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Fiscal year 2025 will undoubtedly mark a record number of deportations in the U.S., but it exposes a latent problem: many cases involve Latin American citizens with no criminal record. While U.S. immigration courts broke caseload records, the figures reveal that many of those deported did not commit crimes. This period saw an unprecedented volume and speed of removal orders (more than 353,000 deportations executed by August 2025 according to Mobile Pathways), but also a pattern of deportations centered on …

United States faces a relentless war against illegal fentanyl, as it has become the leading cause of overdose deaths in the opioid crisis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 73,000 overdose deaths in 2023 involved synthetic opioids (primarily illegally manufactured fentanyl), accounting for about 69% of all overdose deaths from synthetic drugs other than methadone. (https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/about/fentanyl.html) Multiple studies have found that the illicit supply of fentanyl operates through a complex transnational chain, as much of …

Estados Unidos enfrenta una guerra implacable contra el fentanilo ilegal, pues se ha convertido en el principal causante de las muertes por sobredosis dentro de la crisis de opioides. Según el Centro para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades CDC, durante 2023, cerca de 73.000 muertes por sobredosis involucraron opioides sintéticos (principalmente fentanilo fabricado ilegalmente), lo que representa alrededor del 69 % de todas las muertes por sobredosis de drogas sintéticas distintas de la metadona. (https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/about/fentanyl.html) Múltiples estudios han …

El acceso a la vivienda en Estados Unidos continúa marcado por profundas desigualdades raciales, étnicas y migratorias. En pleno 2025, las comunidades inmigrantes, especialmente las latinas, continúan enfrentando barreras históricas, discriminación y presiones políticas que restringen su derecho a una vivienda digna. Factores como el estatus migratorio, así como el idioma; origen, color de piel, acento y religión siguen siendo utilizados para rechazar o excluir a inquilinos y compradores de vivienda. Justamente la discriminación puede darse en distintas etapas: alquiler, …

Access to housing in the United States continues to be marked by deep racial, ethnic, and immigration inequalities. In 2025, immigrant communities, especially Latino communities, continue to face historical barriers, discrimination, and political pressures that restrict their right to decent housing. Factors such as immigration status, as well as language, origin, skin color, accent, and religion continue to be used to reject or exclude tenants and homebuyers. Discrimination can occur at various stages: renting, purchasing, credit, insurance, and rent payments. …

Despite evidence showing that immigrants in the United States report more crimes and commit fewer crimes, social prejudices persist that stigmatize them as a security threat. This contradiction is mainly explained by factors that have been steadily increasing in the United States, such as xenophobia and racism. Many immigrants, especially Latinos and people of African descent, are judged not by their actual behavior, but by stereotypes that link them to criminality, informality, or the supposed burden on the state. This …

A pesar de que la evidencia muestra que los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos denuncian más delitos y cometen menos crímenes, persisten aún prejuicios sociales que los estigmatizan como una amenaza para la seguridad. Esta contradicción se explica principalmente por factores que han ido en constante crecimiento en EE. UU. como la xenofobia y el racismo. Muchos inmigrantes, en especial los latinos y afrodescendientes, son juzgados no por su comportamiento real, sino por estereotipos que los vinculan con la criminalidad, informalidad …

The U.S. health care system reflects inequalities in access to medical care, especially among the immigrant population; immigration status and residency status continue to be decisive factors determining who can have health insurance and who is excluded. The most recent figures confirm this. According to the latest American Community Survey (ACS), 47.1 million immigrants reside in the country: 24.7 million are naturalized citizens and 22.4 million are non-citizens, including both legal and undocumented residents. The gaps in coverage are stark, …

Since January, the United States government has intensified its immigration crackdown in the country. Under this administration, ICE has increasingly sent non-detained individuals to immigration courts seeking deportation orders. This is what we can conclude from analyzed studies by Trac Immigration, which shows how, according to the most recent records of individual cases in the Immigration Court, that is, through July 31, 2025, increased enforcement resulted in more foreigners being sent to this court each month. DHS officials sent 22,116 …