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.

New domestic violence legislation toughens penalties but opposition MPs and civil society groups say it relies too much on punishment rather than prevention.

Many women who are killed in cases of domestic violence have active temporary restraining orders against their abusers.

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

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.

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.

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 New Jersey mayor and other leading Democrats have blasted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on a worksite which they say resulted in undocumented residents as well as a U.S. citizen being "detained.

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.

The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, openly gay hedge fund manager Scott Bessent. Overcoming opposition from some economically progressive Senate Democrats like Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.), the nominee was confirmed by vote of 68-29.