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Award-winning actor-turned-filmmaker Gael Garcia Bernal documents the environmental and climate crisis his beloved Mexico is facing in a new, 6-part series.

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Real America with Jorge Ramos

Mexico's Climate Crisis

Feliz Zuniga is a former DEA informant who was deported to Colombia after four decades in the United States. Now, inspired by his native land's best known natural resource, he has founded a new business, with an ironic twist. (
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Deportado Coffee: Felix Zuniga was deported to Colombia, but now he is an exporter with his own specialty brand

Over 5 million Venezuelans have left their country since 2015, a mass exodus representing one of the largest refugee crises in the world. Now that they have been granted temporary protected status, or TPS, the future in the U.S. is looking brighter for many of the displaced.

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Adiós Venezuela

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Colombian singer and songwriter Camilo is part of a new generation of artists achieving mainstream success en español. His latest album “Mis Manos” shows the U.S. and global audience is “crossing over” to Spanish-language music.

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Mis Manos: Camilo's World

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Republicans and Democrats are squabbling over whether there is a crisis at the border. If the truth be told, both sides have a valid point — although neither is being entirely honest about it.

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Opinion

The crisis over the border-crisis


The Biden administration doesn't want to call the situation at the border a "crisis," but it's nothing less than that to the 18,170 unaccompanied minors in the custody of a government with only 13,500 beds in its shelters.

Children of the Border

On his first day in office, President Biden signed a proclamation terminating the national emergency that Trump used to funnel money from the Pentagon to build the wall.

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What is going to be the fate of Trump's border wall under the Biden administration?

“Portraits of Immigrant Voices" is a new content initiative which provides an example of humanity’s “will to overcome adversity and live a better life. 
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International migrants day: honoring the ability to overcome adversity and live a better life

A rise in the number of unaccompanied minors found along the U.S. southern border is being reported a judge blocked the immediate removal of minors in mid-November based on CDC guidelines to prevent the spread of covid-19 at the border.

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Thousands of unaccompanied minors arrive at U.S. – Mexico border

A federal judge handing another setback to the Trump administration in its efforts to indefinitely detain migrants in the U.S. The judge ruled that any immigrant arrested in the state of New York must be brought before a judge within 10 days, otherwise, they must be released from custody.

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Federal court orders ICE to end indefinite detention for asylum seekers

The US Border Patrol reached a legal settlement with two women who sued the agency because one of its agents stopped them for speaking Spanish. The incident happened in 2018 while the women were shopping in a store in Montana.

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CBP settles with two U.S. citizens detained for speaking Spanish

Prepare for the new American citizenship test with this free and interactive questionnaire in Spanish and English. If your naturalization aplication filing is on or after Dec. 1, 2020 you will have to take this version of the civics test.

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The Trump administration has been notorious for its crackdown on legal and illegal immigration during the past four years. Now President-elect Joe Biden has promised to unroll some of President Trump's actions, but how challenging will this be? To discuss this, we spoke to Ali Noorani, president and CEO of the National Immigration Forum.

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Will President-elect Biden roll back Trump’s immigration agenda?

A court has ruled against a well-known U.S. pharmaceutical company sued for discriminating against a DACA recipient. Here are more details on the case.

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‘Dreamer’ denied job wins discrimination lawsuit

Along the U.S.-Mexico border, border patrol agents charged with enforcing immigration policy often take the time to snack on food that comes from the other side of the border. It's all part of an interconnected economy that often times knows no division between nations.

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ICE agents are Mexican vendors’ biggest clients at the U.S. border

In California, authorities are investigating a human trafficking case in which ‘coyotes’ held a group of undocumented immigrants in a house until their families paid to release them. The police then launched an operation to rescue them. Here’s the story.

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Police rescued immigrants in a suspected human trafficking operation

Several Cubans in ICE detention centers claim that guards forced them to sign documents saying they want to see their families. Some thought it was their family in Miami, but the documents actually referred to their families in Cuba - in effect, volunteering them for their own deportation.

