"Over the past two years, more than 250,000 migrant children have come alone to the United States. Thousands of children have ended up in punishing jobs across the country - working overnight in slaughterhouses, replacing roofs, operating machinery in factories - all in violation of child labor laws, a recent Times investigation showed." - The New York Times, April 18, 2023 "The Trump administration intentionally separated thousands of migrant children from their parents at the southern border in the spring of 2018," The New York Times reported April 12. "Hundreds, and possibly as many as 1,000, children born to immigrant parents in the United States were removed from them at the border, according to lawyers." "House Republicans, intent on pressing ahead with their top campaign promises on immigration, turned a hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas into an impeachment-focused interrogation and debated restrictive border security legislation (April 19), despite significant G.O.P. opposition that could kill both initiatives." - The New York Times, April 20, 2023 Actress producer Salma Hayek, legendary footballer Lionel Messi and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were among 100 of "The Worlds' Most Influential People." - Time, April 24/ May 1, 2023 Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, even as their share among Hispanic adults has steadily declined from 67 percent in 2010 to 43 percent in 2022. - Pew Research Center, April 13, 2023 "Federal officials announced a flurry of charges (April 14) against the four sons of the notorious Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, saying the men were leading their imprisoned father's empire and were responsible for moving vast quantities of fentanyl into and throughout the United States." - The New York Times, April 15, 2023. U.S. authorities arrested Roberto Antonio Garay Saravia, a retired military officer of the Salvadoran Armed Forces, charged with involvement in the massacre of hundreds during that country's 1980s civil war. - United Press International, April 7, 2023 Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso authorized the carrying and use of guns by civilians, citing rising crime and insecurity in the country. - Reuters, April 2, 2023