TRACY, California — Michel Bérrios left the United States a few days before the new year, giving President-elect Donald Trump's campaign for mass deportations a small victory before they even started.
TRACY, California — Michel Bérrios left the United States a few days before the new year, giving President-elect Donald Trump's campaign for mass deportations a small victory before they even started.A former leader of a Nicaraguan student uprising, Bérrios had been in the US legally, with nearly a year remaining under President Joe Biden's unprecedented use of humanitarian parole authority for citizens of certain vulnerable countries.
Then changes to Nicaragua's social security system drove retirees to protest. When they were roughed up by police and Ortega supporters, students came to their aid.Deadly clashes followed, and university campuses became strongholds of resistance in what became a referendum on the government itself. The government declared the protesters 'terrorists' and alleged they were organized by foreign powers, especially the United States.
Immigrants Are Already Leaving The US In 'Self-Deportations' As Trump's Threats Loom
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