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Miami archbishop offers to house exiled Nicaraguan priests, seminarians – OSV News
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Miami archbishop offers to house exiled Nicaraguan priests, seminarians – OSV News

MIAMI (OSV News) — Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski spoke to the Florida Catholic Feb. 11 about the expected arrival in Miami of some of the political prisoners released by the Nicaraguan government and flown to the U.S. Feb. 9. “Most of the people expelled were politicians or candidates for public office that (Daniel) Ortega locked…

Migrants seeking sponsors find questionable offers online – NY1
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Migrants seeking sponsors find questionable offers online – NY1

Pedro Yudel Bruzon was looking for someone in the U.S. to support his effort to seek asylum when he landed on a Facebook page filled with posts demanding up to $10,000 for a financial sponsor. It’s part of an underground market that’s emerged since the Biden administration announced it would accept 30,000 immigrants each month arriving by air…

Biden's Latest Border Gambit Opens America's Doors to Evil Child Smugglers
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Biden's Latest Border Gambit Opens America's Doors to Evil Child Smugglers

Written by Tom Homan, Visiting Fellow, Border Security and Immigration Center. Tom Homan, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Two years ago, the Biden administration unleashed a catastrophic crisis at our southwest border. Since then, it has doubled down on the policies that sparked…

John Brown’s Subterranean Pass-Way
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John Brown’s Subterranean Pass-Way

Read FERGUS M. BORDEWICH’s original post, from January 14th, 2006. JOHN BROWN believed that God himself had ordained him to bring an end to slavery. Achieving his goal hinged on a radical and deeply secret scheme: the establishment of an “Underground Pass-Way” that would extend the Underground Railroad more than a thousand miles southward through…

Human trafficking summit spotlights growing problem in Rockland County – News 12 Bronx
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Human trafficking summit spotlights growing problem in Rockland County – News 12 Bronx

Jan 21, 2023, 9:24pm By: News 12 Staff A nonprofit organization in Rockland County comprised of female students held a summit Saturday to raise awareness of human trafficking. Those who gathered at the summit at Dominican University in Orangeburg learned the details about how thousands are lured into this modern-day form of slavery. They also…

Unprecedented Hunger Hits Afghanistan the Worst: Save the Children – Khaama Press
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Unprecedented Hunger Hits Afghanistan the Worst: Save the Children – Khaama Press

Amid these challenging times, the people of Afghanistan desperately rely on humanitarian aid facing a catastrophic level of hunger, malnutrition, and food scarcity. According to the “Save the Children” report Afghanistan is still among the eight most hunger-hit countries including the Central African Republic, DRC, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Yemen.  People in these…

How San Antonio became a hub for migrants – POLITICO
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How San Antonio became a hub for migrants – POLITICO

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. — Jose Gregorio Gonzalez Bastidas left his homeland of Venezuela with $2,500 in his pocket and a seemingly straightforward goal: meet up with his childhood friend in Florida and start a new life. His 33-day trek to the border, however, was anything but simple. Men he paid to help him traverse the…

More Than 250 Human Traffickers and Smugglers Behind Bars After Pan American Police Operation
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More Than 250 Human Traffickers and Smugglers Behind Bars After Pan American Police Operation

An INTERPOL operation targeting human trafficking and migrant smuggling across Latin America and the Caribbean has seen victims rescued, migrants detected and suspected perpetrators arrested in 32 countries. The fourth in INTERPOL’s ‘Turquesa’ series of operations, the five-day (28 November – 2 December) operation saw Latin American investigators use INTERPOL capabilities to work with police…

Innocence Sold: ‘Kidnapping, human trafficking, murder.’ What happened to missing teen Sophie Reeder?
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Innocence Sold: ‘Kidnapping, human trafficking, murder.’ What happened to missing teen Sophie Reeder?

Third of four parts. It was after midnight, and her father was asleep. Fifteen-year-old Sophie Reeder slipped out of her Fort Lauderdale home wearing a short black skirt, high-top sneakers, a leopard-print coat and headphones. Her hair was neatly twisted into side buns. She took nothing with her. In her bedroom, she left a stack…