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My AAHHE Sisters And Brothers

Written by Yolanda Stephanie De Loera, Ed.D. The AAHHE Graduate Fellows Program University of Redlands

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ICE, IRS Search Hispanic Grocery Stores

Three people were taken into custody after IRS and ICE searched multiple branches of Super Mercado Jalisco, a Hispanic grocery chain located in the Atlanta area.

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Salvadoran Woman Marks 1 Year In Sanctuary

Rosa Gutiérrez López is the first unauthorized immigrant to get refuge inside a Washington area religious institution. She has been in sanctuary for one year.

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Venezuelans In The Dominican Republic

Venezuelans who have moved to the Dominican Republic by the thousands, will be required to have visas. The country has seen waves of both legal and illegal immigrants from Venezuela.

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Chile Military Plane Missing

Chile’s military has started searching for a transport plane carrying 38 people. The country’s air force lost radio contact with the plane during its flight on Monday evening.

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Update On Villa Union Gunfights

The follow article offers a timeline of events regarding the recent gunfights in Villa Union, a town near the U.S.-Mexico border, where 22 people were killed.

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Saving Puerto Rico’s Coastal Heritage

Scientists are racing to document indigenous sites in Puerto Rico that are along the country’s coast before rising sea levels destroy a large portion of them.

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Mexican Border Town Gripped By Fear

Villa Union, a town near the U.S.-Mexico border, is beginning cleaning up after 22 people were killed during a gunbattle involving security forces and drug cartel members.

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Wave Of Discontent In Colombia

Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the street in one of the biggest protests in Colombia’s recent history. The protestors expressed anger with President Iván Duque.

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Venezuela Students Protest March Blocked

Venezuela university students’ attempt to stage a protest march to Caracas’ main military base was cut short by a National Guard blockade. The protest was against President Maduro.

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Latinx Literature Unbound: Undoing Ethnic Expectation

Since the 1990s, there has been unparalleled growth in the literary output from an ever more diverse group of Latinx writers. Extant criticism, however, has yet to catch up with the diversity of writers we label Latinx and the range of themes about which they write.

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5 Questions Supreme Court And Refugees

Editor’s Note: Immigration clinic director Karla Mari McKanders has worked firsthand with asylum seekers. The following addresses key questions, regarding the law and the border.