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Con los muertos no se juega.

So far this week, an anticipated nationwide sweep has not materialized at the expected magnitude. Yet the mere prospect of such action has prompted legions of pastors, rabbis and their congregations across the United States to stand ready to help vulnerable immigrants with offers of sanctuary and other services.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A judge ruled Thursday that 17 former members of El Salvador’s military, including ex-leaders of the armed forces, will also face charges of torture, forced disappearance and forced displacement related to the 1981 El Mozote massacre, a gruesome point in the country’s civil war.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Cruise passengers drifted through the streets of Old San Juan Thursday as shop owners took plywood down from store windows and painted over graffiti demanding Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resign.

To catch up on the latest in immigration for In The Thick, Julio and guest co-host Maggie Freleng of Futuro Media chat with immigration attorney Amy Maldonado, and the Professor of Law and Migration Studies at the University of San Francisco, Bill Ong Hing.

“I have the commitment, stronger than ever, to carry out the public policy for which we have worked so hard in all areas of government,” Rosselló wrote in a statement.

The Squad can do anything these women set their collective mind and values to.

SANTA FE, Argentina (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro urged his South American colleagues Wednesday to borrow a slogan from Donald Trump and focus on making their own nations great rather than emphasizing regional brotherhood.

The Center for Investigative Journalism revealed an investigation where journalists allege that behind the chat group —that sparked the protests— is a multi-million dollar corruption scheme.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Accompanied by some of Puerto Rico’s most famous performers, thousands of people marched to the governor’s residence in San Juan on Wednesday chanting demands for Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to resign after the leak of online chats that show him making misogynistic slurs and mocking his constituents.

Detrás de las conversaciones del chat de Telegram entre el gobernador de Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló Nevares, y algunos de sus colaboradores más cercanos se esconde una red multimillonaria de corrupción.

The show insists on showing us violent images in Mexico, and after every commercial break, we come back to more cartel talk.

By Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross The Trump administration will stop accepting asylum applications from migrants who could have claimed asylum in a different country before entering the U.S., it announced on July 15. The new interim immigration rule upends a 60-year-old policy that protects refugees from war, political persecution and targeted violence. […]

How many more racist statements do we need to hear from the president before people can openly admit that what he is saying is racist?

U.S. authorities want “El Chapo” to pay back $12.7 billion that he allegedly earned during a lifetime of drug-trafficking activities.

At a time of unprecedented protests in response to allegations of corruption and the #TelegramGate scandal, “Afilando los Cuchillos” is an outcry. 

Are these the makings of an emerging #CaribbeanSummer in Puerto Rico? You won’t know unless you show up.

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) — Asylum-seekers gathered in Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Texas, grappled to understand what a new U.S. policy that all but eliminates refuge claims by Central Americans and many others meant for their bids to find a better life in America amid a chaos of rumors, confusion and fear.

By Albert Morales President Donald Trump’s incendiary language over the weekend triggered yet another media and public firestorm on the issue of race. His attacks targeting four non-white congresswomen and telling them to go back to their “home countries” led critics, including some prominent Republican observers, to call upon the president to retract and apologize. […]

“He needs to pack his bags and leave. He had his chance and he blew it,” one protester told Latino Rebels.

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosselló is refusing to step down. During multiple public appearances and written statements, he says that he plans on completing the goals he set for himself when he was elected back in 2016. The issue is, in the wake of #TelegramGate and the arrests of high-ranking officials, Rosselló […]