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Immigrants Helped To Become Citizens From Coast To Coast

Immigrants Helped To Become Citizens From Coast To Coast

In a fitting prelude to Independence Day, when many Americans come together to celebrate their nation, a group of dedicated MoFo attorneys assisted 61 individuals on both coasts in completing applications to become naturalized American citizens....

Mexico-based street taco restaurant to open first US location in San Antonio

Mexico-based street taco restaurant to open first US location in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO – A taco restaurant born in the streets of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, is slated to open its first U.S. location right here in San Antonio. Tacos On The Street will open up shop in August on the North Side, according to a news release....

Chilaquiles to pancakes: New restaurant brings culture-blending breakfast to Portage

Chilaquiles to pancakes: New restaurant brings culture-blending breakfast to Portage

PORTAGE, MI –– Subtle details at a new restaurant in Portage called Mex House make it feel like home. Clay mugs holding the cafe de olla (coffee). Three Marias cookies tucked onto its saucer. Sheet metal decorations and calming colors. And...

Jamaican probes report of national deported from US to Eswatini

Jamaican probes report of national deported from US to Eswatini

The Government of Jamaica is seeking to verify reports that a Jamaican national was among a group of convicted criminals deported to Eswatini as part of a U.S. third-country removal operation. - Advertisement - In a statement released Wednesday,...

Jamaican among deportees to African kingdom of Eswatini

Jamaican among deportees to African kingdom of Eswatini

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP): The United States has sent five immigrants it says were convicted of serious crimes to the African nation of Eswatini, the US Department of Homeland Security confirmed, in an expansion of the Trump administration’s...

U.S. Could Vastly Expand Global Immigrant Detention Network

U.S. Could Vastly Expand Global Immigrant Detention Network

The Trump administration is set to vastly expand deportations to countries other than immigrants’ home nations, supercharging a system of international detainee transfers that human rights advocates say exposes thousands of people to human rights...

Jamaica’s labour dilemma: A blueprint for inclusive growth

Jamaica’s labour dilemma: A blueprint for inclusive growth

Securing a robust labour force to sustain growth over the next decade is one of Jamaica’s most pressing economic challenges.l On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the ground-breaking ceremony for the Westlands Expansion Project at the Kingston Freeport...

U.S. deports immigrants to the kingdom of Eswatini, where they have no ties

U.S. deports immigrants to the kingdom of Eswatini, where they have no ties

The United States sent five immigrants it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland...

US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to African kingdom of Eswatini

US deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to African kingdom of Eswatini

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United States sent five immigrants it says were convicted of serious crimes to the African nation of Eswatini, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said — an expansion of the Trump administration's largely...

Brown Burke urges teachers to vote PNP to help ‘rescue Jamaica’

Brown Burke urges teachers to vote PNP to help ‘rescue Jamaica’

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Angela Brown Burke, the chairman of the People’s National Party (PNP), is appealing to the nation’s teachers to vote for her party, saying that in doing so, they will be helping to “rescue Jamaica” from the ruling Jamaica Labour...

First Y2K Summer Jam in Miramar fuses decades, cultures & genres including hip-hop, reggae, dancehall & more

First Y2K Summer Jam in Miramar fuses decades, cultures & genres including hip-hop, reggae, dancehall & more

In the multicultural stew that is Broward County, a new music festival coming to Miramar looks so much like a heretofore missing ingredient that its arrival this month might lead one to muse: Well, it’s about time. And actually, time — as in Y2K —...

US deports immigrants to small African country, Eswatini

US deports immigrants to small African country, Eswatini

The United States has sent five immigrants it claims to be “dangerous” to the small African nation of Eswatini, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This is part of the Trump administration's third-country deportation program....

Sewage flow stopping children’s playtime in Rae Town

Sewage flow stopping children’s playtime in Rae Town

This young boy walks carefully across building blocks on Fisher’s Row in Rae Town in Kingston to avoid contact with sewage overflowing in the street on Wednesday. (Photo: Jason Cross) Some residents of Rae Town in Kingston are beyond furious due...

US deports immigrants convicted of various crimes to Eswatini

US deports immigrants convicted of various crimes to Eswatini

The Government of Eswatini has confirmed that the United States has sent five immigrants convicted of various crimes to the southern African nation in the latest example of the administration of President Donald Trump’s ramped up deportation...

Jamaica Flower: A Global Blossom of Culture, Wellness, and Tradition

Jamaica Flower: A Global Blossom of Culture, Wellness, and Tradition

July 16, 2025 Hour: 2:17 pm From ritual offerings to vibrant beverages, the Jamaica flower—also known as hibiscus or Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)—has bloomed into a cultural and medicinal icon across continents. Native to Africa and India, but...

Jamaican artist sets up studio at Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, gives talk this Saturday

Jamaican artist sets up studio at Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, gives talk this Saturday

ENOSBURGH — Used to the insistent clamor of city life, Garfield Morgan was fascinated on Tuesday by the quiet hum of a big green tractor plowing the fields. “It’s a real joy to wake up every morning and see this,” he said, seated on the small deck...

U.S. deports five immigrants to the African kingdom of Eswatini

U.S. deports five immigrants to the African kingdom of Eswatini

Open this photo in gallery:Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, pictured at ICE headquarters in May, said in a post on X that the five men deported to Eswatini are convicted criminals.Jose Luis Magana/The Associated Press The...

Jamaicans encouraged to participate in International Coastal Cleanup Day 2025

Jamaicans encouraged to participate in International Coastal Cleanup Day 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaicans are being encouraged by the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) to volunteer in efforts to clean up the country’s beaches and waterways for International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day on September 20, 2025. “In Jamaica, ICC...

Trump Is About To Turbocharge A New Immigration Policy That Could Endanger Thousands Of Lives

Trump Is About To Turbocharge A New Immigration Policy That Could Endanger Thousands Of Lives

The Trump administration is set to vastly expand deportations to countries other than immigrants’ home nations, supercharging a system of international detainee transfers that human rights advocates say exposes thousands of people to human rights...

Life-saving treatment at Perth Children’s Hospital gives baby Mason a new beginning

Life-saving treatment at Perth Children’s Hospital gives baby Mason a new beginning

When little Mason from Ballajura was born at Joondalup Private Hospital last September, everything seemed normal at first. However, he soon began vomiting shortly after feeds. Within hours, Mason’s health declined sharply as he vomited brown fluid...

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