Adrian Florido

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Redadas y denuncias por venganza: Dentro de la operación de deportación del ICE en Puerto Rico

1 day ago | kpbs.org | Adrian Florido

Lee esta historia en inglés. Nadie sabe exactamente cuántos inmigrantes viven sin estatus legal en el territorio estadounidense de Puerto Rico. Rebecca González-Ramos, investigadora principal del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) en la isla, calcula que son unos 20,000 y, desde enero, su trabajo consiste en localizar y deportar hasta el último de ellos.
Raids and revenge tips: Inside ICE's Puerto Rico deportation operation

4 days ago | kuow.org | Adrian Florido

Rebecca González-Ramos runs Immigration and Customs Enforcement's intelligence office — known as Homeland Security Investigations — in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her mandate under President Trump, she said, is to find every deportable immigrant in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. NPR No one knows exactly how many immigrants are living without legal status in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
Mahmoud Khalil told a judge his deportation could be a death sentence. Here’s why

1 week ago | opb.org | Adrian Florido

Mahmoud Khalil has asked an immigration judge to grant him asylum, saying he feared being targeted by Israel if he's deported to Syria or Algeria. The immigration judge was looking out over her courtroom. Mahmoud Khalil was sitting at a table next to his lawyers as they tried to convince her not to order him deported to the Middle East. “His life is at stake, your honor,” one of them, Marc Van Der Hout, told the judge. Khalil was focused and stern. But he kept getting distracted.
Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk freed from immigration detention

4 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Adrian Florido

Updated May 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM MDTRümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University doctoral student and Turkish national, was released from federal custody on Friday, hours after a judge in Vermont ordered the Trump administration to free her.
Government says - for now - it will restore international students' status

1 month ago | wgbh.org | Adrian Florido

April 28, 2025 In a major reversal, the federal government is restoring the records of hundreds, and possibly thousands, of international students whose entries in a crucial database the government had abruptly terminated in recent weeks, a move that had complicated their ability to stay in the country.
Government says - for now - it will restore international students' status

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Adrian Florido

In a major reversal, the federal government is restoring the records of hundreds, and possibly thousands, of international students whose entries in a crucial database the government had abruptly terminated in recent weeks, a move that had complicated their ability to stay in the country.
Why is Trump sending immigrant university scholars to Louisiana and Texas?

1 month ago | mprnews.org | Jaclyn Diaz |Adrian Florido

After a dinner with his wife and friends, Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by immigration agents at his New York apartment on March 8. The next night, the Columbia University graduate student went to bed in a remote Louisiana detention center almost three hours from the nearest city. Mask-wearing agents picked Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk up off the street near Boston, and less than a day later checked her into a private prison in rural, southern Louisiana.
Immigration agents arrest prominent activist in Denver : NPR

2 months ago | businessandamerica.com | Adrian Florido

ICE agents arrested a high-profile immigrant rights activist in Denver. Jeanette Vizguerra became a symbol during the first Trump administration when she moved into a church to avoid deportation. AILSA CHANG, HOST: During President Trump’s first term, Jeanette Vizguerra became something of a national symbol of resistance to Trump’s immigration policies. Fearing the government would deport her because she entered the country illegally, Vizguerra took sanctuary in a church in Colorado.
Immigration agents arrest prominent activist in Denver

2 months ago | tpr.org | Adrian Florido

ICE agents arrested a high-profile immigrant rights activist in Denver. Jeanette Vizguerra became a symbol during the first Trump administration when she moved into a church to avoid deportation.
Immigration agents arrest prominent activist in Denver

2 months ago | npr.org | Adrian Florido

ICE ARRESTS DENVER ACTIVIST Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5333244/nx-s1-5396050-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> ICE agents arrested a high-profile immigrant rights activist in Denver. Jeanette Vizguerra became a symbol during the first Trump administration when she moved into a church to avoid deportation. Sponsor Message

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