Tag: imigrants

• Monday, February 27th 2023 - 08:05 UTC

  Chile reinforces military presence near Peru, Bolivia border

  

  The Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font has upped the South American country's military strength in areas bordering Peru and Bolivia such as Arica, Parinacota, Tarapacá, and Antofagasta in a move to tackle illegal immigration, it was reported.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Trump prepared to remove 12 million illegal immigrants as of next week

  

  United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that US authorities would begin next week removing millions of immigrants who are in the United States illegally. There are an estimated 12 million immigrants who are in the United States illegally, mainly from Mexico and Central America.

• Tuesday, June 27th 2017 - 15:46 UTC

  Trump's revised travel ban scores first SCOTUS win

  

  The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday partially lifted an injunction on President Donald J. Trump’s travel ban and thus allowed restrictions on citizens from certain predominantly Muslim countries to go into effect.

• Tuesday, November 11th 2014 - 21:54 UTC

  An estimated 28.5m from Latam and Caribbean population live overseas, 70% in USA

  

  An estimated 28.5 million Latin American and Caribbean people live outside their birth countries, 70% of them in the United States, while a majority of the immigrant population of 7.6 million originated from other countries in the region, according to a new study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

• Monday, November 14th 2011 - 17:11 UTC

  Mexican remittances rose in September at fastest pace in five years

  

  Mexican remittances rose at the fastest pace in five years in September as immigrant workers took advantage of the Peso’s decline to send more money to relatives, according to the Mexican Central bank.

• Friday, August 19th 2011 - 10:16 UTC

  US reviews deportation policy involving 300.000 illegal immigrants

  

  US President Obama administration said Thursday it would postpone the deportation of illegal immigrants without criminal records and allow them to apply for work permits as it reviews over 300.000 cases.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 15:48 UTC

  Exhibits commemorate Chile’s immigrants from eight communities

  

  Chileans of German, British, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, French, Arab and Israeli descent sacrificed part of their heritage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries upon immigrating to Chile. Though their history is oft-forgotten in modern-day Chile, new exhibitions on display in Santiago and Valparaíso this month will show more than 70 photographs and 50 personal items representing the immigrant experience.