Officer in Mexico’s National Guard killed in shootout
Mexico’s new National Guard force suffered its first casualty in the line of duty, when an officer was killed in a shootout with a gang. The National Guard was launched…
Democrats’ Attitudes Toward Refugees Have Shifted A Lot In 4 Years
Democratic attitudes toward refugees have grown substantially more welcoming in the past four years, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds. In a 2015 poll taken after President Barack Obama proposed admitting…
Father of 2, deported to El Salvador, allowed return to US
A 33-year-old father of two American-born children was allowed to return to the U.S. on Monday, two years after being deported to El Salvador during the first months of the…
New tropical storm forms off southern Mexico
A new tropical storm has formed far off Mexico’s southern coast, and the U.S. National Hurricane Center says it’s likely to reach hurricane strength, though without threatening land. Tropical Storm…
Mexico ‘anti-monuments’ recall dark moments, demand justice
On the sidewalk outside the Mexican Social Security Institute, like alphabet blocks stacked in a playroom, there’s a large metal installation of the letters ABC and the number 49, painted…
43-year-old El Salvador migrant dies in US border custody
A 43-year-old El Salvadoran man who crossed into the U.S. with his daughter collapsed at a border station and later died at a hospital, officials said Saturday. The man had…
Mexico vows to help Central American migrants amid crackdown
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his country must help Central Americans fleeing poverty and violence. López Obrador said in the northern state of Chihuahua Saturday that the refusal…
“El Chapo” mother says US approved visa to visit drug lord
The mother of convicted drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán said Saturday that the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City granted her a visa so she can visit her son in…
At least 21 dead, 30 injured after tour bus crash in Mexico
A tour bus and a semi-trailer collided Wednesday on a mountain road in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and the bus rolled over and caught fire, killing at least 21…
Graham unveils proposal to address ‘crisis’ at the border
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham a longtime advocate for comprehensive immigration reform, on Wednesday rolled out new legislation that he says is “designed to stop the humanitarian crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico…