
Catalina Villegas
Anchor and Reporter at Spectrum News 1 SoCal
Anchor and Reporter at Spectrum News
Latina 🇨🇴 🇺🇸 • LA News Anchor/Reporter @specnews1socal • Board of Directors @lapressclub • Co-Founder @rolliapp
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1 month ago |
spectrumnews1.com | Catalina Villegas
Whoever said being an influencer is easy work hasn’t met one in real life. Ten years of near-daily postings is how immigration lawyer Alma Rosa Nieto got her following.
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1 month ago |
einnews.com | Catalina Villegas
Rolli Secures Investment from NYU’s Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) to Support Fact-Based Journalism Rolli becomes the first media company backed by NYU Impact Investment Fund, advancing AI tools for newsrooms across the country.
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2 months ago |
spectrumnews1.com | Catalina Villegas
Immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers are having to decide what to do next. Tijuana1 hour agoImpacts of USAID funding cuts are starting to be felt far beyond our borders. Tijuana4 hours agoThere are about 800,000 undocumented immigrants living in Los Angeles, according to a study by USC. Los Angeles4 weeks agoExperts warn of the deep emotional toll immigration enforcement has on children, causing anxiety and distress.
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2 months ago |
spectrumnews1.com | Catalina Villegas
President Donald Trump says the U.S. is overwhelmed with immigrants, as the Biden administration allowed more than 1 million to come in under various humanitarian parole programs, including the CBP One App. That's why Trump's administration has quickly moved to limit or end these avenues to migration. Now, many migrants who had just reached the border when Trump took office find themselves stuck there. Some have decided to return home, while others say they will attempt to cross illegally anyway.
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2 months ago |
spectrumnews1.com | Catalina Villegas
President Donald Trump has dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID. It's in part to shrink federal spending, but the administration has also said the agency runs counter to America's priorities. The USAID cuts mean that nonprofits that provided help to migrants and deportees, such as Casa del Migrante in Tijuana, are now in danger of closing.
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