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The President of the United States announces the highest import taxes in a century, with a 20% surcharge on EU products

The U.S. President has announced his tariff plan, however, he did not mention measures against Mexico or Canada

A lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union provides evidence of a scoring system used by authorities to decide whether migrants are gang members who could be deported

Authorities, without providing figures or specific data, insist that the pressure for undocumented immigrants to voluntarily return to their countries is proving effective

The boss of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has never set foot in a Mexican prison, and is defined by the legend of a drug trafficker who rose from the bottom, relying more on violence than on ostentation

The round of tariffs the US president plans to announce or impose on April 2 will take a heavy toll on the global economy

The artist – also the daughter of Pablo Milanés – recently released ‘Duele’ alongside Cuban rapper El B. It’s meant to be a new song for a free Cuba. She spoke with EL PAÍS from her exile in Miami

Customers decrease by up to 60% and employees abandon their posts out of fear of ICE agents showing up

People traffickers use the network to attract migrants who are seeking to cross into the United States without documents

A new study reveals that in states with tighter restrictions on reproductive rights, births have risen, especially among Latinas

A study, to which EL PAÍS has had access, identifies alterations at the Jalisco site where relatives of missing persons have reported discovering huge quantities of bones

Following reports of travelers being detained or denied entry, along with the president’s increasingly fiery rhetoric, tourist numbers have dropped, and one study estimates it could lead to billions of dollars in lost revenue

The initiative, which is open for public comment, would affect asylum, permanent residency, and naturalization applicants

Border czar Tom Homan says at least 100,000 beds are needed to fulfill the president’s dream of mass deportations. The first facility will open in New Jersey despite protests

The Donald Trump administration justifies the measure by claiming that there have been numerous cases of fraud in the applications

The government cancels contracts with dozens of organizations that represent asylum cases for unaccompanied minors and threatens lawyers with lawsuits if they do not drop the cases

The state of tequila and mariachi is the heart of one of Mexico’s most powerful and bloodthirsty cartels, and people live in fear, trying not to make a wrong move

The longtime Washington journalist turned author of several books on US history, including one about the man who seems to be the Republican’s new role model, believes that, his account of the 25th president is incomplete

In the border city of Mexicali, hundreds of addicts defy the government’s rhetoric that drug use does not exist in Mexico. They are not included in the official statistics and far from a political priority. Many pass through Verter, the first supervised drug consumption center on the continent

The expert and regional analyst provides an overview of the situation facing Canada ahead of upcoming elections that will be defined by the turbulent relationship with Washington

El Salvador’s woes are hitting the Cortéz family hard. The mother lost a daughter after she was denied an abortion. Her son was detained amid the gang war – even though he maintains his innocence – while a third child had to migrate

Mexican and Colombian cartels orchestrate a silent army of workers and corrupt officials who help to distribute the drug around the world — and increasingly, in Europe

The executive director of the Center for Engagement and Advocacy in the Americas warns that the fall in border crossings does not solve the migration crisis

The 24th Poet Laureate of the United States – and the first of Hispanic origin – shares her experience as an ambassador of poetry and as the author of the first poem to have been launched into space

In previous years, detainees have reported inadequate medical care, mistreatment and psychological trauma inflicted on children due to prolonged detention

At the Jalisco ranch, which has been identified as a cartel training camp, searchers discovered human bones, alongside hundreds of shoes and pieces of clothing belonging to young people whose whereabouts remain unknown