"The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status, or T.P.S., for more than 300,000 Venezuelans in the United States, leaving the population vulnerable to potential deportation." — The New York Times, February 3, 2025 Alleging that "sanctuary laws in Illinois, Chicago and Cook County are obstructing the federal government's ability to enforce immigration policies," the Trump administration filed a lawsuit in a Chicago federal court. — The New York Times, February 7, 2025 "They arrived at the United States border from around the world, hoping to seek asylum. Instead, they were detained, shackled and flown by the U.S. military to a faraway country, Panama." Hundreds of people, including Africans, Asians and those from the Middle East were flown by U.S. officials to Panama. — The New York Times, February 19, 2025 "The Bank of America Corporation Board of Directors has appointed Maria Martinez as a new director," Hispanic Executive, reported February 12. "She most recently served as the chief operating officer at Cisco Systems." "James Carlos Blake, whose savage, lyrical novels about outlaws, bootleggers and gunslinging murderers resurrected the violent history of the U.S. Mexico borderlands" died. He was 81. The New York Times, February 2, 2025 "Secretary of State Marco Rubio, appeared to escalate the Trump administration's confrontation with Panama (February 2), telling its leader that President Trump had determined that Chinese 'influence and control' over the Panama Canal threatens the waterway." — The New York Times, February 4, 2025 "The Trump administration has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, but most of the body of water lies outside maritime regions controlled by the United States." — The New York Times, February 17, 2025 Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa failed to win a majority of votes for re-election and heads to an April 13 runoff. — The New York Times, February 11, 2025 "Brazil's attorney general has charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting to lead a coup involving more than two dozen people following his 2022 election loss." — United Press International, February 19, 2025