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Court Order Allows Texas’ Floating Barrier on US-Mexico Border to Remain in Place for Now

The Associated Press — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 20:49:01 +0000

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed Texas' floating barrier on a section of the Rio Grande to stay in place for now, a day after a judge called the buoys a threat to the safety of migrants and relations between the U.S. and Mexico.

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A Judge Orders Texas to Move a Floating Barrier That’s Used to Deter Migrants Between US and Mexico

The Associated Press — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 13:28:04 +0000

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas must move a large floating barrier that Gov. Greg Abbott placed on the river between the U.S. and Mexico this summer as part of the Republican's escalating attempts to stop migrants from crossing America’s southern border, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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Democracy in Doubt

Latino Rebels — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:15:06 +0000

Following a historic election victory by the progressive Semilla Party in Guatemala, Latino Rebels Radio producer Oscar Fernandez steps in as guest host to welcome Marco Fonseca, Instructor of Latin American and International Studies at York University in Canada, to discuss how this election almost didn't happen.

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DeSantis’ Hateful Record on Immigration (OPINION)

Thomas Kennedy — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 20:52:58 +0000

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has consistently adopted an aggressive and punitive stance against immigrants throughout his political career, including the use of harmful rhetoric and enacting bigoted legislation to the detriment of Florida’s economic well-being.

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‘Brains’ Behind Trump Election Scheme Lying Low in Puerto Rico

Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:06:31 +0000

Kenneth Chesebro, a Harvard-trained lawyer accused of crafting former President Donald Trump’s fake elector strategy to overturn the results of the 2020 election, has kept a "low profile" since the attack on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, having moved to Puerto Rico last year.

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The Party’s Over in Puerto Rico (OPINION)

Susanne Ramirez de Arellano — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 20:22:09 +0000

With a generational shift against the status quo, a growing reluctance among Puerto Ricans to see their islands become part of an increasingly authoritarian nation, and now a battle between its two leading figures —Gov. Pedro Pierluisi and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón, a Trump supporter— the ruling pro-statehood New Progressive Party's days seem numbered.

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Texas Gov. Abbott’s Policies Are Killing Asylum Seekers (OPINION)

Arturo Domínguez — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 16:35:48 +0000

At least six migrants have died in the Rio Grande River in the last month. Four were found died, including a toddler, over the Fourth of July weekend---the same weekend a Texas State Trooper leaked information to the Houston Chronicle detailing the state’s policies that included pushing migrants into the river.

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Disinformation Campaigns Targeted Voters of Color in 2020. Experts Expect 2024 to Be Worse

The Associated Press — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:50:31 +0000

As the 2024 election approaches, community organizations are preparing for what they expect to be a worsening onslaught of disinformation targeting communities of color and immigrant communities.

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Guatemala’s Progressive Presidential Candidate Looks to Expand Base Beyond Urban Youth

The Associated Press — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:28:11 +0000

Bernardo Arévalo of the progressive Movimiento Semilla won just 11 percent of the vote in the presidential election’s first round on June 25, but it was enough to give him the surprise second slot in the August 20 runoff ballot.

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‘Stop Cop City’ Movement Wins Big in Court, Given 60 More Days to Gather Signatures

Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 20:50:48 +0000

In what's being hailed as a major victory for those looking to halt construction of a police training facility in a forest near Atlanta, a federal judge in Georgia ruled Thursday that a ban on non-Atlanta residents collecting signatures for a potential ballot measure is unconstitutional.

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