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Dinora Hernandez’s three children make bracelets at home in Oakland, California. Every Tuesday, Hernandez heads to a local food bank, assistance that allows her to wire cash to family in El Salvador.
Economics
‘I want to send more money home’: Remittances are a sign of sacrifice, resilience in immigrant communities during pandemic
Advocates gather outside the county building in McHenry County, Woodstock, Illinois, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
Immigration
ICE contracts at local, regional level spark contentious debate
Street shot showing sign pointing to the USA, with a white truck driving down road, and colorful letters spelling Sonoyta, against backdrop of hills.
Migration
Inside a migrant shelter for men: Untold stories of trauma, challenges
Group of people gather outside a church for a prayers
Immigration
Cuban Americans make plea to Biden administration for help on immigration limbo
A hand holds up a cartoon in front of the Capitol dome of the Statue of Liberty hugging a Muslim hijabi girl.
Refugees
Refugees stuck in limbo over Biden’s inaction to restore admissions program
An attendee at the House Homeland Security Committee field hearing at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, holds a sign written in English and Spanish, stating "Let us work," Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. 
Business, Economics and Jobs
Seasonal workers have long faced gender and pay discrimination. Now there’s a way to file direct complaints.
Houston plumber Eduardo Dolande said he had to cut holes in his bathroom ceiling to reach broken pipes during the Texas freeze.
Immigration
After Texas freeze, immigrants play critical role in repairing tens of thousands of homes
An inmate wearing an orange suit mops near blue plastic bags inside a detention center.
Migration
Immigrants, rights activists call on Biden to end private detention
Nora Vargas is the newly elected vice chair of the powerful San Diego Board of Supervisors.
Every 30 Seconds
This Latina landed a seat on the powerful San Diego County Board of Supervisors — a first for her community
Two people stand at a protest with a loud speaker in their hands.
Health
A therapists’ network supports immigrants, advocates during pandemic 
A demonstrator holding a sign reading #GeorgeFloyd and #BLM marches near Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, May 30, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
BLM is increasingly a voter issue for Latinos in Georgia
President Donald Trump arrives for a Latinos for Trump Coalition roundtable at Arizona Grand Resort & Spa, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, in Phoenix.
Every 30 Seconds
Trump, Biden battle for Latino vote in Arizona
In this Aug. 20, 2020, file photo supporters watch the program outside the venue where Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is speaking, during the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware.
Every 30 Seconds
How Puerto Ricans in central Florida may decide the US election
Signs advertising the 2020 US Census cover a closed and boarded up business amid the coronavirus outbreak in Seattle, Washington, March 23, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
For Latinos ineligible to vote, US census offers a path to political power
Nodia Mena and her son, Brayan Guevara, talk about everything, but especially race and politics.
Every 30 Seconds
This Afro Latina says identity will always be important when she votes
A single protestor holds up an old Belarusian national flag standing in front of a wall of officers holding large riot shields.
Global Politics
Belarus, explained: How Europe’s last dictator could fall
In this image from video, Eva Longoria, serving as moderator in a white dress against a blue screen, speaks during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 17, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
The DNC touted a diverse lineup. But some Latino leaders feel left out.
People attend a bilingual health care town hall sponsored by local organizations that work in Latino voter outreach, disability advocacy and community health at the Ability360 Center in Phoenix, July 5, 2017. Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake were invit
Every 30 Seconds
As Election Day nears, it’s not just about winning the ‘Latino vote.’ It’s about making a real connection.
A farmworker, considered an essential worker under the current COVID-19 pandemic, harvests beans, May 12, 2020, in Homestead, Florida.
COVID-19
Farmworkers are getting coronavirus. They face retaliation for demanding safe conditions.
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer announces to a group of asylum-seekers that they will be crossing illegally into Canada as they wait in line to to enter at the US-Canada border in Champlain, New York, August 7, 2017.
Borders
Canada judge rules sending asylum-seekers back to the US violates their rights
Jacob Cuenca, 18, a registered Republican, poses outside his home in Homestead, Florida, on May 21, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
The pandemic upended this Latino teen’s senior year. Now it’s upended his politics.
Dallas County voter Maria Cruz, left, along with her daughters Catalina and Susana Cruz, voted in Tuesday's primary runoff in Texas.
Every 30 Seconds
Trump, Biden boost efforts to reach Texas Latino voters
Chanthon Bun, who was incarcerated for 23 years, part of that time in San Quentin State Prison in California, shows artwork from an origami course offered in the prison.
Immigration
He’s out of prison and has COVID-19. But he’s still sheltering from ICE.
Brayan Guevara in front of Irving Park Elementary School, in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he is a teacher's assistant, June 3, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
This young Afro Latino teacher and voter wants to be a model for his students
A students sits on the steps of Widener Library at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 21, 2009.
Education
Universities scramble to help international students stay in US after new visa restrictions
Two students walk through a college campus
Immigration
Visa restrictions on Chinese students will disadvantage US, says Queens College president
Employees dehead Louisiana white shrimp at C.F. Gollott & Son Seafood in D'Iberville, Mississippi, June 3, 2010.
Immigration
US seafood workers fight unsafe job conditions amid pandemic
Izcan Ordaz, an 18-year-old high school graduate in Fort Worth, Texas, will vote in his first US presidential election this November.
Every 30 Seconds
Black Lives Matter protests are shaking up how this young Latino voter views US politics
Madai Zamora, a former DACA recipient, now lives with her husband in San Luis Potosí in central Mexico.
