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US signs biometric data sharing agreements with Chile and Ecuador, expanding security cooperation
Biometric Update
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August 4, 2025
On July 31, the U.S. and Ecuador finalized a bilateral agreement aimed at heightening their cooperation against transnational organized crime and irregular migration flows that established formal procedures for the exchange of biometric and...
A nation of immigrants imperiled
CommonWealth - Massachussets
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August 3, 2025
AT THE RECENT graduation ceremony for Northern Essex Community College’s Center for Adult Education, we celebrated the accomplishments of 24 students who had completed their high school equivalency exams, dozens more who finished English for...
International Electoral Officials to Tour Broward County Elections Headquarters
South Florida Caribbean News
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August 5, 2025
FORT LAUDERDALE – Broward County Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott announces that a delegation of International Electoral Officials will visit and tour the Broward County Supervisor of Elections Headquarters on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 10:00...
Should Journos Debunk Anti-DEI Claims?
Journal-isms
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August 2, 2025
Poll Shows Less Public Support for Diversity Capehart Cites Bezos Edict in Washington Post Exit What Did That Ad Mean by ‘Great Jeans’? Short Takes: foreign media need U.S. funds; women journalists face continued digital harassment; threats to...
OAS Report Flags Short-Term Strategies to Limit LatAm Arms Trafficking
InSight Crime - Washington D.C.
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August 4, 2025
Arms trafficking presents complex challenges to authorities around Latin America and the Caribbean, but a recent report found combating these issues need not require long periods of time nor many resources. The report, authored by the Organization...
Ya viven al límite. Las medidas represivas de Trump contra la inmigración ahora amenazan sus viviendas.
Palo Alto Online - California
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August 4, 2025
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This article is also available in English. Read it here. En Santa Rosa, una madre de seis hijos dice que tiene dificultades para pagar el alquiler tras la...
Revisiting and Resharing the Idea of an Integrated Justice Approach to Land Reform
E-International Relations
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August 4, 2025
The concept of an integrated justice approach to land reform aims to understand better and address agrarian concerns, particularly where gender justice is often overlooked by key actors, including the state, social movements, and even feminist...
Remittances To Mexico Drop More Than 15% In June With Immigration Crackdown And Trump Tax Threats
International Business Times
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August 4, 2025
Remittances sent home from Mexicans in the U.S. have dropped more than 15% year-on-year as figures continue to drop amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and threats of imposing taxes on remittances. Banxico, the Mexican central...
Tsunami Safety in the USVI: Maps, Alerts, How to Prepare
St. Thomas Source
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August 3, 2025
A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia on July 29 triggered tsunami alerts across the Pacific Ocean, serving as a reminder that coastal regions must stay prepared. While the U.S. Virgin Islands were not impacted, seismic...
US Abducts, Illegally Deports Mother, Child with Cancer, Suit Says
Truthout
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August 1, 2025
Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Immigration officers abducted a mother and her two children, detained them in a hotel room, and...
Centre scrambles to revamp export plan as US tariffs hit India, favour ASEAN
Mint
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August 2, 2025
The development comes on the back of a deadlock in bilateral trade agreement (BTA) negotiations between India and the US, which the two countries have been grappling with since June, as reported by Mint on 11 June. The new plan involves...
Mastodons long gone from the far north
The Delta Discovery - Alaska
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July 31, 2025
A mastodon compared beneath to a woolly mammoth. Illustration by George Rinaldino Teichmann, courtesy of Grant Zazula, Yukon Paleontology Program. by Ned Rozell A long, long time ago, a hairy elephant stomped the northland, wrecking trees and...
They already live on the edge. Trump’s immigration crackdowns now threaten their housing
Pleasanton Weekly - California
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July 30, 2025
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In Santa Rosa, a mother of six children says she’s struggling to pay the rent following her husband’s deportation — but fears eviction if she even requests to move...
America's school children face Trump order to resume push-ups and pull-ups
AOL
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday placing tariffs on many U.S. trade partners — the next step in his trade agenda that will test the global economy and alliances. They are set to go into effect in seven days, and not the...
The Latest: Trump signs order for more tariffs on US partners to go into effect in 7 days
Citrus County Chronicle - Florida
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday placing tariffs on many U.S. trade partners — the next step in his trade agenda that will test the global economy and alliances. They are set to go into effect in seven days, and not the...
State Dept: Trump’s “Third Countries” for Immigrants Have Awful Human Rights Records
The Intercept
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July 29, 2025
The United States is building an unprecedented network of deportee dumping grounds, pursuing deals with around a third of the world’s nations to expel immigrants to places where they do not hold citizenship. Once exiled, these third-country...
Human Remains Found in Alameda Marina in 2008 Finally Identified
Alameda Post - California
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August 1, 2025
Human remains that were found floating in the Alameda Marina in September 2008 have now been identified through advanced forensic DNA analysis as Esteban Pablo Pablo, a 20-year-old man who had last been seen alive in Alameda County in 2007,...
China’s Successes and Struggles in Costa Rica
The Diplomat
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August 1, 2025
In July 2025, the U.S. State Department cancelled the visa of Rodrigo Arias, the head of Costa Rica’s legislature. The visa of his brother, former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, had also been revoked in April. The State Department also...
Bukele Resets El Salvador’s Constitution—and the Clock on Presidential Limits
LatinAmerican Post
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August 1, 2025
In less than a day, El Salvador’s legislature erased five constitutional guardrails, clearing the way for President Nayib Bukele to seek indefinite reelection and extending presidential terms—an audacious gamble that’s dividing the country between...
August 2025 Community Calendar
Change Links - California
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August 2, 2025
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