The "Trump administration is set to open a sprawling new immigration detention facility at Fort Bliss in Texas that is slated to eventually become the largest in the nation." — NBC News, August 14, 2025 President Trump "ordered the Commerce Department to begin work on a new census that excludes undocumented immigrants." — The New York Times, August 8, 2025 "St Patrick's Cathedral will unveil a huge mural next month that depicts the arrival of immigrants to New York City in the 19th century, along with a huddle of contemporary arrivals — Hispanic, Asian, Black." — The New York Times, August 15, 2025 "Nine Latino Democratic officials and political operatives pleaded not guilty (August 13) in South Texas to charges of criminal voter fraud, accusations that their defenders called blatant voter suppression and political intimidation by the state's Republican attorney general." — The New York Times, August 14, 2025 Adidas apologized after its Oaxaca Slip-On was criticized for "usurping the creativity" of Indigenous communities. The woven black top of the slip-on "resembles that of a huarache, the traditional sandal made by Zapotec artisans in Oaxaca, Mexico." — The New York Times, August 15, 2025 "Flaco Jiménez, a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and accordion virtuoso who was widely regarded as the king of Tex-Mex music, recording material that ranged far beyond his roots with acts like Dwight Yoakam, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, has died. He was 86." — The New York Times, August 4, 2025 … "Eddie Palmieri, a pianist, composer and bandleader whose contributions to Afro-Caribbean music helped usher in the golden age of salsa in New York City, and whose far-reaching career established him as one of the great musical masterminds of the 20th century" died. He was 88. — The New York Times, August 8, 2025 "El Salvadoran lawmakers voted to abolish presidential term limits as part of constitutional reforms that could allow the country's populist president Nayib Bukele, to remain in power indefinitely." — United Press International, August 1, 2025 "Bolivians decisively repudiated the leftist party which has ruled the country for most of the past two decades in a first-round presidential election vote." — Reuters, August 18, 2025