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Cuban detainees say ICE forced them to sign deportation form

Michael Benavides served in the U.S. military in the Gulf War. He suffered from post-traumatic stress when he returned home, but says he overcame it with assistance. Now he sees in the migrants' campground in Matamoros the same anxiety and desperation that he once felt.

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“Every child, every woman, every man has some trauma,” said a veteran who helps the migrants returned to Mexico

A Honduran woman and her eight-year-old son were about to cross the Rio Grande when they were kidnapped in Reynosa. Her family paid a $12,000 ransom and they managed to reach the United States, but the U.S. government send them back to Mexico to wait while their asylum petition was processed.

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“If we didn't pay, they were going to kill us.” The anguish of a migrant mother kidnapped by the Gulf cartel

In Texas, the department of homeland security is claiming to have completed 400 miles of new border wall over the last four years. But the details of those claims are not entirely clear.

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400-miles of border wall construction in Texas completed

In a new round of immigration raids, ICE arrested more than 100 immigrants in six states, mostly in the Midwest. Unlike the previous two operations, this third one was not just in so-called 'sanctuary' jurisdictions but also included several areas where, according to ICE, agents were looking for deportable immigrants with criminal records.

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At least 100 undocumented immigrants arrested in ICE raids in six states

Along the U.S.-Mexico border, teenagers and other children are making the dangerous crossing on their own. More than 30,000 unaccompanied minors were arrested in the fiscal year 2020 (Oct 1, 2019-Sept 30, 2020). Here are the details.

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Arrests of unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border on the rise

After several prior rulings, two additional federal courts have ruled many immigrants with Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, can now pursue more permanent residence here in the United States.

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8th Circuit rules TPS holders are eligible for green card

There are new developments in the investigation into alleged improper care and abuse at an immigration detention center in Georgia. This after 19 women, most of them black and Latina, reported having suffered aggressive gynecological surgeries without their consent.

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Georgia: 19 women allege medical abuse inside ICE detention centers

Just days after it was revealed that the United States government cannot locate the parents of 545 children who were forcibly separated from their family members, the administration is now moving forward with the expedited deportation of undocumented immigrants.

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ICE moves to expedite deportation of immigrants without court hearings

Today we're learning more about the 500 migrant children who were separated from their parents by the U.S. government and whose parents cannot be found. Attorneys and advocates are desperately working to reunite those children with their loved ones.

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Parents of 545 children separated at border still missing

As the Trump administration continues ramping up immigration raids this fall, residents in New York and other sanctuary cities are increasingly living in fear. Here are more details.

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At least 178 arrests made during immigration raids in sanctuary cities

Recent ICE raids have targeted dozens of people in sanctuary cities. The news has residents worried that more raids could be on the way. Here are the details.

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New ICE raids target undocumented immigrants in sanctuary cities

“New documents provided to my office confirm that U.S. deportations to Venezuela continued via third countries at least until March 2020" - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, in a letter to the State Department, delivered on Friday. (
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Trump administration “surreptitiously” deported Venezuelans through a third country

In California, a ground-breaking settlement has been reached for immigrants detained by ICE agents. More than 18,000 immigrants who were illegally detained inside Los Angeles county sheriff’s department jails will receive financial compensation totaling $14 million.

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Los Angeles County agrees to settle immigration suit for $14 million

In New York, some residents are accusing ICE agents of impersonating NYPD officers in order to gain entry into the homes of those targeted for arrest.

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Residents allege encounters with ICE agents dressed as NYPD officers

Several state Attorney Generals are rebelling against the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy at the border, that separated 3,000 migrant families. Here are the details on a major report that emerged this week, and the testimony of a mother who was impacted by the family separation policy.

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NYT: U.S. Justice Dept. the driving force behind child separations

The Trump administration is continuing its battle over immigration, even as election day gets closer. We take a look at major changes coming to the H-1B visa program.

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Trump administration announces stricter rules for H-1B visa program

Pennsylvania is one of the key states expected to help determine the winner of the November general election. It's also one of the places where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has installed billboards with the faces of wanted persons who, they say, may represent a danger.

