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In the news today: Abuse complaints surge as detained migrants crowd into Krome Detention Center; Israel's military operations in the West Bank have grown since the war in Gaza erupted; and how automakers are tackling Trump’s tariffs. Also, ‘Andor’ is back for its final season. |
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Krome Detention Center, April 24, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) |
As immigrant arrests surge, complaints of abuse mount at America’s oldest detention center |
As President Donald Trump sought to make good on his campaign pledge of mass arrests and removals of migrants, Krome Detention Center in Miami, the country's oldest immigration detention facility and one with a long history of abuse, saw its prisoner population swell to nearly three times its capacity of 600. As hundreds of migrants crowded into Krome, a palpable fear of an uprising set in among its staff. Read more.
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“There are 1700 people here at Krome!!!!” one ICE employee texted a co-worker last month, adding that even though it felt unsafe to walk around the facility, nobody was willing to speak out. A copy of the text exchange and several other documents were shared with the AP by a federal employee on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
Since Trump returned to the White House, three detainees have died while in ICE custody — two of them at Krome. Reports have poured in about a lack of water and food, unsanitary confinement and medical neglect at the center. With the surge of complaints, the Trump administration shut down three Department of Homeland Security oversight offices charged with investigating such claims.
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Krome is hardly alone in a core challenge faced by other facilities: a lack of bed space. After Trump took office, ICE had orders to round up migrants with few options on where to send them. His administration has yet to reveal plans for mass deportations even as he seeks to eliminate legal status for 1 million migrants previously granted humanitarian parole or some other form of temporary protection. The latest ICE data suggests so-called removal of migrants is actually below levels at the end of the Biden administration. That means detentions are likely to rise and, with facilities at capacity, the need to house all the detainees will get more urgent.
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While the world watches Gaza, this is what’s happening in the West Bank |
Since the war in Gaza erupted, Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank grew in size, frequency and intensity. Here’s a look at where things stand, with data collected by the U.N.’s humanitarian office and Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement tracking group. Read more.
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Since Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, 2023, the majority of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank have been shot during military raids in villages and towns. Israel says the operations are needed to stamp out militancy. Many of the dead were militants killed in clashes, or youths throwing stones or firebombs. But Palestinians and rights groups say scores of uninvolved civilians have been caught in the crossfire. Of those killed since the Hamas attack, at least 182 have been children under 18, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Rights groups accuse Israel of using excessive force.
Israel’s raids across four major refugee camps in the north of the West Bank, at their height, pushed 40,000 people from their homes. Forces have ripped up roads, destroyed infrastructure and demolished hundreds of homes. Israel says it is dismantling terrorist infrastructure. But civilian homes have also been destroyed.
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Settler attacks causing injury or death to Palestinians surged in the wake of the Hamas attack. Israel says it opposes settler violence and blames it all on a small, extremist fringe. Palestinians say that the Israeli army does little to protect them, and that the attacks are part of a systematic attempt to expel them from their land. Israel’s government, dominated by settler leaders and supporters, has established 13 new settlements since the war began, at least five of which originally sprung up as outposts. That brings the total number of settlements to 140. Most of the international community considers settlements illegal, though U.S. President Donald Trump has supported them.
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Automakers chide the US over Trump’s tariffs at Shanghai auto show |
Many of the dozens of auto parts and components companies exhibiting at the Shanghai auto show this week have operations spanning both the Chinese and world markets. Signs are that Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on auto imports are causing companies to recalibrate their strategies, and in some cases find new opportunities. Read more.
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Booths of big Chinese, German and Japanese automakers were bustling at the show as the industry kept its focus on a wider global market not subject to steep U.S. tariffs on imports of cars and auto parts. A fundamental criteria for investing in any market is political stability, Wei Jianjun, chairman of Great Wall Motor Co., told reporters when asked about his company’s plans to expand manufacturing overseas. With U.S. tariffs so high, Great Wall can focus elsewhere, such as on trade between China and Europe, which is bound to grow, he said.
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Some attending the show said they believe that ultimately Trump will end up softening his stance. “We’ll wait and see,” said Yang Jingdi, assistant to the CEO of LvXiang Automobile Parts Co., which makes electronics including rearview mirrors and pumps. “China has full and abundant supply chains and it is the U.S. that won’t hold on if the tariff measures from both sides remain unchanged.”
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Vivir Quintana performs her new album in Mexico City, April 24, 2025 (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario) |
A Mexican musician uses a contentious genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers
Vivir Quintana has spent the past 10 years visiting women incarcerated after defending themselves and, in doing so, killing their abusers. Their stories became part of “Cosas que Sorprenden a la Audiencia” (Things that Surprise the Audience), Quintana’s latest album. It tells the story of 10 such women but in a first, Quintana does it through “corridos,” a typically male-dominated and controversial Mexican music genre that’s soared into the spotlight in recent years.
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