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Over 80 people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced in escalating violence between armed groups as the border ...

Attorneys general from 22 states have sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration policy ...

Maria Mercado, who is from Colombia but arrived from Ecuador, gets emotional as she sees that her 1pm appointment was ...

Columbia County elected officials and community organizations shared weight in on the flurry of executive orders signed by ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says he will declare an emergency over the guerrilla attacks in the northeast that have ...

Until the order, which Trump signed the same day he was inaugurated as the 47th president, the U.S. government has, at least ...

Immigrants rights groups are already contesting President Trump's sweeping executive orders aimed at combating illegal ...

We have a long way to go to get justice for our son, and we will continue to fight for him until our dying days.” ...

Dangerously cold temperatures have led to a number of area schools to either call off classes on Tuesday or have a late start ...