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El Salvador Earns Global Recognition for Anti-Money Laundering Efforts.
For the first time in history, El Salvador will host the 50th Plenary Session of the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT), alongside key working group meetings, from July 28 to 31 in San Salvador. Delegates from GAFILAT’s 18...

Biggest sources of immigrants to Nebraska
Biggest sources of immigrants to Nebraska And while the distinctive American culture and spirit is the result of blending many diverse cultures and histories, the United States has for centuries had an up-and-down relationship with immigration....

Venezuelan migrants reveal shocking abuse in El Salvador jail under Trump crackdown — ‘abuse, violence, spoiled food’
Venezuelans, who were detained in US President Donald Trump's March immigration crackdown, talked about the "horror" they endured during their time in the Salvadoran jail. They alleged witnessing abuse, beatings, violence, spoiled food and legal...

Venezuelan deportees say they endured months of abuse inside a Salvadoran prison
By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Melissa Sanchez and Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, Ronna Rísquez, Alianza Rebelde Investiga, and Adrián González, Cazadores de Fake News, Photos by Adriana Loureiro Fernández, The Texas Tribune July...

Venezuelan men expelled to El Salvador megaprison faced ‘state-sanctioned torture’, say lawyers
When José Manuel Ramos Bastidas finally reunited with his family in El Tocuyo, Venezuela, it marked the end of an ordeal that began with his deportation by the Trump administration and ended in what his lawyers describe as “state-sanctioned...

Hearing held over Trump's move to end temporary protected status for immigrants
In its quest to remove immigrants from the United States, the Trump administration is now going after those who hold Temporary Protected Status, or TPS. A deadline has been set for immigrants from three protected countries to lose their legal...

Gay makeup artist deported from US describes sexual and physical abuse in El Salvador prison
Content warning: mentions of sexual and physical abuse and torture. A gay makeup artist who spent 125 days in a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador has spoken about the alleged sexual and physical abuse he experienced while detained. Andry...

Immigration crackdown having ripple effects at Latino festivals, spurring at least 1 cancellation
OREM — One of the by-products of the ongoing immigration crackdown has been a measure of wariness among some in Utah's Latino community in attending the many festivals focused on the countries and culture of the region. Organizers of some of the...

‘A land of churches upon mosques upon churches’: Aatish Taseer searches for Spain’s Muslim past
On a morning of haunting heat in Seville, I sought out the tomb of Ferdinand III. There, in the Gothic cool, older Spaniards came and went, dropping to one knee and crossing themselves before the sepulchre of the Castilian monarch. There were men...

Biggest sources of immigrants to Pennsylvania
Biggest sources of immigrants to Pennsylvania Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in...

Biggest sources of immigrants to Ohio
Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last several hundred years. And while the...

Men freed from El Salvador mega-prison endured ‘state-sanctioned torture’, lawyers say
Venezuelans that the Trump administration expelled to El Salvador’s most notorious megaprison endured “state-sanctioned torture”, lawyers for some of the men have said, as more stories emerge about the horrors they faced during capacity. When José...

Dozens rally in Boston in support of immigrant TPS holders as Trump administration moves toward removing legal status
Dozens demonstrated outside the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston on Tuesday as part of a nationwide protest against the Trump administration’s moves to revoke Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua....

Biggest sources of immigrants to New York
Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last several hundred years. And while the...

Judge demands answers about deal to return MS-13 gang leaders to El Salvador
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Justice Department to tell her more about a deal struck between the Trump administration and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador to imprison immigrants deported from the United States in a Salvadoran...

Biggest sources of immigrants to Nevada
Biggest sources of immigrants to Nevada Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the...

Biggest sources of immigrants to Alaska
Biggest sources of immigrants to Alaska Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the...

Biggest sources of immigrants to Idaho
Biggest sources of immigrants to Idaho Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last...

Biggest sources of immigrants to Washington
Biggest sources of immigrants to Washington Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the...

Biggest sources of immigrants to Oregon
Biggest sources of immigrants to Oregon Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the...