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María Elvira Salazar and her broken promise to half a million Cubans: ‘She presented herself as our advocate, but she manipulated us’

3 October 2026 at 05:00

María Elvira Salazar wore a dark blouse and a striking pearl necklace when she arrived at journalist Juan Manuel Cao’s studio in Miami. She took a seat, tucked her hair behind her ears, made sure she had good lighting and found the best camera angle. She’s well trained in the ways of television.

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María Elvira Salazar demands a formal indictment of Raúl Castro at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 20, 2026. 

Trump administration facing indictment for contempt after deporting Venezuelans to El Salvador

29 September 2026 at 13:12

A federal appeals court will examine Tuesday whether a federal judge can proceed with a criminal contempt investigation into the Trump administration related to the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March 2025.

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Relatives of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador during a protest in Caracas, March 25, 2025.

ICE wasted millions of dollars on its expansion of detention centers, according to a government report

25 September 2026 at 18:28

Millions of dollars earmarked to expand U.S. immigration detention capacity ended up in warehouses that will now be sold, in tents that never housed a detainee, and in food purchased for empty facilities. These are the findings of a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which documents how the rapid expansion of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has left behind abandoned projects, sunk costs, and new financial commitments.

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ICE detention center in Louisiana, in April 2025.

Judge orders release of Salvadoran migrant wrongly accused of being an MS-13 gang member after 10 months in custody

23 September 2026 at 14:13

There are two diametrically opposed portrayals of David Eduardo Mejía Martínez: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presents him as a “criminal” and a member of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang who, because he poses a danger to the community, should be deported to El Salvador. A federal judge, by contrast, describes him as an exemplary migrant: with no tattoos and no criminal record, in steady employment, and who has filed taxes since arriving in the United States in 2014. The judge also said he is the father of two children who are U.S. citizens and the main provider for his family.

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Federal agents arrest a man in Illinois.
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