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How Trump’s immigration crackdown sparked a backlash that could boomerang

MINNEAPOLIS — When Donald Trump was running for president two years ago, Americans’ television screens were filled with images of migrant chaos. There were tent camps on both sides of the border, caravans of people trudging through Central America and concerns about newcomers overwhelming social services. That turmoil faded as President Joe Biden tightened immigration…

UN experts allege Nicaragua’s leaders may have committed crimes against humanity

UNITED NATIONS — United Nations human rights experts said Wednesday that Nicaragua’s co-presidents have established a dictatorship and that there are “reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed.” The expert group has been investigating allegations of human rights violations and abuses in Nicaragua, which the country’s government denies, since April 2018….