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Local faith organizations provide support for refugees in the Triangle
Although organizations like Church World Services Durham have had to cut staff since President Trump's executive order ...
How the US Aid Freeze Stymied Colombia’s Immigration System
Colombia has become a host country for millions of Venezuelan refugees fleeing economic collapse and political turmoil. Prior to the US aid freeze, Colombia had made significant strides in integrating ...
Rights group says Colombian rebels committed abuses against civilians in disputed region
A prominent human rights group says rebel groups in Colombia have committed “grave abuses” against civilians as they fight ...
Behind the rise of the brutal Venezuelan gang that makes even the White House nervous
The Tren de Aragua gang rose from its origins in a Venezuelan prison to become one of Latin America's most dangerous criminal ...
They were called gang members and deported. Families say their only crime was having tattoos
The families of two Venezuelans deported to El Salvador say the Trump administration wrongly branded them as Tren de Aragua ...
Despite refugee status in the U.S., young Venezuelan was deported to Salvadoran prison
E.M. and his girlfriend fled persecution in their native Venezuela in 2021 and dreamed of making a new life in the United ...
The Impact of US Aid Freeze on Colombia's Immigration System
For example, U.S. aid has funded training for Colombian officers on human rights and migrant support, fostering a more humane approach to immigration enforcement. With the aid freeze, such programs ...
What we know about the Venezuelan nationals detained and transported to an El Salvador prison
Immigration officials transported 238 Venezuelan men from the United States to a notorious maximum security prison in El ...
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UN Experts Urge Colombia to Protect Civilians Amid Surge in Violence and Displacement in Catatumbo Region
Civilians in Catatumbo have been victimized twice—first by the absence of the State, and then by armed groups who fill that void with terror,” the statement read.
Colombian-Venezuelan migrant held in El Salvador has no ties to feared gang, wife says
A Colombian-Venezuelan migrant deported from the U.S. over the weekend and being held in a high-security prison in El ...
Trump sent these Venezuelans to El Salvador mega prison. Their families deny gang ties.
The day after he was arrested while working at a restaurant in Texas, Mervin Jose Yamarte Fernandez climbed out of a plane in shackles in El Salvador, bound for the largest mega-prison in Latin ...