El Salvador’s Leader Is Autocrat to Some, Godsend to Others

Lawmakers approved constitutional changes abolishing term limits and allowing President Nayib Bukele to stay in power indefinitely. Why now?

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Federal Judge Bars Trump From Expediting Deportation of Migrants Paroled into U.S.

The ruling halted the Trump administration from pursuing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of migrants accepted into the United States, who now retain only minimal legal safeguards.

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Judge Extends Protections for Migrants From Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua

In blocking the end of deportation protections for more than 60,000 migrants, the judge said the Trump administration’s language surrounding the program had strayed into racist conspiracy theories.

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Trump Administration Ends Deportation Protections for Hondurans and Nicaraguans

The decision by the Homeland Security Department to end protections for migrants from those countries goes into effect in about two months.

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Refugees Worry: Is Nicaragua Running Assassination Operations in Costa Rica?

After a Nicaraguan human rights activist who had fled to Costa Rica was killed, concern has grown that the Ortega government may be targeting its enemies abroad.

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Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, 95, Dies; Led Nicaragua After Civil War

The first woman to lead a Central American country, she served in the 1990s after the nation had been shaken by political strife.

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U.S. Urges Americans to Steer Clear of Nicaragua

Despite a flurry of positive reports in the travel press, U.S. officials say Americans should avoid Nicaragua because it’s an authoritarian regime.

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Move to Canada? Migrants Face ‘No Good Options’ After Supreme Court Ruling.

Migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who entered the United States legally under a Biden-era program are now scrambling.

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Trump Canceled Deportation Protections. Here’s Where Legal Challenges Stand.

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to lift protections for thousands of Venezuelans, leaving them potentially vulnerable to deportation. What about people from other countries?

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Court Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Shuttering of Migrant Entry Program

The Biden-era program has allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to enter the United States and work legally.

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