Honduran women commemorated their day on Saturday with demonstrations in public squares demanding justice for those who have been murdered, at least 20 so far in 2025, and an end to the violence against them.

Amid a surge in reported cases, lawmakers imposed harsher punishments on perpetrators. Victims’ advocacy groups said the legislation was too thin on preventive measures.

PEABODY — A man accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in a state shelter in early December was not removed from the system pending a police investigation, but was relocated to another state shelter that housed families with children, according to a police report obtained by the Globe.

As Colombians deported from the United States Jan. 28 arrived to their home country on flights operated by Colombia's military, shockwaves reverberate among Latin American bishops and bishops' conferences as the church decries "pain" and "drama" of compatriots.

Trump is banking on voters giving him a pass and continuing to blame former President Joe Biden for high prices.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that "deportation flights have begun," releasing photos of people boarding military aircraft.

Homeland Security advisor Stephen Miller warned left-wing local leaders who try to shield illegal immigrants from deportation could face arrest during "Jesse Watters Primetime."

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that Colombia was suspending permission for previously authorized U.S. deportation flights to land in Colombia. Ostensibly driving Petro’s action were concerns that Colombian nationals were not being treated with respect during the deportation process because they were being transported by military aircraft.

The group says the hotline is not intended to protect criminals but to make sure immigrant families in Arizona aren't torn apart.

It’s about intimidation,” said Lynn Tramonte, founder of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance. “It’s about destabilization."

A press release the Department of Homeland Security issued on Jan. 21 issued notes the Trump-Vance administration has ended “the broad abuse of humanitarian parole” for undocumented migrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CBP agents can also make arrests in schools, churches, and other so-called “sensitive” areas.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 17 other Republican attorneys general are questioning the temporary protected status for immigrants from 17 distressed countries. They’re asking officials in President Donald Trump’s explicitly anti-immigrant administration to review whether protections are necessary.