Nearly 11,000 migrant children are in government custody without their parents, according to federal health officials — a 22% increase from April as the Trump administration has ramped up prosecution of parents who cross the border with their children. nbcnews.com/news/latino/su…

Mexico was only second to Syria in the number of journalists killed in 2017. "We will keep demanding justice," said a colleague of the late Javier Valdez, a journalist killed for his award-winning reporting on the victims of violence in Mexico last year. nbcnews.com/news/latino/me…

We're being sold! bit.ly/2t0AJLo

This is HUGE! Felicidades @Ocasio2018! You’re inspiring all of us. x.com/remezcla/statu…

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The migrant children relocated to Michigan after being separated from their parents have been fostered under the purview of Bethany Christian Services, the world's largest adoption agency, one known for coercive adoptions. Amy Littlefield & I report. rewire.news/article/2018/0…

Kirstjen Nielsen just announced a new Trump administration proposal to indefinitely incarcerate immigrant children in what are essentially prisons. It apparently needs to be said that this is cruel and inhumane. There’s a lot of news today, but we can’t let this go ignored.

New York’s Cortlandt St Station. Finally reopen after getting damaged in the 9/11 attacks 17 years ago.

On campus: Obama makes his way back to his old stomping grounds.

As I was paying my respects to our forever Chairman, his staff told me that in his final hours he signed subpoenas to USCIS and ICE, pursuing justice for immigrants in my district & across the country with chronic medical conditions. A man of his word every moment of his life.

To clarify, $1200 checks are ONLY going to some w/social sec numbers, NOT immigrants w/ tax IDs (ITINs). Thanks to GOP, these checks will be cut off the backs of *taxpaying immigrants,* who get nothing. Many are essential workers who pay more taxes than Amazon. Wall St gets $4T

Today's report on job losses hides something: Workers of color bore the brunt of this loss. By race ethnicity, these are the changes in employment between Nov. and Dec. 2020: White: +38k Asian: -40k Black: -26k Latina/o: -252k

#NowPlaying a new Latino USA podcast, in collaboration with Harper's Magazine. A group of family members, mostly parents, takes the search for Mexico’s disappeared into their own hands. Story here: latinousa.org/2018/04/13/hun…

Black Lives Matter activist Ja’Mal Green, 22, told @WBEZmorning, "I’m going to be the youngest candidate to ever win," regarding his candidacy for Chicago mayor. ow.ly/iFgv30jEKqI

WATCH: Wealthy white Manhattan parents angrily rant against plan to bring more black kids to their schools rawstory.com/2018/04/watch-…

Former President Raul Castro's daughter and #LGBTQ rights activist, Mariela Castro, set to propose same-sex marriage in Cuba via teleSUR English. bit.ly/2HTcwfp

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