Newly leaked documents reveal that 1-year-old migrants were kept in US hotels before deportation. Obtained by The Associated Press, the documents show that Hampton Inn & Suites hotels in Texas and Arizona were used 186 times by a private contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold minors. ICE …
Read More »US immigration agents arrested 680 workers at food plants
US immigration authorities have arrested nearly 700 mostly Latino workers at seven food processing plants across the southern state of Mississippi, the largest workplace raid in at least a decade. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a statement on Wednesday that the agency detained about 680 people who …
Read More »Polar Vortex Freezes US Midwest, kills at least 20.
Tens of millions of Americans braved Arctic-like temperatures on Thursday as low as minus 56 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 49 Celsius) that paralyzed the US Midwest and were blamed for at least 21 deaths. Warmer-than-normal weather was on the way, but that offered little comfort to vulnerable populations such as the …
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