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‘Hondurasgate’ exposed a plan to boost far-right American puppets across the Western Hemisphere.

Following a devastating earthquake near the border of Chocó and Valle del Cauca, journalist David Escobar recounts navigating the destruction in Cali to ensure his family's safety while witnessing both heart-wrenching loss and community-driven rescue efforts across the city. He contrasts the selflessness of ordinary citizens helping one another in the streets with the callousness of politicians using the natural disaster to post divisive messages on social media.

A new interactive tool from Relevant Research tracks the growing number of deaths inside ICE's civil immigrant detention system, with links to source material and downloadable data.

A bill intended to halt the supposed threat of “organized retail crime” would put ICE in charge of the federal response.

DHS deploys AI in immigration enforcement largely untested, undisclosed, and unreviewed, a preview of how AI could reshape executive power. 

From Austin Kocher: Welcome to the weekly segment called This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers. I’ll highlight some of the main takeaways from the week’s news that you might have missed, but do it in a unique way. Rather than try to summarize everything, I’ll pick a handful of figures each week that best capture where things are moving, explain why they matter, and provide a source where you can learn more. If you have a number to add to the mix or have a question about any of the numbers here, let me know in the comments.

Diggers are working at what campaigners call a place where ‘human life, biodiversity and the environment will be sacrificed’

On 19 June 1981, a group of women were interrogated, raped and murdered by soldiers. In the second, on 25 July 1981, about 25 armed men entered homes and opened fire, killing about 45 civilians. Their remains are still being exhumed but most of the victims were women and children.

Now, the community fears the authorities want to bury its history under tons of rubbish.

Juan Orlando Hernandez, the convicted drug trafficker pardoned by President Donald Trump last December, came home with a skip in his step after receiving a pardon  despite moving 400 tons of cocaine through Honduras while he was in offfice.