Calexico, California, Feb 14 (EFE).- February 14 will not feel like Valentine’s Day for thousands of immigrants and their families who live apart, but at least Samanta and Marco could visit through a metal fence and he could get to know his US-born son a bit. The young couple reflects a reality that is made …
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Donald Trump prometió este sábado reducir “considerablemente” el costo del muro que quiere construir en la frontera con México, que se estima en decenas de miles de millones de dólares. “No me he involucrado aún en el diseño y en las negociaciones. Cuando lo haga, como con el avión de combate F-35 o el programa …
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San Diego, USA, Feb 10 (EFE).- Organized crime groups trying to dig tunnels across the border between the United States and Mexico is a sign of the effectiveness of the frontier wall as well as the personnel guarding it, said the new US Homeland Security Secretary Friday, while touring California’s San Ysidro Port of Entry. …
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Miami, USA, Feb 10 (EFE).- The Father of Muslim US Army Captain Humayun Khan who was killed in the Iraq War, and fierce critic of Trump’s travel ban affecting the religious minority, has urged Latinos to join hands with other communities to emerge even stronger. The only solution to such suffering is unity, Khizr Khan …
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El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump dijo este viernes a periodistas a bordo del avión Air Force One que no descarta la firma de un nuevo decreto sobre migración, ante el bloqueo judicial a una medida sobre el tema que firmó hace una semana. “La parte más lamentable es que hay un plazo legal, pero …
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Washington, Feb 9 (EFE).- Federal appellate judges on Thursday upheld an injunction issued by a lower court blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring residents of seven mainly Muslim countries from entering the United States. A three-judge panel of the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rejected the Trump administration’s motion …
Bogota, Feb 8 (EFE).- A former senator arrested in connection with a sprawling corruption case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht alleges that the manager of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’s 2014 re-election campaign received nearly $1 million from the scheme, the Andean nation’s attorney general said Wednesday. Colombian former Sen. Otto Bula has testified that …
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Washington, Feb 7 (EFE).- US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Tuesday proposed before House lawmakers an alliance between the US and Mexico to fight drug trafficking, although he insisted that a border wall must be built and said that he hopes it will be well advanced within a couple of years. Testifying before the …
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Dulles, Virginia, Feb 6 (EFE).- President Donald Trump’s immigration ban initially prevented young Yemenis Tareq and Ammar from entering the US, but on Monday they left behind their anxiety and regained hope, finding the way open for them once again and finally embracing their father, a short man who awaited them at the airport trembling …
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Washington, Feb 4 (EFE).- The State Department said Saturday it had reinstated thousands of visas after a federal judge halted enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring refugees and people from seven mainly Muslim countries from entering the United States. EE.UU. restaura miles de visados revocados por el veto migratorio de Trump El …
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