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'Unreal & Heartbreaking': Experts Highlight Climate Crisis Connection as Category 5 Hurricane Iota Barrels Toward Central America
A man walks along a damaged street after the passage of Hurricane Eta in La Lima, Cortes, Honduras, on November 16, 2020 as Hurricane Iota—upgraded to Category 5—moves over the Caribbean toward the Nicaragua-Honduras border. (Photo: Wendell Escoto/AFP via Getty Images)
Rights Group Demands ICE End 'Beyond Inhumane' Detention and Deportations as Covid-19 Pandemic Intensifies
Julia Conley, staff writer
At least 1,000 active Covid-19 cases have been detected in detention facilities, and continued deportations have been linked to outbreaks in Central and South America.
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Removing 'Unjust Barrier' to Asylum, Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Rule Forcing Refugees to Seek Safety Elsewhere
Julia Conley, staff writer
The ruling reaffirmed "that for the last 244 years we have been, and will...
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Trump Accused of 'Actively and Knowingly' Spreading Coronavirus to Central America Through Deportations
Julia Conley, staff writer
People wear face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, in Guatemala City, on March 16, 2020. (Photo: Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump seen as "global health threat" as Guatemalan health minister claims 75%...
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Trump's New "Fundamentally Cruel" Policy Would Effectively Bar Central American Refugees From Seeking Asylum
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'Disorder by Design': Aid Group Details How Trump Has Manufactured Crisis at the US-Mexico Border
Trump Accused of 'Manufacturing' Crisis By Slashing Aid to Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador
Refused Right to Seek Asylum, Honduran Refugees Demand Reparations for Destructive US Foreign Policy in Central America
ACLU Demands Courts Protect Refugees Fleeing Domestic and Gang Violence After Sessions 'Illegally' Revokes Asylum Rights
'Sickening': With So-Called 'Voluntary' Deportation, Trump's DHS Using Children as Bait to Expel Immigrants
Costa Rica Will Become World's First Carbon-Free Country by 2021, New President Says
'Illegally' Turning Back on Refugees, Trump Orders DHS to Bar Migrants Fleeing Violence From Entry
AG Sessions Basically Endorsed the Worst of DHS' Harsh New Deportation Plan
Refugees from El Salvador turn themselves in to a U.S. border agent near Rio Grande, Texas.
Central American Migrants Suffer from Skyrocketing Violence After Immigration Crackdown
Report Details How US-Backed Coup Unleashed Wave of Abuses in Honduras
US Planning New Sweep of 'Reprehensible' Deportation Raids

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