Rebecca González runs one of ICE’s local domestic intelligence offices. She told NPR how her agents are tracking down immigrants in Puerto Rico to deliver on President Trump’s mass deportation promise.
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Power is restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico after a major blackout
Lights returned to households as well as to Puerto Rico’s hospitals, water plants and sewage facilities after the massive outage that exposed the persistent electricity problems plaguing the island.
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Puerto Rico holds general election that promises to be historic
Puerto Rico is holding elections that will be historic regardless of which of the top two gubernatorial candidates wins.
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Trump and Harris are in Reading, Pa., today, thanks to a bad joke about Puerto Rico
The candidates are both spending time on the last day of the campaign in Reading — a majority-Latino city — where that bad joke about Puerto Rico has resonated.
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Bad Bunny boosts Harris as a Puerto Rico ‘joke’ backfires on Trump
In Pennsylvania — a pivotal state in this year’s tight election — Puerto Ricans wield significant clout. A comedian at a Trump rally called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”
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Hurricane Ernesto lashes Bermuda as wealthy British territory closes down
Hurricane Ernesto began to pound Bermuda late Friday with heavy winds and rain after officials in the British territory opened shelters and closed government offices.
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Ernesto, now a hurricane, is drenching Puerto Rico and knocking out power
Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly half of all clients in the U.S. territory without power as it threatened to become a major storm en route to Bermuda.
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Puerto Rico cancels classes, activates National Guard as Tropical Storm Ernesto nears
Puerto Rico activated the National Guard and canceled the start of classes in public schools as forecasters warned that the U.S. territory would be hit by Tropical Storm Ernesto.
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Why does Puerto Rico have its own Olympic team?
It all boils down to rules set by the International Olympic Committee.
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The winning Powerball ticket worth $1.3 billion was sold in Oregon
A Powerball player in Portland, Ore., has won a $1.3 billion jackpot, ending a winless streak that stretched more than three months.
