Politics
Honduras inaugurates embassy in China after cutting ties with Taiwan
At the same time, Honduran President Xiomara Castro is in China for her first official visit to the Asian Giant since establishing diplomatic ties
Immigration
Driver of truck in Texas migrant tragedy 'did not know the air conditioning was broken'
The temperature inside the truck reached 39.4 degrees. The first doctors discovered that the corpses were hot and dehydrated.
Immigration
Illegal border crossings spike in Arizona after false rumors circulate about CBP vulnerabilities
The month-to-month increase was driven by a large number of families crossing the border, which almost doubled between the two months and led to 60,161 arrests
Politics
Russia sending troops to train in Nicaragua with Ortega regime
Small contingents of Russian troops will also be allowed to provide “experiences and training” to Nicaraguan forces. The Kremlin is also sending military aircraft and naval vessels.
Immigration
Blinken says border crisis 'beyond anything seen before' at Summit of the Americas
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. is working with several nations at the Summit of the Americas to address the ongoing migrant crisis occurring throughout Latin America
Immigration
Mexico: More than 70,000 migrants were kidnapped or trafficked between 2011 and 2020
The states with the most cases of kidnapping are Chiapas, Nuevo León, Tabasco, Veracruz and Tamaulipas, the CNDH reported.
Immigration
6,000 migrants detained in Mexico in 4 days
From April 21 to April 24, around 5,688 of the detained migrants were found in safe houses, trailers, or hidden inside trucks or buses
Immigration
"Respect and Dignity": Los Angeles welcomes second bus of migrants sent from Texas
Los Angeles city officials were notified of the bus on Friday and began working to make plans to accommodate the migrants with the help of faith-based organizations and non-profit groups
Immigration
Coyotes now guiding higher income, more educated migrants with steep price increases
Many of the migrants traveling with coyotes are selling their homes and belongings, creating dire risks of homelessness if they are deported
Border
Custom Border Patrol: Three failed smuggling attempts lead to 16 arrests in Texas
U.S. Custom and Border Protection agents patrolling the Rio Grande Valley, Linn and Laredo take custody of undocumented Chinese and Latin American immigrants