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Venezuelan Journalists Rally to Raise Legal Defense Funds After Asylum-Seeking Reporter Detained by ICE

The detention of Venezuelan journalist Wilmer Roberto Solano Dávila by U.S. immigration authorities has sparked a wave of solidarity across the Venezuelan press community, with colleagues launching a fundraising campaign to help cover his legal defense as his asylum case moves through immigration court.

Latin Times · Jul 31

DOJ Proposes Rule That Would Let Immigration Judges Hold Lawyers, Witnesses and Migrants in Contempt

Judges would also be able to impose civil fines for repeatedly failing to appear on time, disobeying court orders, making false statements or engaging in disorderly behavior

Latin Times · Jul 30

Trump Admin Bans New Chinese Humanoid Robots and Power Inverters Citing National Security Concerns

FCC Chair Brendan Carr said the restrictions are intended to "secure America's critical supply chains" and apply to new versions of the affected products

Latin Times · Jul 30

Is Ana de Armas Dating Rawayana Singer Beto Montenegro? New Madrid Sighting Fuels Romance Rumors

Ana de Armas may have a new musician in her life. The Cuban-born actress and Rawayana frontman Beto Montenegro are at the center of growing dating speculation after they have been seen together several times in Madrid, including at the same café and, most recently, at a music festival looking…

Latin Times · Jul 30

Canadians And Mexicans Now View China More Favorably Than The U.S. For The First Time In Nearly 20 Years - NEW POLL

For the first time in nearly two decades of polling, people in both Canada and Mexico view China more favorably than the United States, marking a dramatic shift in North American public opinion, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

Latin Times · Jul 30

What Keiko Fujimori Actually Promised Peru: A Wage Hike and Iron Fist on Security

Peru's new president promises higher wages and an iron-fist crackdown on crime — fact-checked against the numbers her speech skipped.

Latin Times · Jul 30

Court-Appointed Monitor Finds California ICE Facility Failed All Basic Medical Care Standards

The report found the center out of compliance in every category examined, including staffing, emergency care, access to specialists, medication delivery and medical screenings

Latin Times · Jul 29

DeSantis Says SAVE Act Has 'Basically Zero' Chance of Passing Before August Recess

The SAVE America Act has failed multiple times in the Senate, including unsuccessful attempts to advance it as standalone legislation and to attach it to a budget reconciliation package

Latin Times · Jul 29

Haitians Get A Brief Reprieve As End Of TPS Is Delayed, Buying Thousands More Time

Thousands of Haitian immigrants in the United States received a temporary reprieve after a federal appeals court delayed the immediate termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), giving them more time before losing deportation protections and work authorization. The ruling came just days before protections were scheduled to expire, preventing what…

Latin Times · Jul 29

BTS Walks Away From the Grammys It Chased for Five Years — Puts the New Asian Pop Category on Trial

BTS is withdrawing from Grammy consideration after the Recording Academy's new Best Asian Pop category excluded English-language tracks, including much of the group's own comeback album.

Latin Times · Jul 29