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ICE puts up billboards denouncing sanctuary policies for immigrants

Jose, or Joe Cervera, 64, has three birth certificates, but he doesn’t know which – if any - is his. His application for U.S. citizenship was rejected for lack of "good moral character," even though he served in the U.S. Army. Now he’s worried he could be thrown in immigration detention. 
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One man’s immigration dilemma: “We don’t know who you really are.”

A new ruling has cleared the Trump administration to implement the so-called ‘public charge rule’, a decision that will impact millions of immigrants here in the U.S.

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DHS resumes ‘public charge rule’ for green card applicants

At the peak of the pandemic, nearly half of positive covid-19 cases in North Carolina were among Latinos, despite just being 9.6% of the population. In the absence of adequate state or federal support, a group of Latina doctors and activists is taking the community’s health into their own hands. (
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The heroes of the pandemic: “When the world is burning, I must put out the fire”


At the peak of the pandemic, nearly half of positive covid-19 cases in North Carolina were among Latinos, despite just being 9.6% of the population. In the absence of adequate state or federal support, a group of Latina doctors and activists is taking the community’s health into their own hands.

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N.C. Latinos fighting the pandemic

Immigration authorities have stopped sending migrant women to a Georgia gynecologist accused of performing hysterectomies without their consent. Now, two congressional commissions are investigating the practice and the Mexican government has taken an interest in these cases as well.

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Congressional commissions investigating alleged abuse at ICE facility

Los inspectores generales del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (Department of Homeland Security, DHS) y del Departamento de Justicia (Department of Justice, DOJ) investigan actualmente alegatos de que varios guardias de ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Cumplimiento de Inmigración y Aduanas) agredieron sexualmente a unas detenidas, en espacios fuera de la vista de las cámaras de seguridad. DHS dio instrucciones para que ICE no deportara a una testigo clave, pero de pronto decidió permitirlo.

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ICE deportó a la mujer que acusó a unos guardias de agresión sexual a pesar de que las autoridades federales aún investigaban el incidente

A Salvadoran migrant says that several guards at an ICE detention center in Texas sexually harassed her for weeks. She claims that they tried to manipulate her by offering her clean clothes, soap, and even help with her immigration case. And as we report she is not the only potential victim.

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Migrant details sexual harassment allegations at ICE detention center

A whistleblower is blasting a private migrant detention center in Georgia for its handling of covid-19 and its alleged lack of medical care. The complaint also alleges there were a high number of questionable hysterectomies performed on detainees. To discuss this we spoke to Azadeh Shahshahani, she's with the advocacy group Project South which filed the complaint.

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Whistleblower slams conditions at Irwin County Detention Center

A nurse who worked at an immigrant detention center in Georgia is alleging that questionable surgeries were carried out at that facility on detained women and that some were denied testing for coronavirus.

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Doctor accused of performing unwanted hysterectomies at ICE facility

An appellate court ruled in favor of President Trump and his efforts to put an end to the Temporary Protected Status program or TPS for undocumented immigrants. Now the lives of 300,000 people who have lived in the country legally for years are once again at risk of deportation.

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Appeals court allows Trump admin to end TPS for 300,000 immigrants

In Mexico, migrants currently being housed at a camp in Matamoros are facing yet another challenge - heavy rains - putting them in danger and adding another complication to their dreams of a new life in the U.S.

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Heavy rains causing damage to migrant camps in Matamoros

More than 2,000 undocumented immigrants were arrested in nationwide operations between July and August according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the largest sweep since the beginning of the pandemic.

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More than 2,000 undocumented immigrants arrested in 6-week operation

More states are allowing undocumented immigrants to get professional licenses. New Jersey is the latest to join that list, citing the severe shortage of doctors and nurses the state is facing during the pandemic.

