Central americans
Over Half of Latinos are Shamed for not Speaking Spanish
75% of U.S. Latinos say they can converse well in Spanish, but many first, second, third and many higher-generation Latinos don't speak Spanish well.
US Government, ICE Launch Legal Aid Program To Help Central American Migrants Get To Court
The U.S. government announces new program that will help many Central American migrants.
Attacks On Migrants Passing Through Mexico Continue As Central American Children Head For US In Surging Numbers
Two men were injured and a third killed in an attack on "La Bestia" this past weekend in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Immigrant Children Facing Deportation To Be Given Legal Counsel By Obama Administration; Will It Make A Difference?
About 40 percent of all unaccompanied minors are allowed to stay in the country after being apprehended. The 100 lawyers provided by the new Department of Justice program is a drop in the bucket, but at least in the case of adults, precedents show that legal aid has made a significant difference.
Obama Calls Flood Of Unaccompanied Minor Immigrants ‘Urgent Humanitarian Situation,’ Puts FEMA In Charge Of Relief
Some 60,000 unaccompanied children are expected to attempt to enter the United States this year.
Immigration Officials Urge Greater Toughness On Asylum Interviews As Number Of Applications From Central Americans Grows
Asylum officers shouldn't admit immigrants who file "credible fear" claims for the right to stay in the US unless their request for asylum will likely be granted, wrote the head of USCIS in a February memo.
Handicapped Honduran Migrants Going Home After Denied Meeting With Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto
The 15 men, who were handicapped by injuries suffered in Mexico en route to the United States, had hoped to urge the Mexican president in person to establish policies to protect migrants passing through Mexican territory. Seven out of 10 female migrants are raped on their journey.
Mexicans Still Make Up Two-Thirds Of Deportees In US, But Numbers Falling
The percentage of Mexicans among deportees declined 10 percent from fiscal year 2012 to 2013, but they still make up about two-thirds of those removed by the US government.
Honduran Migrants Maimed On Way To US Say They Seek Meeting With Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto
“And why is it impossible for Peña Nieto to receive us?” one of the group's members told Animal Politico. “I tell my fellow migrants that what’s really impossible is for me to grow back the hand which La Bestia took away…It’s to see and talk with another human being who’s the same as all of us.”