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1 week ago | 
latintimes.com | Maria Villarroel
The State Department announced this week it would temporarily halt interviews abroad with foreign citizens applying for student and exchange visas, while also moving to revoke the visas for some Chinese students. Experts warn the move could severely damage the U.S. economy due to the money these students contribute to the country.
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1 week ago | 
latintimes.com | Maria Villarroel
A Houston family is soon to be separated as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prepares to deport a mother and wife of an army sergeant who was in the process of adjusting her immigration status. Shirly Guardado, 27, from Honduras was unexpectedly arrested by ICE in early-March at her place of work. "She was running because she was going to work.
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1 week ago | 
latintimes.com | Maria Villarroel
President Donald Trump's on-again, off-again trade war has sparked anger, market volatility and confusion not only in the U.S., but also across the world. Here is what you should know after the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that federal law did not grant Trump the "unbounded authority" to tax imports from nearly every country around the world.
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1 week ago | 
latintimes.com | Maria Villarroel
South Carolina pediatrician Dr. Annie Andrews, who unsuccessfully ran for the House in 2022 against U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, announced she will challenge longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2026's midterm elections. The announcement took place on Thursday.
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1 week ago | 
latintimes.com | Maria Villarroel
Nicolas Maduro's authoritarian regime in Venezuela is holding a record number of American citizens in jail, more than any other country in the world, a new State Department report reveals. The recent report does not reveal exactly how many U.S. citizens are behind bars unjustly in the South American country, but at least eight are publicly known, ABC News reports.
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1 week ago | 
latintimes.com | Maria Villarroel
Detained migrants at an El Paso processing center who are awaiting deportation report are decrying human rights violations, including lack of access to legal counsel. Some are saying it is worse than what the general public generally sees and reads in the media.
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1 week ago | 
latintimes.com | Maria Villarroel
Elon Musk, initially considered key to advancing President Donald Trump's agenda, criticized the GOP's "big, beautiful bill," saying it will undermine the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by raising the U.S. budget deficit. Musk's comments took place during a media tour ahead of a SpaceX test flight Tuesday evening. He reiterated there he was stepping away from federal government duties to focus on his companies, including SpaceX and Tesla.
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1 week ago | 
latintimes.com | Maria Villarroel
Families who once crossed the border in search for a better life are now increasingly pulling their kids out of school and rushing to leave the country as the Trump administration removes protections around vulnerable locations, like schools, in efforts to curb down immigration. Several school districts across the country have reported a notable drop in attendance, which they are tying to migrants' fear of going out and being apprehended by authorities, a new report by The Associated Press shows.
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1 week ago | 
latintimes.com | Maria Villarroel
Immigrant arrests in courts across the country are on the rise, as Homeland Security officials ramp up enforcement actions in efforts to carry out the Trump administration's promise of deporting at least 1 million people this year.
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2 weeks ago | 
latintimes.com | Maria Villarroel
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is seeking to overturn California's electric vehicle mandate, a move being criticized by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as a "nuclear option."In December, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Biden administration approved a California state rule requiring all new cars sold in the state to be electric or otherwise non-emitting by 2035. Months later, Thune is trying to overturn that.
