Politics

A group of organizations belonging to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and Puerto Rican communities called upon the United States Congress to save UPR from the crisis that has been caused by austerity measures imposed by the Fiscal Oversight and Management Board (FOMB).

Groups rallied as part of day of action asking for elimination of $72 billion public debt.

This is my political life.

Another big bank says it will no longer finance Geo Group and CoreCivic.

As expected, it’s complicated.

He said that his country has maintained a “cordial” relationship with the United States, leading to billion-dollar investments into the region.

Step away from the Twitter, senator.

Schools, public offices and industries will be closed Monday as the state attempts to fix the grid, according to Information Minister Jorge Rodríguez.

And it’s complicated.

“He is making up all of these lies of a huge border crisis and makes it seem like we are living in these times of war. There was nothing going on at the border. I was hanging out doing my makeup,” Lushious Massacr said.

“It is time for Congress to act and provide Latinos and all Americans with the clarity and safety they need to participate in the 2020 Census by removing the citizenship question once and for all,” CEO Arturo Vargas said.

I heard something I did not expect to hear from a patient as part of my bedside care.

These was released the same day there were four simultaneous congressional hearings on immigration.

Our findings show that respondents who know a deportee are 2.4 times more likely to report that their child has been referred or diagnosed with a developmental disorder.

This year, Brazilian Carnival partygoers openly criticized what they feel are the president’s homophobic and racist policies.

“Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I come before you today as the PRODUCT of my community. So protecting me in exchange for increased danger for my community is not protection at all,” Yazmin Irazoqui Ruiz said.

One busy day in D.C.

“I also would like you to know why the term ‘temporary’ is no longer an appropriate term or category for our communities across the nation. We have given the best years of our lives in this country,” José Palma wrote in his remarks.

The petition, which was created by noted Latino conservative Alfonso Aguilar, one of the commission’s Shadow Representatives, has gotten more than 1,500 signatures over the past day.

With political observers expecting both candidates to tout their support in a demographically changing Texas, O’Rourke is more well-known than Castro at this early point in the campaign.

RAICES staff said this is the youngest population it has ever documented in immigrant detention, with some clients’ files showing they are as young as five months old.