Mass layoffs are rippling across industries this May, as
nearly 130 companies notify employees of impending job cuts, according to new
data compiled from WARNTracker.com.
Under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act (WARN), businesses must alert employees and government
officials ahead of mass layoffs. These notices offer early insight into
shifting economic tides, and May’s data shows widespread turbulence.
Companies cutting jobs this month span a broad range of
sectors, from household names like Amazon, Starbucks, and FedEx to tech,
healthcare, education, and retail. In some cases, firms cite cost-cutting amid
inflation and lower demand. In others, layoffs are tied more to profit
protection than necessity, reported news agencies.
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The U.S. Trump administration has been in touch directly
Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, in recent days about the detention of
Kilmar Abrego García, the man wrongly deported to a notorious prison in El
Salvador, reports the Guardian. The New York Times reports that the outreach was
in the form of a note to enquire about whether García Abrego could be released.
Bukele rebuffed the outreach. The Bukele administration
claimed the man should stay in El Salvador because he was a Salvadoran citizen,
reports the New York Times.
But some experts say it is unclear whether the outreach was
genuine or window dressing to give the appearance of following the recent
Supreme Court ruling ordering the White House to “facilitate” Abrego García’s
release.
Asked whether there had been contact between Trump and
Bukele regarding the case, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: "I'll
never tell you that," Rubio said. "And you know who else? I'll never
tell a judge, because the conduct of our foreign policy belongs to the
president of the United States and the executive branch, not some judge."
Mexico
- Mexican
President Claudia Sheinbaum said families of disappeared people would be
head in the case of a Jalisco ranch that activists say was an
extermination camp, after the attorney general’s office rejected that
hypothesis, reports Animal Político.
Brazil
- It is
unclear how far a plan to have Brazil’s national football team wear red
jerseys as an alternate uniform will go — but the ensuing kerfuffle says a
lot about how politics has infiltrated nationalism off the pitch.
Haiti
- Dozens
of people swam and waded across Haiti’s Artibonite River yesterday in a
desperate attempt to flee gangs that launched a fresh attack on Petite
Rivière, a city in the country’s central region that has been under siege
for almost a week, reports the Associated Press.
- Haiti’s
gangs “are about to win within months if not weeks. That is a dark
analysis, but likely accurate, and analysts must not just warn that Haiti
might collapse but begin thinking about what it means for Haiti to be
under the full control of violent gangs instead of a recognized
government,” writes James Bosworth in World Politics Review.
Chile
- Chilean
police forces in Santiago, aided by the FBI, took down an international
gang of thieves that carried out robberies in the United States,
reports Reuters.
Colombia
- Rebel
groups in Colombia are using apps like Facebook and Tik Tok to recruit
children and young adults, and social media companies must do more to
moderate content, the United Nations says — Associated Press.
- Colombia’s
emerald capital, Muzo, is weighing the long-term cost of its industry, as
big companies and informal miners blame each other for the damage to
rivers and forests, reports the Guardian.
Ecuador
- Ecuador’s
ministers of defense and interior toured El Salvador’s CECOT prison,
looking for ideas to adapt at home.
Now our news segment is called ICE ON YOU. Here is the latest
information of the undocumented immigrant’s crackdown by the Federal
Government.
San Diego, California: Two U.S.
Coast Guard cutters snatched more than a dozen alleged illegal
immigrants Wednesday off the coast of San Diego.
Just before 4:30 a.m., the crew aboard one of the cutters
intercepted a 20-foot cabin-style vessel carrying 15 alleged illegal immigrants
about 10 miles northwest of Point Loma, according to a news release from the Coast
Guard.
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On Wednesday, April 30, El Salvador reportedly rejected a
diplomatic request from the Donald Trump administration regarding Kilmer, a
migrant who was mistakenly deported to a mega prison in El Salvador, as
reported by The New York Times. The White House sent a
"diplomatic note" inquiring about Garcia's release, but El Salvador's
President Nayib Bukele rejected the request, according to
sources familiar with the situation.
House Republicans on Wednesday killed a measure that would
have stopped ICE from being able to deport or detain U.S. citizens. The measure
was originally an amendment introduced by Representative Pamila Jayapal to
President Trump’s massive budget bill.
“My amendment is simple, and I hope that it has bipartisan
support. It simply states that none of the funds in this bill may be used by
Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain or deport U.S. citizens,”
Jayapal said. “Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, I hope we
can all agree that U.S. citizens should never be detained by ICE or any agency
conducting civil immigration enforcement. They certainly should not be
deported.”
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In one week, U.S. attorneys for four border states charged
more than 1,220 defendants with immigration crimes. The Trump administration is
prosecuting illegal entry and illegal reentry cases in accordance with federal
law. The base sentence for illegal reentry is two years in federal prison.
Those with felony convictions who were previously deported face up to 10 years
in prison, and those convicted with aggravated felonies face up to 20 years in
federal prison.
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Former Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director
and border czar Tom Homan said “wait to see what’s coming” when he was asked
Thursday what should happen to sanctuary cities and specifically what should
occur in Wisconsin, where Governor. Tony Evers and the state Department of
Administration sent out a memo asking state employees not to answer questions
from federal agents, give access to systems or information, and to call the
state Office of Legal Counsel if approached.
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