
Guatemala suspends U.S. deportation flights over coronavirus
Under the deal, the Trump administration has deported more than 930 Honduran and Salvadoran asylum-seekers to Guatemala.
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Before joining CBS News, Montoya-Galvez spent over two years as an investigative unit producer and assignment desk editor at Telemundo's television station in New York City. His work at Telemundo earned three New York Emmy Awards.
Earlier, he was the founding editor of After the Final Whistle, an online bilingual publication featuring stories that highlight soccer's role in contemporary society.
He was born in Cali, Colombia's third-largest city, and raised in northern New Jersey.
He earned a bachelor's degree in media and journalism studies/Spanish from Rutgers University.
Under the deal, the Trump administration has deported more than 930 Honduran and Salvadoran asylum-seekers to Guatemala.
Advocates say the detainees, who have health conditions ranging from heart disease to epilepsy, are at risk of getting severely ill or dying.
The two Democratic presidential hopefuls drew sharp contrast with President Trump's stringent immigration policies.
The move comes as the agency faces growing calls to release asylum-seekers in its custody who do not pose a threat to public safety.
A federal appeals court had found the policy illegal, saying migrants subjected to it "risk substantial harm" and "even death."
Maria Celéste Ochoa Yoc de Ramírez died after six months in ICE custody.
Military personnel are being sent to help officials respond to large groups of migrants it believes may form if courts block one of its main policies to restrict asylum.
The small uptick in apprehensions in February could be a sign of the limits of the administration's deterrence policies.
A scathing Inspector General report finds the Department of Health and Human Services failed to plan for tremendous overcrowding caused by family separation, despite repeated warnings.
It's unclear how the order will affect Ken Cuccinelli's current role at the Department of Homeland Security.
An appeals court initially blocked the controversial border policy on Friday. But Trump administration lawyers rushed to fight the order and convinced the court later in the day to temporarily pause it.
"I know Joe. We know Joe. But most importantly, Joe knows us," Clyburn said.
The stringent requirement in the regulation are expected to dramatically limit immigration from Africa, Asia and Latin America.
David Hernandez Colula died Thursday at a hospital in Youngstown, Ohio.
A migrant family from Guatemala reunited last month, and advocates hope to find hundreds more parents who were deported to Central America without their children.