By Daina Beth Solomon and Julio-Cesar Chavez CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico/EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) -The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as a COVID-era order that had allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants expired and new asylum restrictions took effect amid confusion and uncertainty. Several last-minute court…
By Daina Beth Solomon CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Oriana Silva, a 30-year-old Venezuelan mother of two, was so determined to make it to the United States that she entered illegally and was expelled back to Mexico five times in seven months. Now, she is trying another way she hopes will be easier: the U.S….
By Miguel Lo Bianco and Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s annual inflation rate soared to 109% in April, the country’s statistics agency said on Friday, smashing past analyst forecasts and stoking anger among hard-hit consumers who are increasingly having to skimp and save to get by. The South American nation, an important grains exporter…
By Liliana Salgado and Ted Hesson YUMA, Arizona (Reuters) – Migrants gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday hours before immigration restrictions known as Title 42 expire, with some rushing to cross ahead of tough new asylum rules that will replace a COVID-era order. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has in…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 17-year-old Honduran unaccompanied migrant teen died after being found unconscious in a Florida shelter on May 10, according to a notification to U.S. lawmakers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) refugee office. The teen, Angel Eduardo Maradiaga Espinoza, had been placed by HHS on May 5 with…
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Republican U.S. congressman George Santos, who has Brazilian heritage, agreed to settle a lawsuit in which he was accused of bouncing checks to buy clothes in a Rio de Janeiro clothing store over a decade ago, a court in Rio said. Santos was indicted this week for fraud and money laundering…
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Shares in Brazilian food giant JBS SA fell more than 10% in early trade on Friday after the company posted a wider-than-expected first quarter loss, marking the first time the firm has faced difficulties in all countries where it operates. In a conference call with analysts, Global CEO…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Argentine businessman who pleaded guilty in the sprawling FIFA corruption probe will not have to spend time in prison, after his testimony contributed to the U.S. convictions of South American soccer officials and a television executive. Alejandro Burzaco, the former head of Argentine sports marketing company…
(This May 11 story has been corrected to remove reference to more weight in paragraph 1) By Belén Carreño MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will ask U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on Friday to listen to the opinions of non-NATO members such as China and Brazil on the war in Ukraine,…
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Immigration advocates represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a legal challenge on Thursday minutes before a U.S. regulation restricting access to asylum at U.S.-Mexico border was set to take effect. In a motion filed before a federal judge in California, the groups want to re-open an…