Immigration
These DACA recipients hit a ceiling in the US. So they left.
The Supreme Court building
Immigration
SCOTUS rules some rejected asylum-seekers can’t challenge decisions
A young woman on a laptop screen
Education
Colleges brace for steep drop in international enrollment this fall
Michelle Aguilar Ramirez stands for a portrait on Monday, May 18, 2020, in South Seattle, Wash.
Every 30 Seconds
This Latina first-time voter ‘can’t stay mute’ about racism
Two men are shown wearing protective medical gear and carrying various supplies while walking outside of Holtel Filtro.
Immigration
In Ciudad Juárez, a new ‘filter hotel’ offers migrants a safe space to quarantine
DACA supporters hold up banner in front of Supreme Court
Immigration
SCOTUS ruled in favor of DACA. A permanent solution is still needed, advocates say.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents look at women and children
Immigration
Trump proposes harsh asylum rules disqualifying many applicants
Leticia Arcila, a 20-year-old voter in Atlanta, Georgia, said health care is her top priority in a presidential candidate.
Every 30 Seconds
In Georgia, a young Latina reluctantly casts her primary vote for Biden
Terrence Floyd visits the site near where his brother George was taken in Minneapolis police custody and later died, in Minneapolis, June 1, 2020.
Violence
Somali Americans share in the grief and pain over George Floyd’s killing 
Friends and family of Juliette Herrera, a DACA holder and recent graduate of Florida International University, organized a parade in her honor after her graduation ceremony was canceled due to the pandemic.
Immigration
The pandemic canceled her graduation. But this DACA holder still got her moment to shine.
Filipino nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York City, pose with donated food from Meals to Heal, a Filipino American community initiative.
Community
Little Manila’s ‘Meal to Heal’ effort brings food to Filipino health workers
People visit the Empty Sky Memorial
Top of The World
Experts update predictions on economic crisis; Iraqi protesters are regrouping; Saving a trove of Viking artifacts
Sergio Armas, a Nicaraguan immigrant living in San Francisco, built an altar to the Virgin Mary in the corner of his yard after the coronavirus pandemic hit.
Pandemic disrupts remittances, leaving immigrants’ families without lifelines
Senator Bernie Sanders speaks as former Vice President Joe Biden reacts during the ninth Democratic 2020 U.S. Presidential candidates debate at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas Nevada, on Feb. 19, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
Can Biden turn out Latinos to vote? Advocacy groups aren’t sure.
A student carries her bags in front of a sign for the University of Dayton
Global Nation Education
COVID-19 shakes up international student life — and university budgets
A woman in a mask and gloves holds a sign reading "immigrants are essential NWDC is not"
Immigration
Xenophobia ‘takes its toll’ as Trump works to curb immigration
Two novels translated into English this spring show the broad landscape of Mexican literature today.
Books
From Mexico, tales of a Russian socialite and a small-town witch
Izcan Ordaz, an 18-year-old high school senior in Fort Worth, Texas, poses for a photo while walking down steps wearing a navy blue Ralph Lauren polo.
Every 30 Seconds
This Latino teen voter worries about prom, graduation — and the economy
A Black man in a suit stands by a Range Rover holding a book
Community
Caribbean community mourns Gil Bailey, ‘Godfather of Reggae Radio’
A screenshot of a livestream
Indians stranded in the US due to coronavirus face poverty, eviction
A healthcare worker walks outside the DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital
COVID-19
Detroit needs Canadian nurses. But coronavirus threatens their cross-border travel.
Delia Ramirez, a restaurant worker, hangs aprons to dry at her home in the Bella-B Mobile Home Park, where owner Yacov Sinai decreased rents to help residents in difficult economic situations due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Every 30 Seconds
Young Latino voters in Seattle view November election through lens of pandemic
A close up of President Donald Trump
Top of The World
Trump cuts WHO funding; online threats increase amid pandemic; deportations could be spreading COVID-19
Government officials, wearing protective masks, stand next to a plane
COVID-19
US deportation flights risk spreading coronavirus globally
A close-up portrait of Jessica Esparza, 27, a DACA recipient and intensive care unit nurse at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, Washington.
COVID-19
DACA health workers risk their lives to fight COVID-19 while they await SCOTUS ruling
A woman with a mask hands a pink plastic bag to a woman in a car
The Big Fix
Mutual aid groups respond to double threat of coronavirus and climate change
Farmworkers in a field
COVID-19
Farmworkers are now deemed essential. But are they protected?
A voter stands at the registration table before receiving their ballot during the Democratic presidential primary election at Madero Middle School in Chicago, Illinois, March 17, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
Amid coronavirus, grassroots groups move online to capture Latino vote
Medical students and physician assistants from Touro University Nevada wait to screen people in a temporary parking lot shelter at Cashman Center, with spaces marked for social distancing to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in La
COVID-19
International doctors can help the US fight COVID-19. But can they get here?
Yaneilys Ayuso, who will vote for the first time in November, remembers their multicultural studies class as the catalyst for their involvement in political organizing.
Every 30 Seconds
Pandemic makes social justice issues more personal for this young Florida voter
A sign in Salinas, California's rural heartland, which is home to tens of thousands of immigrant farmworkers.
COVID-19
A California hospital is translating coronavirus information for immigrants
Leticia Arcila, a 20-year-old voter in Atlanta, Georgia, said health care is her top priority in a presidential candidate.
Every 30 Seconds
For this young Latina voter, pandemic highlights the need for ‘Medicare for All’