Hispanic Community June 2018

At Guatemala Volcano, Weather And Danger Halt Search [Beyond Education]

Guatemala's national disaster agency on Thursday suspended search and rescue efforts at the zone devastated by the eruption of the Volcano of Fire, saying climatic conditions and still-hot volcanic material makes it dangerous for the rescuers. It said it decided to suspend the search now that 72 hours have passed.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Military Base Calls Immigration Agents On Pizza Delivery Man [Beyond Education]

A guard at an Army garrison in Brooklyn called Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a pizza delivery man who made a delivery there Friday. Now, Ecuadorean immigrant Pablo Villavicencio is in ICE custody pending removal from the country, agency spokeswoman Rachael Yong Yow said.

Hispanic Community June 2018

House GOP In Eleventh-Hour Attempt For Immigration Accord [Beyond Education]

House leaders want to push fractured Republicans toward consensus on immigration, racing the clock as they seek to defuse a GOP civil war threatening to wound their hopes for keeping control of the chamber in November's elections. Republicans planned a closed-door meeting on the topic for Thursday morning.

Hispanic Community June 2018

New Evacuations Near Guatemala Volcano Set Off Panic [Beyond Education]

Frightened people living near the Volcano of Fire fled with their children and few possessions when fresh flows of super-heated debris were announced, taking no chances after authorities gave them little time to evacuate before a deadly eruption over the weekend. Traffic came to a standstill on choked roads Tuesday and those without vehicles walked, even in central Escuintla, which was not under an evacuation order.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Immigration Agents Arrest 114 In Landscaper Sting [Beyond Education]

U.S. immigration agents made more than 100 arrests Tuesday at an Ohio gardening and landscaping company, one of the largest such stings in recent years and part of the Trump administration's growing crackdown on employers for hiring people who are in the country illegally.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Only A Few Of Guatemala Volcano's Dead Have Been Identified [Beyond Education]

People of the villages skirting Guatemala's Volcano of Fire have begun mourning the few dead who could be identified after an eruption killed dozens by engulfing them in floods of searing ash and mud. Mourners cried over caskets lined up in a row in the main park of San Juan Alotenango on Monday evening before rescuers stopped their work for another night.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Team Studies Bones To Identify The Disappeared In Mexico [Beyond Education]

The fragments of burnt bone laid out by investigators for the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team are among the remains of tens of thousands of people who have simply disappeared in Mexico's long and bloody drug war. These particular bones come from one of three isolated ranches in the city of Cuauhtemoc in the northern border state of Chihuahua.

Hispanic Community June 2018

Guatemala Volcano Toll Up As Rescuers Dig In Ash, Mud Flows [Beyond Education]

Rescuers used heavy machinery and shovels found the bodies of several more victims of an eruption at Guatemala's Volcano of Fire on Monday, and rescuers pulled 10 people still alive from ash drifts and mud flows.The official death toll stood at 25 but Associated Press journalists saw more burned and ash-covered bodies being unloaded after being dug out in the village of El Rodeo.

Hispanic Community May 2018

Puerto Rico Grid 'Teetering' Despite $3.8 Billion Repair Job [Beyond Education]

After months of darkness and stifling heat, Noe Pagan was overjoyed when power-line workers arrived to restore electricity to his home deep in the lush green mountains of western Puerto Rico. But to his dismay, instead of raising a power pole toppled by Hurricane Maria, the federal contractors bolted the new 220-volt line to the narrow trunk of a breadfruit tree.

Hispanic Community May 2018

AP Fact Check: Fallacies On Both Sides In Immigration Debate [Beyond Education]

Since the government acknowledged last month that the Trump administration had lost track of nearly 1,500 immigrant children, the debate over what that means and who is to blame has roiled Twitter. AP takes a look at the partisan claims and a reality check behind the latest immigration fight.

Hispanic Community May 2018

Study Estimates Higher Death Toll In Puerto Rico Post-Maria [Beyond Education]

A new study contends that many more deaths than normal occurred in Puerto Rico in the three months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, mostly because of problems getting medicines or medical care. Researchers surveyed a small sample of neighborhoods and from that estimated that up to 4,600 more deaths than usual occurred, far more than earlier studies have suggested.

Hispanic Community May 2018

Visa Woes Have Summer Businesses Looking To Puerto Ricans [Beyond Education]

Frustrated by red tape and visa limits on foreign workers, tourism businesses from Maine to Missouri are turning to Puerto Ricans who are fleeing a shattered economy and devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. Bob Smith, owner of Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, hired a half-dozen Puerto Ricans last summer for housekeeping, landscaping and kitchen work, providing relief to his overworked staff.