U.S. meddling in Honduras strikes again: Trump pardons ex-president Hernández, backs a preferred candidate, and threatens aid—undermining democracy & enabling corrupt corporate networks. Honduran sovereignty must be respected.
DHS claims it has deported 622,000 people under Trump—but the data doesn’t add up. This analysis breaks down ICE and DHS numbers to explain why the headline figure may be misleading, incomparable, or meaningless without transparency.
Austin Kocher maps deaths in ICE detention.
This article by the American Immigration Council provides overview on the newest detention expansion. Today there are approximately 73,000 people in immigration detention, the highest in the history of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). More than 90 percent of people in ICE detention are held in privately-run immigrant detention centers.
While Trump's imperial endeavours in Venezuela and aspirations to extract gain from other countries within the Western Hemisphere such as Mexico, Colombia and Panama, Nicaragua seems to be broadly ignored by the White House. This article by Politico explains how the co-presidents of Nicaragua (labeled by many critics as dictators) manage to evade US interference and why the administration hasn't focused on Nicaragua yet.
Admist media attention being drawn to trumps "war on drugs" and his interference in Venezuela, a regime change operation in Honduras and the pardoning of its former president --a convicted criminal, drug trafficker--is overshadowed. This article gives insight on how the elections went (November 30 2025) and which parties were involved with not only influencing elections but the broader political landscape in Honduras.
Drawing on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., FOR an Religious Peace Fellowship oppose the U.S. attack on Venezuela, urging nonviolent engagement, humanitarian solidarity, and an end to imperial military interventions.
A sharp reflection on how U.S. officials have long responded to state violence by blaming the dead—-from the murder of churchwomen in El Salvador to the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE—-and a warning that such lies can only hold for so long.
A new report by Austin Kocher evaluating the latest ICE detention data gives insight on ICE's methodolgy and schemes . The Trump administration continues to represent aggressive immigration enforcement practices across the country as necessary to address threats to national security and public safety. The available data so far do not support these claims. There are periods of tremendous surges in the growth of non-criminal detainees, and, except for the beginning of last February (2025), no corresponding surge in the detention of people with criminal convictions.
Due to the dramatic and chaotic ending to the recent presidential election in Honduras, the international human rights organization Global Exchange and the Center for the Study of Democracy wrote a report stating that Honduras is navigating the collision of corporate lawsuits, historical corruption, and the urgent struggle for democracy.
The report concludes that Honduras is trapped between the desire to reform and a pushback from international capital and domestic elites. To break this “siege,” Global Exchange recommends that Honduras withdraw from international arbitration treaties that prioritize profits over human rights; abolish ZEDEs to restore full national sovereignty; establish an independent mechanism to protect human rights defenders; and prosecute those responsible for the murders of activists, and urges the international community, especially the U.S., to respect Honduran sovereignty and allow fair elections.
Global Exchange’s report serves as both a warning and a call to action to stand with the Honduran people in their struggle for democracy and dignity.