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New law allows undocumented immigrants to get professional licenses

With so many immigrants serving in the U.S. military, the #Trump administration suffered a major set-back trying to delay their path to permanent status. Now a federal district court has decided that those rules are illegal and that members of the military have the right to expedited naturalizations. #UNews

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Federal court rules Trump can’t block speedy naturalization for military

Hundreds of residents of Nevada, and presumably other western states, suffered serious delays in their immigration filings after a U.S. postal worker in Utah is alleged to have destroyed their documents.

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Scores of immigration documents allegedly destroyed by postal worker

In 2008, a Honduran worker came to the United States in search of a better future for him and his family. However, today he says he is afraid to live in the country after a racist incident in Colorado. UNews got a chance to speak with him about the events that led to his change of heart.

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Honduran immigrant says he was left blind by racially motivated attack

Although the covid-19 test is difficult to obtain in the United States, the undocumented are the most vulnerable in this pandemic since 45% of them do not have medical insurance to access tests and adequate treatments for the coronavirus.

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Without jobs or access to health: undocumented latinos are the most vulnerable in the pandemic

A new Netflix documentary series takes an unfiltered look at the job of ICE agents, immigration attorneys, and undocumented immigrants in the US, all caught up in a deeply politicized issue. To find out more, we spoke to Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwartz, directors of ‘Immigration Nation’.

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Immigration nation: an inside look at U.S. immigration practices

The Guillen family is traveling to Washington DC this week armed with a bill that would radically reform the military justice system. The '#IAmVanessaGuillen' bill seeks to remove sexual abuse cases from military jurisdiction. 
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#IAmVanessaGuillen: family of slain soldier seek Trump’s support for radical reform of military justice

“There are horrifying conditions in the ICE facilities… immigrants who are detained… are reporting thru hotlines that they don’t have access in many cases to even soap and water, hand sanitizer,” says Dona Kim Murphey, with Project Lifeline, devoted to helping migrant children in the US.

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Covid-19 threatening the lives of migrant children held in US custody

A new report by the Associated Press says that the Trump administration is trying to lock up migrant children in hotels and then deport them. The practice is part of the federal government's policy of making the asylum application process increasingly difficult. Here are the details.

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AP report says ICE is holding children in hotels near border

Several weeks ago, the Supreme Court made a major decision to protect the status of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers, at least for the time being. But what about those who are still trying to enter that program? Here are the details of their struggle to remain in the US.

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The Trump administration rejects new DACA applications

Despite several demands for their release, hundreds of children continue to be detained with their mothers in immigration centers in Texas. A Univision investigation found the federal agency is still looking for ways to separate them.

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ICE still looking for ways to separate children from their families

On Friday, a federal judge ordered the release of children held with their parents at three family detention centers in Texas and Pennsylvania. We spoke to Amy Maldonado, one of the attorneys representing the detained families.

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Federal judge orders release of children held in detention centers

A federal judge in Maryland allowed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to move forward. The suit is being brought by the US-born children of undocumented immigrants who say they are entitled to receive coronavirus stimulus checks, despite their parents' lack of legal immigration status.

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Mexico's Climate Crisis

Deportado Coffee: Felix Zuniga was deported to Colombia, but now he is an exporter with his own specialty brand

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The crisis over the border-crisis

Children of the Border

What is going to be the fate of Trump's border wall under the Biden administration?

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Will President-elect Biden roll back Trump’s immigration agenda? - Univision News

‘Dreamer’ denied job wins discrimination lawsuit - Univision News

ICE agents are Mexican vendors’ biggest clients at the U.S. border - Univision News

Police rescued immigrants in a suspected human trafficking operation - Univision News

Cuban detainees say ICE forced them to sign deportation form - Univision News

“Every child, every woman, every man has some trauma,” said a veteran who helps the migrants returned to Mexico - Noticias Univision

“If we didn't pay, they were going to kill us.” The anguish of a migrant mother kidnapped by the Gulf cartel - Noticias Univision

400-miles of border wall construction in Texas completed - Univision News

At least 100 undocumented immigrants arrested in ICE raids in six states - Univision News

Arrests of unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border on the rise - Univision News