is a relief for 350,000 Venezuelans whose Temporary Protected Status was set to expire April 7 after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reversed protections granted by the Biden administration.
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The U.N. human rights commission's working group has now said it will appeal to El Salvador to consider the recent deportation and imprisonment of Venezuelans “alleged enforced or involuntary disappearances” cases.
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Attorneys for the more than 200 Venezuelans deported to an El Salvador prison say immigration agents used a seemingly arbitrary check-list form to tally points to determine if the migrants belonged to Tren de Aragua.
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Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war
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Ninety-seven of the 140 law enforcement agencies that have signed 287(g) agreements with ICE are in Florida. The Florida Roundup discusses the collaboration.