Tag: Central America

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson informed the Department of Homeland Security that crises in Haiti and certain Central American countries have abated, a key factor in determining whether individuals from those nations are eligible to live and work in the U.S. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Trump team takes step towards revoking emergency legal status for Haitian, Central American immigrants

Joel Gehrke · November 4, 2017 3:31 pm

Yali Nunez's journey to Capitol Hill was long and harrowing, but she's found the American Dream. (Courtesy photo)

From Cuba to Capitol Hill: One RNC staffer’s journey to the US

Melissa Quinn · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

Moving at 10 mph north-northwest over eastern Honduras, the storm is bringing heavy rainfall across Central America, even along the Pacific coast side, according to the National Hurricane Center. (National Hurricane Center)

Tropical Storm Nate heads toward US but its future remains shrouded in uncertainty

Daniel Chaitin · October 6, 2017 1:22 am

The Central American nation of Nicaragua pledged Wednesday to become a party to the Paris climate change agreement, leaving the U.S. and Syria as the only two outliers to the global emissions pact. "We will soon adhere, we will sign the Paris Agreement," Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega told state media on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate)

Energy and Environment

Nicaragua to leave US alone with Syria in anti-Paris climate club

John Siciliano · September 20, 2017 11:43 pm

The usage of smugglers has also increased despite the significant cost uptick. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

DHS: Cost of smuggling people to the US has more than doubled to $9,200

Anna Giaritelli · September 18, 2017 4:40 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, right, speaks during a conference on prosperity and security in Central America. Tillerson was joined by the President of Guatemala Jimmy Morales, second from left, and other Central American leaders. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Preserve the investment protections in US free trade agreements

Frederic Sourgens · September 2, 2017 4:01 am

Border Patrol agents conduct checkpoint operations in Lincoln, N.H. (Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol)

Border Patrol checkpoint in New Hampshire nets arrests of 25 illegal immigrants

Anna Giaritelli · August 28, 2017 9:31 pm

The trip marks the first time Trump will tour the southern border as president. He visited the Laredo, Texas, border line in July 2015 - weeks after announcing his campaign for president. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

Trump to tour Border Patrol station while in Yuma, Arizona

Anna Giaritelli · August 22, 2017 1:30 am

"In President Donald Trump, I think the United States once again has a president whose vision, energy, and can-do spirit is reminiscent of President Teddy Roosevelt," Vice President Mike Pence said during remarks at the expanded Panama Canal on Thursday. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Mike Pence: Trump’s ‘vision, energy, and can-do spirit is reminiscent of President Teddy Roosevelt’

Anna Giaritelli · August 17, 2017 11:26 pm

"Today as I am here in Chile -- our hearts are in Charlottesville," Vice President Mike Pence said. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Mike Pence ending South America trip a day early to return to US

Anna Giaritelli · August 16, 2017 6:01 pm

Second lady Karen Pence will visit with art therapists during her trip to Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Panama next week, the White House announced. (Zurab Kurtsikidze/Pool Photo via AP)

Karen Pence to meet with art therapists in Central and South America

Anna Giaritelli · August 11, 2017 2:27 pm

"As Americans we should be ashamed of ourselves that we have done almost nothing to get our arms around drug demand." (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

National Security

DHS Chief John Kelly: US drug demand causing Central America to ‘suffer terribly’

Anna Giaritelli · July 20, 2017 4:40 pm