How Caribbean Immigrants Helped Build America’s Black History

Caribbean Immigrants Helped Build America Too

By Felicia J. Persaud News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Sat. Feb. 28, 2026: As efforts to distort or diminish Black History Month in the United...
US President Donald Trump (R) greets Trinidadian rapper and singer-songwriter Nicki Minaj during an event on 'Trump Accounts' at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2026. as she says she is his number one fan.

Sinners, Vampires,  Nicki Minaj & Trump

By Felicia J. Persaud News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Sat. Feb. 28, 2026: In ‘Sinners,’ director Ryan Coogler uses vampirism as more than a horror...
Is ICE Becoming America’s Tonton Macoutes?

Is ICE Becoming America’s Tonton Macoutes?

By Felicia J. Persaud News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. Jan. 26, 2026: In 1959, Haitian dictator François “Papa Doc” Duvalier created a paramilitary force...
This week, an autopsy by the El Paso County Medical Examiner ruled the death of 55-year-old Cuban detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos a homicide, caused by asphyxia due to neck and torso compression while he was being restrained by law enforcement at the same Camp East Montana facility. Federal officials had initially described his death as a suicide.

The US ICE Deaths Nobody’s Marching For

By Felicia J. Persaud News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Jan. 22, 2026: The killing of Renee Good, a 37-year-old American citizen and Minnesota mother,...
When Immigration Policy Meets Tourism Economies: The Caribbean’s New Reality

When Immigration Policy Meets Tourism Economies: The Caribbean’s New Reality

By Felicia J. Persaud News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Jan. 15, 2026: It is no secret that the Donald Trump administration’s foreign policy toward...
antiguans-dominicans-cubans-will-soon-need-visa-bond

Caribbean Nationals From These Countries Face New U.S. Visa Bond Requirement...

News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Weds. Jan. 14, 2026: Caribbean nationals from three countries in the region will soon be required to post visa bonds...
tps-ending-for-somalians as ICE agents unleashed in Minnesota

US Terminates Somalians Temporary Protected Status

News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 13, 2026: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia...
Demonstrators protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and demanding the closure of the immigrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" outside the center at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, on January 11, 2026. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good on the streets of Minneapolis on January 7, leading to huge protests and outrage from local leaders who rejected White House claims she was a domestic terrorist.

The Quiet Shift: Who Is Really Filling U.S. Immigration Detention Centers...

By News Americas Now Staff News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. Jan. 12, 2026: As deaths in U.S. immigration detention reach their highest level...
fee-increases-come-as-immigration-protests-continues-on-heels-of-killing-of-renee-good

Get Ready To Shell Out More In Immigration Fees In 2026

By Felicia J. Persaud News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Jan. 9, 2026: As 2026 gets underway, immigrants and travelers alike are being reminded of...
REAL-id-fees-coming-feb-1-2026

TSA To Introduce $45 Identity Verification Option For Travelers Without REAL...

News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 1, 2026: The Transportation Security Administration, (TSA), has announced a new fee-based identity verification option for airline passengers who...