A nurse working at a Georgia Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center has sparked outrage with a whistleblower complaint alleging hysterectomies were performed on detainees who didn’t need them. The nurse also noted other examples of medical neglect, particularly in the detention center’s response to COVID-19. The nurse,…
When the U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled against a presidential administration effort to end DACA, a program that allows the children of parents who entered the U.S. illegally to remain in the country, it seemed like a huge victory for those in the program. As of 2017,…
Bernando Hernandez survived COVID-19. He says he contracted the virus at work and remembers having a high fever, frequent vomiting, and body pains. “Take care of yourselves, take care of everyone else,” he asks in Spanish, “without a mask, there is no fight.” The testimonial from Hernandez, along…
Citizens of Arlington, Virginia, gathered in April, 2019, for a Census 2020 kickoff celebration. The results of the U.S. Census helps determine seats for the U.S. House of Representatives and the allocation of funding for communities. Photo credit: Arlington County/Flickr A federal court on Thursday blocked an order…
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo “ZooFiesta” event, originally scheduled for Sept. 19 with live music, is one of many 2020 Hispanic Heritage Month events being postponed or canceled due to coronavirus. Photo credit: Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has disrupted daily life and…
An order issued last week from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could prevent millions of evictions of Latinos from their homes. The temporary eviction moratorium, which would last through the end of the year, would prevent U.S. renters from losing their homes, a looming crisis that…
For decades, those who identify as “Latino” or “Hispanic” have struggled with the nuances of each word, whether they’re actually geographically or culturally accurate as self-descriptors and whether they are inclusive. The popularity of each rises and falls, but conversations about each of them have become more frequent…
A search for U.S. Army Sgt. Elder Fernandes, a soldier who’d been stationed at Fort Hood in Texas, ended in tragedy when his body was discovered on Tuesday. Photo: Fort Hood/Twitter The body of U.S. Army Sgt. Elder Fernandes, a 23-year-old Army soldier who had been missing since…
At least three immigrants being held at an El Paso, Texas, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were sexually abused in a pattern of illegal behavior, a filing from a migrant-rights group this month alleges. Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center says in the complaint, filed to the El Paso…
The U.S Justice Department on Thursday morning charged former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and three other men with fraud in connection to a “We Build the Wall” fundraising campaign that originated on GoFundMe in late 2018. Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist, was arrested…