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Tax the Poor! Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and International Standards on Remittance Transaction Costs
EJIL: Talk!
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July 28, 2025
Nearly one in seven people worldwide is either a sender or recipient of remittances, defined by IOM as “personal monetary transfers… made by migrants to individuals or communities with whom the migrant has links”. The World Bank estimates that, in...
Cultural exchange: International counselors help provide broader perspectives for Girl Scouts
The Virginian-Pilot
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July 28, 2025
JAMES CITY — When Julie Sekaninova first arrived in the United States to work at Camp Skimino, the Girl Scout camp in James City County, everything felt new, from the friendliness of strangers to the bathrooms. “I remember my first week when I was...
Faith leaders hope bipartisan bill will keep immigrant ministers serving US communities
Haitian Times
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July 28, 2025
Overview: A new bipartisan bill would offer relief to immigrant religious workers impacted by green card backlogs. Faith leaders warn the delays threaten spiritual and social support for U.S. communities, especially in underserved areas. By...
Cuba wins second place at Guatemalan Song Festival
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 28, 2025
By first performing the bolero-son “Lagrimas Negras” by composer Miguel Matamoros, the young Havana native brought the audience to their feet at the capital’s National Conservatory of Music. She then sang “Amor Eterno” (Eternal Love), written by...
International adoptions to the U.S. have slowed to a trickle, matching trends in other countries
Pew Research Center
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After peaking in 2004, the annual number of international adoptions to the United States has fallen by 94% as of 2023, according to the most recent available U.S. State Department data. The State Department recorded 22,988 international adoptions...
MK Party challenges Ramaphosa at ConCourt over Mchunu, and more from around the world
Daily Maverick
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August 1, 2025
Advocate Dali Mpofu during an urgent bid to challenge President Cyril Ramaphosa decisions on Minister Senzo Mchunu and the corruption Inquiry at Constitutional Court on July 30, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is reported that President...
Feds Allowed 1,000s Of Juvenile Gang Members, Criminals To Become Citizens
Arizona Daily Independent
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August 2, 2025
[Photo courtesy John R. Modlin, Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol] Congress has created several programs to allow illegal border crossers claiming to be minors to remain in the U.S. Despite years of documented abuse of the programs,...
Guatemalan Naval Vessel Escorted Peacefully out of Belizean Waters
Great Belize Television Channel 5
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July 25, 2025
A Guatemalan gunboat in Belizean waters; it’s the kind of headline that grabs attention, and it happened earlier this week near Hunting Caye. The Belize Coast Guard had to escort the vessel out after it was found in Belizean waters. When...
Ethan Klein accuses HasanAbi of encouraging “death threats” against government officials at Anti-ICE Benefit event
Sportskeeda
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July 27, 2025
H3 Podcast host Ethan Klein has accused Twitch streamer Hasan "HasanAbi" of promoting violence against government officials while reacting to the latter's addressal at a recently held Anti-ICE Benefit event. For context, at the event, Hasan had...
Excelling in … Excel? Inside the high-stakes, secretive world of competitive spreadsheeting
The Guardian
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August 2, 2025
Six years ago, Melbourne-based film-maker Kristina Kraskov read an article about an international Microsoft Excel competition and had two thoughts. The first: “What the hell, that can’t be real.” The second: “There’s got to be a film about this –...
Even in exile, Central America’s women journalists face relentless online attacks
LatAm Journalism Review
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August 1, 2025
By Silvia Higuera August 1, 2025 Economics is not usually seen as a particularly dangerous beat to cover. But for Salvadoran journalist Mariana Belloso, it made her a target of direct attacks when President Nayib Bukele assumed office in 2019. The...
ICE Nabs Child Predator Illegals
KKOH - Nevada
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August 2, 2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Thursday arrested illegal immigrants across the United States, many of whom were convicted of offenses involving minors. “These aren’t just low-level offenders – they are sickening sexual predators and...
Guatemalan man living illegally in New Bedford serves four months
South Coast Business Bulletin - Massachusetts
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BOSTON — A Guatemalan national unlawfully residing in New Bedford was sentenced July 23 in federal court for illegally reentering the United States after deportation, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release. Mario Lopez, 35, was...
From the Highlands of Guatemala to the Fields of Southern England: A Spiritual Bond Beyond Borders
The Review of Religions
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July 27, 2025
Why a remote community in Central America wakes before dawn to join a gathering 5,200 miles away Musa Sattar, UK Reporting from Guatemala In the thin, cool air of Guatemala’s highlands, long before the sun breaks over the misty ridges and the...
Non-profit immigrant group shocked by video of traffic stop
CBS 12 - Florida
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LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A local non-profit group that assists the migrant community is up in arms. They're disturbed by a cell phone video that they say shows Border Patrol and Florida Highway Patrol detaining several people, including a...
ACLU files challenge to prolonged jailing of immigrant snagged in Omaha ICE raid
Nebraska Examiner
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August 2, 2025
OMAHA — A well-known defender of civil liberties has gone to federal court on behalf of a worker arrested during an Omaha immigration raid. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska announced Friday that it had filed a federal civil rights...
Trump administration pushes to exclude undocumented immigrants from in-state tuition The Justice Department argues these tuition laws unfairly offer a benefit to foreigners that is unavailable to U.S. citizens and legal residents. Read More »
Yahoo News
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Texas let undocumented young people qualify for in-state college tuition for 24 years. President Donald Trump convinced the state to unravel the policy in a matter of hours. Since returning to the White House, Trump’s Justice Department has...
“Border to Border!” Belize v Guatemala ICJ date nears
Amandala
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July 27, 2025
ICJ to hear Guatemala’s application to join Belize v. Honduras Sapodillas case in November Hunting Caye located within the Sapodilla range ( Photo: courtesy TIDE) BELIZE CITY, Mon. July 21, 2025 Belize instituted proceedings against Honduras...
Mfon Ekpo honoured with University of Southampton’s Outstanding Contribution Alumni Award
Premium Times
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August 1, 2025
Award Winning Coach, Human Behaviour Consultant, and founder of The Discovery Centre, Mfon Ekpo, has been honoured with the University of Southampton’s Outstanding Contribution Alumni Award, the first of its kind in the institution’s 163-year...
Mexican president ‘desperate’ to avoid US tax on remittances, GOP senator says
Washington Examiner
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July 27, 2025
A Republican senator who is pushing legislation to tax remittances that Mexican citizens in the United States send to Mexico described Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s campaign to guide Mexicans from paying the taxes as a “desperate”...