Trump steps up immigration crackdown, warns city, state officials against interference
Washington DC, US Reuters President Donald Trump’s administration has directed US prosecutors to criminally probe local officials who resist immigration enforcement efforts, intensifying a sweeping crackdown that Trump launched the day he took office. In a memo seen by Reuters, Trump’s acting Deputy Attorney General, Emil Bove, told Justice Department staff that state and local […]
Mexico builds temporary shelters to prepare for mass deportations from US
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Reuters Mexican authorities have begun constructing giant tent shelters in the city of Ciudad Juarez to prepare for a possible influx of Mexicans deported under US President Donald Trump’s promised mass deportations. The temporary shelters in Ciudad Juarez will have the capacity to house thousands of people and should be ready in […]
Migrants set fire in midnight camp raid in northern Mexico
Chihuahua, Mexico Reuters Migrants trying to avoid arrest set fire to blankets and mattresses at a camp in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua during a raid by government forces to clear the site in the early hours of Saturday. The enforcement action near the US border come just ahead of the inauguration on Monday […]
Blessings for dogs? Bring them to Mexico City’s cathedral and St Anthony will do the rest
Mexico City AP Behaving at their best, a dozen dogs attended Mass at Mexico City’s cathedral Friday, waiting for their turn to de doused with holy water. The blessing of the animals is a long-time Catholic tradition celebrated on 17th January. On this day, Mexican Catholic congregations and priests welcome pups, cats and the occasional […]
Mexican firefighters prepare to do battle with LA fires
Los Angeles, US Reuters A contingent of 72 Mexican firefighters received a briefing from US fire officials on Monday alongside their American counterparts before heading out to help fight the wildfires plaguing Southern California. The group is made up of military specialists, including doctors, engineers and search and rescue personnel, as well as a group […]
Postcards: Venezuelan migrants long for home as Maduro starts new term
ALICIA FERNANDEZ, CAMILO COHECHA, RODRIGO GUTIERREZ and JORGE VEGA, of Reuters, report on the plight of Venezuelans displaced from their home…
“We love you”: On US-Mexico border, Catholic leaders prepare for return of Trump anti-migrant regime
ALEJA HERTZLER-MCCAIN, of Religion News Service, reports that protecting parishioners from deportation has become a theme in the ministry of several Catholic leaders at the border…
Migrants in Mexico anxious to enter US legally before Trump ends humanitarian programs
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Hundreds of migrants waited in long lines outside an immigration office in southern Mexico on Monday, hoping to secure safe passage north and enter the US legally before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. Trump plans to end President Joe Biden’s humanitarian programs, including one that allows migrants in parts of […]
Mexico detains almost half a million migrants heading to US in last quarter
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Mexican security forces have detained about 475,000 irregular migrants since October, authorities said on Friday, as US President-elect Donald Trump threatens Mexico with tariffs unless it stops illegal migrants from arriving at the shared border. Nearly half a million migrants being detained between 1st October and 26th December suggests measures intensified […]
Millions mark Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe Day but calls for a truce in drug violence go unheeded
Mexico City, Mexico AP Millions of faithful gathered to mark Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe Day, honouring the country’s patron saint. But calls by the Roman Catholic Church for a truce in Mexico’s ongoing cartel violence apparently went unheeded as more dead bodies were found in the country on Thursday. Enormous crowds gathered early in the […]