The Americas - Page 20

April 22, 2021

VP Kamala Harris sets virtual meeting with Guatemala president next week regarding migrant crisis

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to meet virtually next Monday with Guatemala’s President Alejandro Giammattei regarding the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

April 17, 2021

Kamala Harris purposely ‘avoids’ US-Mexico border: Border Patrol council chief

It’s no accident that Vice President Kamala Harris hasn’t visited the U.S.-Mexico border region, the head of the Border Patrol agents’ union said Saturday.

April 15, 2021

Kamala Harris says migrant crisis won’t ‘be fixed overnight,’ hasn't spoken with El Salvador, Honduras leaders

The migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is one that "is not going to be fixed overnight," according to Vice President Kamala Harris, who last month was appointed by President Biden to manage the U.S. response to the crisis.

April 5, 2021

Calgary church pastor's video confronting police goes viral

The pastor of a church in Calgary uploaded a video of his encounter with police and other officials from the city there to ensure that the church was following COVID-19 guidelines, and the interaction went viral.

April 2, 2021

Texas ‘stash houses,’ used by human smugglers, busted as border crackdown continues

Federal and local authorities this week shut down three "stash houses" in Laredo, Texas, that they say were filled with immigrants who entered the country illegally, brought into the U.S. by human smugglers, according to reports.

March 31, 2021

Wealthy Mexicans jet to US for COVID-19 vaccines: 'They didn't even ask for my visa'

As Mexico struggles to vaccinate its citizens against the coronavirus, some wealthy Mexicans are traveling to the U.S. to get their shots, according to reports.

March 21, 2021

Migrant says he came to US border because Biden was elected, would not have tried to cross under Trump

A South American migrant who recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border said he did so "basically" because Joe Biden was elected president and would not have tried to cross under former President Donald Trump.

March 5, 2021

Migrant camp near US-Mexico border, south of California, grows to 1,000 people: report

A migrant camp near the U.S.-Mexico border, just south of California, has grown to about 1,000 people, according to a report.

January 27, 2021

California couple’s slaying in Mexico leads to arrest, authorities say

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the slayings of an elderly California couple whose bodies were found at the bottom of a water well about two hours south of the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a report.

January 26, 2021

Mexico horror: Many of 19 bodies found shot, burned may have been Guatemalan migrants, relatives say

Most of the 19 bodies found shot and burned in a northern Mexico border state may have been Guatemalan migrants from a small group that began heading toward the U.S. earlier this month, relatives said.