Lau Guzmán

3 weeks ago | vermontpublic.org | Lau Guzmán |Lau Guzmán

Local immigration lawyers say they remain committed to representing their clients amid increased scrutiny from the Trump administration, but say they are concerned about what this kind of scrutiny means for the rule of law and the rights protected by the Constitution. Last week, President Donald Trump asked the Department of Justice to investigate immigration lawyers who filed what he called “frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation” against the U.S. in the past eight years.

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Lau Guzmán |Lau Guzmán

La Policía Estatal de New Hampshire, el departamento policial de Gorham y la Oficina del Alguacil del Condado de Belknap están buscando unirse a un programa que delega a agentes de policía locales llevar a cabo la aplicación de las leyes federales de inmigración. Read this story in EnglishEl acuerdo para participar en lo que se conoce como programas 287(g). Permitiría que estos oficiales locales arresten y detengan a personas en base a preguntas sobre su estatus migratorio.

2 months ago | nhpr.org | Paul Cuno-Booth |Lau Guzmán

Hundreds of people turned out for a Chinese New Year festival in Nashua Sunday. The event kicked off with a traditional lion dance, as performers in two-person lion costumes — one yellow, one red — shimmied through the crowd at the Westwood Park YMCA. The costumed lion dance was just one of the traditions on display, along with food, games and crafts like making paper lanterns.

Jan 15, 2025 | nhpr.org | Lau Guzmán

Some New Hampshire Republican legislators are aiming to add new rules focused on immigrants and immigration enforcement, particularly for undocumented residents. The proposed bills — which range from requiring municipalities to cooperate with immigration authorities to requiring businesses to use the federal E-verify program — come as the incoming Trump administration promises to carry out a mass deportation effort in U.S. history once he’s in office.

Jan 8, 2025 | yahoo.com | Lau Guzmán

A group of Republican legislators is sponsoring a bill to invalidate out-of-state driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants and another bill that would change how temporary residents — including refugees and immigrants — get driver's licenses. The bills come as the incoming Trump administration promises to carry out the largest deportation effort in U.S. history starting this month. The first bill, sponsored by Sen.