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The sidewalk outside of the Guatemalan migrant reception center was the scene of intense emotion everyday this last week. Families traveled for hours to received their loved ones who were caught up in Trump's immigration crackdown. Here are the stories some of the migrants being deported.

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The moms of Guantánamo immigrant detainees met on Whatsapp and used the app to share information and fight back — like a virtual version of Argentina's Plaza de Mayo, where mothers whose sons were disappeared by the dictatorship demonstrated for years. www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...

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Last night, 177 Venezuelans immigrants who were detained in Guantánamo Bay arrived in Caracas. The Trump administration had said they were sending the worst criminals there. But that's not true. Court docs say 30% were considered "low threat." www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has rescinded the TPS extension for Haitians. President Biden had extended the temporary protected status to people from Haiti until February 2026. Noem’s decision means the status will expire on Aug. 3, unless the Trump administration extends it.

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Immigrants are pushing back against President Trump’s immigration crackdown, and a new song has become something of a rallying cry. The song is called DONALTRON. It’s a dembow with a sick beat and powerful lyrics. Get ready to dance! www.npr.org/2025/02/15/n...

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“The story of Carlos is an example of how immigrants — some without legal status, others with legal protections — are being caught up in President Donald Trump's promises of mass arrests and deportations, despite not having a criminal record.” Read more from @sergiomarbel.bsky.social @npr.org

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Some of the people picked up by immigration officers under Trump don't have a criminal record. 18-year-old Carlos came to the U.S. legally in November. No record. He bought his first bicycle on Jan. 25. He was arrested the next day and has been in detention since: www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...

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Some of the people picked up by immigration officers under Trump don't have a criminal record. 18-year-old Carlos came to the U.S. legally in November. No record. He bought his first bicycle on Jan. 25. He was arrested the next day and has been in detention since: www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...

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NEW: The @aclu.org, and a group of immigrant rights groups including @raicestexas.bsky.social, @lasamericasiac.bsky.social & @florenceproject.bsky.social have sued the Trump administration over it's executive action suspending asylum at the U.S. southern border. Lawsuit: www.aclu.org/cases/refuge...

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It’s Colombia, not Columbia.

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The @aclu.org & immigrant rights orgs have filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. “We will not let this attack on newborns and future generations of Americans go unchallenged,” said ACLU ED Anthony D. Romero. “We will ultimately prevail.”

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President Trump has ordered the termination of the humanitarian parole for migrants fleeing Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. More than 530k migrants had been granted the temporary stay, after being vetted and showing of a sponsor. The program was created to reduce unlawful border crossings.

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The CBP One app, which allows asylum seekers to schedule an appointment at a port of entry, seems to have been shut down, per CBP website. Migrants waiting in Mexico were worried this was going to happen: www.npr.org/2024/12/19/n...

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In his speech, President Trump says he’ll declare national emergency at Southern border and will “send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country.” Important to note that Trump is inheriting a fairly quiet border: www.npr.org/2025/01/15/n...

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Trump vows to end birthright citizenship in executive order www.npr.org/2025/01/20/g...

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Some personal news: I’m back on the immigration beat, which I covered during the first Trump administration, for a temporary assignment.

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When Trump is sworn in Monday, Nicolás won't be at work "because of the things we know could happen,” like being caught up in an ICE raid. Instead, Nicolás is joining a pro-immigrant rights rally. He, like others, is bracing for Trump’s Day One actions. www.npr.org/2025/01/17/n...

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El nuevo álbum de Bad Bunny ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ me mató. Es un regalo para los que se han quedado en Puerto Rico, como mami, y los que nos hemos ido, como yo y tanta otra gente joven. Que dolor, que tristeza, que Plena, que perreo. Amo ser de PR. Que palo, que el mundo sepa.

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When Jimmy Carter was elected in 1976, he did something no other Democrat has been able to accomplish since: Win Texas. Part of his victory can be chalked up to where the state was politically at the time. www.npr.org/2024/12/29/g...

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Alexa, reproduce “Arbolito” de Gilberto Santa Rosa, en vivo 🎄 youtu.be/p1EZM07-FH0?...

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Trump’s threats to cancel the CBP One app is already having an effect. Migrants awaiting to secure their CBP One appointment to petition for asylum are thinking about crossing between ports of entry. We talked to some of them last week in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico: www.npr.org/2024/12/19/n...

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I know we are all trying to be offline, but I’m wild and I’m trying to be in more spaces where I can share my work and hear from y’all. So… I’m trying Instagram. Follow me here, por fa: www.instagram.com/sergioelrepo...

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want a glimpse of one possible future? look to Mississippi. great, terrifying reporting.

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For so many, the idea of mass deportations & workplace raids is so unfamiliar. But for people in Central Mississippi, Trump’s promises bring flashbacks. They remember 2019 — the kids left without parents, their towns becoming ghost towns. My latest for @npr.org: www.npr.org/2024/12/09/g...

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Todd Hensley owns a thrift shop in Morton, Miss. He says he'd lose 50% of his business if immigrants were to be deported. "I'm gonna be aggravated … and I'm not gonna make any money,” he says. He almost shut down last time it happened, in 2019: www.npr.org/2024/12/09/g...

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Rodney Scott, the former chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, is President-elect Trump’s choice to lead Customs and Border Protection. Caleb Vitello, the assistant director of the Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs, tapped as acting director of ICE. www.npr.org/2024/12/06/n...

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As families and friends across the U.S. share a meal, I think about what a woman I interviewed last week in Mississippi told me: “Every vegetable, every fruit, every meat on the plates of the American people was harvested or processed by immigrants.”

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Karina is arranging childcare in case she's deported. Ramiro sees the pain in his mom's eyes every time they talk about it. Jonathan realizes he can chase his dreams in Mexico. All of them are DACA recipients bracing for Trump's new term.

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DACA's fate has always been uncertain. Under a second Trump presidency, it feels like the ground is bound to fall out from under it. Good read from @sergiomarbel.bsky.social: www.npr.org/2024/11/15/n...

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Karina is arranging childcare in case she's deported. Ramiro sees the pain in his mom's eyes every time they talk about it. Jonathan realizes he can chase his dreams in Mexico. All of them are DACA recipients bracing for Trump's new term.

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