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President Trump's elimination of stopgap migrant programs like TPS and humanitarian parole makes it easier to carry out his sweeping deportation crusade — but it also raises the question: When will the U.S. ever reform its broken immigration system?
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U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, María Elvira Salazar, R-Miami and Frederica Wilson, D-Miami Gardens, announced this week they are sponsoring the re-introduction of H.R. 1348, the Venezuelan Adjustment Act, for Venezuelans who entered U.S. before or on Dec. 31, 2021.
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The migrants refused to be repatriated to their countries. They will be held in a migration facility near the Darien Gap along the Colombian border until third countries can be found to take them.
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Seven Chilean men face federal charges related to a string of burglaries at the homes of six high-profile athletes. NFL quarterbacks Pat Mahomes and Joe Burrows were among the targets.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed off on state immigration legislation he called the toughest in the nation, and ex-federal prosecutor Larry Keefe was named executive director of Florida's immigration board.
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Brazil's top prosecutor Paulo Gonet has formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.
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The 90-minute call-in special 'Haiti On The Line,' a collaboration between public radio stations in the three cities with the largest Haitian populations in the U.S., will be broadcast live on WLRN on Feb. 24. If you're Haitian or Haitian-American, we want to hear your thoughts on the country's past, present and future.
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Despite promises to improve the system, problems within prisons keep mounting. Critics say the Dominican Republic continues to push for pretrial detentions in cases where no charges have been filed.
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Immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally have changed their travel patterns and are making plans for advocates to have power of attorney to care for their children if they are deported. Homestead's Nora Sandigo has received hundreds of calls from immigrant parents across the U.S.
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After seeing Venezuelan immigrants lose protected status, many Haitians worry they’re next.
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Time is of the essence for a Brazilian neuroscientist who wants to study whale and dolphin brains before the brains decompose in the heat.
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New poll details America's views on Trump's immigration plans: deportation, citizenship, border wallA new NPR/Ipsos poll shows growing support for some restrictions on immigration. Still, many elements of President Trump's sweeping crackdown are unpopular with Democrats and independents.