Tag: Migration

• Friday, March 20th 2026 - 18:55 UTC

  Trump ally asked ICE to detain mother of his child amid custody dispute

  

  Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and special envoy to President Donald Trump, contacted a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official in June 2025 requesting that his Brazilian ex-girlfriend, Amanda Ungaro, be placed in immigration custody while she was being held in a Miami jail on fraud charges. Zampolli and Ungaro were locked in a custody battle over their teenage son.

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• Tuesday, March 17th 2026 - 23:24 UTC

  Kast launches border barriers in northern Chile and hardens migration agenda

  

  Chilean President José Antonio Kast on Monday launched the border control works he had promised during the campaign, starting in Chacalluta in the Arica and Parinacota region, in an early sign that migration and security will be among the defining priorities of his administration. According to Chile’s presidency, Kast inspected the works at the frontier and highlighted the Army’s deployment to secure the area.

• Monday, March 9th 2026 - 17:55 UTC

  U.S. kept deporting migrants to Venezuela and Iran despite plans for military action

  

  The United States continued deporting migrants to Iran and Venezuela while increasing military and diplomatic pressure on both countries, according to official records, agency reports and data from organizations tracking removal flights. In Iran’s case, Washington resumed deportation flights to Tehran in September 2025 after decades without carrying out such transfers, in a shift that coincided with a sharp deterioration in bilateral relations.

• Saturday, February 14th 2026 - 00:01 UTC

  ICE suspends two officers after judge throws out charges in Minneapolis shooting case

  

  Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been placed on administrative leave as ICE and the Justice Department (DOJ) open a joint probe following video evidence that undercut parts of the official account of a Minneapolis arrest in which a Venezuelan man was shot in the leg.

• Monday, January 26th 2026 - 02:16 UTC

  Minneapolis shooting during federal immigration raid triggers U.S. nationwide backlash

  

  Protesters returned to the streets of Minneapolis demanding accountability after Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive-care nurse and U.S. citizen, was shot dead during a federal immigration enforcement operation. Multiple videos of the incident are now central to official reviews, as the episode triggers a fresh political clash between Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and the Trump administration—set against a broader national fight over “sanctuary” policies and how far local authorities should cooperate with federal immigration agencies.

• Thursday, January 15th 2026 - 15:41 UTC

  US to suspend immigrant visas for 75 countries, including Uruguay; Orsi calls it a “worrying signal”

  

  Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi said he was concerned by Washington’s decision to pause immigrant visa issuance for citizens of 75 countries —including Uruguay— starting January 21, with no end date announced. “In numerical terms it’s not very important, but as a signal it certainly worries us,” Orsi said after meeting US Ambassador Lou Rinaldi at the presidential residence in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:19 UTC

  No human corridor through Peru for Venezuelans exiting Chile

  

  Peru's President José Jerí told Chile's President-elect José Antonio Kast that the human corridor through his country so that Venezuelan migrants could return home was not a feasible option.

• Wednesday, December 31st 2025 - 10:41 UTC

  US embassies tasked with monitoring Latin America's migration policies

  

  The US State Department formally instructed its embassies across Latin America to monitor and report on government policies that encourage or facilitate mass migration, it was announced on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, December 24th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Kast and Noboa discuss “humanitarian corridor” for Venezuelan immigrants to return home

  

  Following a high-level summit at the Carondelet Palace in Quito on Tuesday, Chilean President-elect José Antonio Kast and Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa have signaled a unified front on the South American migration crisis. Both leaders discussed Kast's proposal to establish a “humanitarian corridor” to facilitate the return of undocumented Venezuelan migrants to their home country.

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 19:02 UTC

  Venezuela approves migrant repatriation flight from US despite Trump’s airspace closure claim

  

  The Venezuelan government announced on Tuesday that it had approved a US request to operate a migrant repatriation flight, just days after President Donald Trump declared that Venezuelan airspace was “closed in its entirety.” The move, reported by The New York Times, highlights that communication between Washington and Caracas remains active despite escalating tensions over Trump’s military campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.