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Trans woman battles in court to avoid deportation from U.S.: 'I'd rather die than go back' Estrella Santos-Zacaría and her attorneys worry she wouldn’t be safe in her native Guatemala but also fear she could be deported to a third country.

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Estrella Santos-Zacaría says there’s one thought that often terrifies her, whether she’s at home, at work or with her friends: being deported to her native country of Guatemala.

“I told my lawyer: ‘You know what I think most? I’d rather die than go back there. I don’t want to leave,’” the transgender woman said in an interview with Noticias Telemundo from Los Angeles, the city where she has lived for the last year and a half.

“In the place where I lived, they don’t accept me,” said Santos-Zacaría, 36.

Santos-Zacaría’s story gained media attention in 2023 when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in her favor, giving her another chance to argue that U.S. immigration officials were wrong in rejecting her bid to fight deportation on the grounds she’d face persecution in Guatemala.

Santos-Zacaría has testified in public legal documents that she was raped and threatened with death as a teenager in her native country.

“I was abused, I was raped, and I was only about 12 years old. I never told my family what happened to me, because if I spoke, that boy would kill me or someone in my family. The fear I had left me traumatized, and I said that the best thing to do was to leave,” Santos-Zacaría said.

Now, amid new Trump administration policies restricting immigration, amping up deportations and rescinding some legal pathways for immigrants and asylum-seekers to stay in the U.S., those arguing Santos-Zacaría’s case are worried.

“My fear is that with all the executive orders and political pressure, they will end up changing the asylum laws and measures such as the suspension of deportation, which is what we are fighting for,” said Benjamin Osorio, Santos-Zacaría’s attorney. “That would be terrible because they could expel her.”

Her attorney’s fears persist despite recent legal victories.

On Jan. 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that Santos-Zacaría can continue to challenge an order for her deportation, or removal, to Guatemala.

“We won the opportunity to continue fighting to keep her from being deported, but the case is going back to the appeals board and I think she will have to go back to immigration court,” Osorio said.

Despite the last ruling in her favor, President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20 and his administration has issued a series of executive orders that, among other things, have suspended the government’s refugee program,mandated federal recognition of only two sexes (male and female) based on an “immutable biological classification,” and ended the CBP One application through which many people applied for asylum appointments before entering the U.S.

“It’s clear that their mission is to make it much more difficult to obtain protection,” said Aaron Morris, executive director of Immigration Equality, a nonprofit that advocates for and represents LGBTQ+ people in the immigration system. “And I think asylum, suspension of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture fall into that agenda.”

Noticias Telemundo contacted U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for comment on the effects of recent executive orders on immigration processes as well as on the situation for people requesting these protections, but has not received a response. The Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Justice Department office that conducts deportation proceedings, declined to offer comments or an interview on the subject.

After Santos-Zacaría left Guatemala, she fled to Mexico and then crossed into the U.S., but was deported in 2008. Ten years later, she returned to the U.S.— she has said she was attacked in Mexico — and was detained by immigration authorities. Since then, she’s been pleading her case to stay in the U.S., arguing she wouldn’t be safe if she’s deported.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/deportation-immigration-trans-woman-estrella-santos-zacaria-guatemala-rcna193132

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Since Santos-Zacaríahad already been deported from the U.S., she was unable to apply for asylum, but did apply for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture, or CAT. In the recent Fifth Circuit ruling, the court granted Santos’ request to continue fighting for withholding of removal, though it denied CAT protection.

Worries over deportation to third countries

“It is common for the court not to approve everything while the process continues — the people who request the suspension can have a work permit and can stay in the country,” Osorio said.

“But what is happening now, as we have seen in the news, is that other countries want to accept migrants of other nationalities, and that can be a big problem for these people,” Osorio added,referring to the recent proposal by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele to accept immigrants from other countries who are deported from the U.S.

Experts consulted by Noticias Telemundo agree that current laws contemplate deportations to third countries, including in cases of deportation suspension and CAT protection, meaning the U.S. government can expel beneficiaries of these measures to a country other than the one where they’re at risk. (No experts there, send them to Europe, they’ll take them. Think tanks makes billions from the US)

In the case of Santos-Zacaría, this would suggest that even if she’s not sent back to Guatemala, she could be expelled to El Salvador or any other country that the authorities consider suitable.

“In general, we have not seen that happen,” said Adriel Orozco, a senior adviser at the American Immigration Council, a nonprofit advocacy organization and think tank (NGOs making millions, ban them from U.S.). “However, there are always changes in immigration policy.”

The prospect of deportation to another country worries Santos-Zacaría, and several experts agree there is reason to worry. (Americans are worried about constant law breakers)

“We know that Brazil is the No. 1 country in terms of violence against trans women and Mexico is the second-most violent country, but it is a problem throughout Latin America,” says Bamby Salcedo, president of the TransLatin@ Coalition,a nonprofit that focuses on the defense of trans people. “In our countries, our deaths go unpunished and we are not given justice. That is why we often flee our countries to try to save our lives.”

Worries for LGBTQ community — and for what's next

According to a report published last year by the organization Red sin Violencia (Network without Violence) that examined crimes against LGBTQ people in the Caribbean and Latin America, 39 LGBTQ+ people in Guatemala were murdered in 2023, which represents “a 34.5% increase in the number of cases and a 28.7% increase in the homicide rate compared to the previous year,” marking the most violent year on record against LGBTQ people in that country.

Guatemala has passed conservative measures including banning same-sex marriage and increasing abortion penalties.

Emile DuPuis Maurus, anattorney with Border Butterflies, a group that supports LGBTQ+ asylum-seekers, is in close contact with clients who are grappling with the repercussions of the Trump administration’s executive orders. (NGOs making millions under Joe)

DuPuis Maurus, who is trans and lives in Tijuana, Mexico, said that after the suspension of the CBP One application, many people from the LGBTQ+ community who had appointments scheduled to present their asylum casesin the U.S. or requests for other protective measures, such as suspension of deportation and protection under the Convention against Torture, have been forced to remain in Mexico.

“All appointments were canceled, so there are a lot of people here who don’t know what to do,” he said. In Los Angeles, Santos-Zacaría keeps busy working in a Mexican restaurant and living near family members. She’s hopeful she will be able to stay in the U.S.

“When I win the case, I will have a party to be happy again,” she said. “I think I will be born again.” (Turn back to a man you will be safer, but not here)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/deportation-immigration-trans-woman-estrella-santos-zacaria-guatemala-rcna193132

She/he invaded the US multiple times and broke the law, send he back or go to El Salvador

Photos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall 1/2

Story by Gregory Thomas • 19h

Agroup of frustrated Yosemite National Park staffers hoping to draw attention to the federal government’s sweeping workforce cuts hung an upside-down American flag Saturday thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

The 3,000-foot granite cliff looms above Yosemite Valley, and thousands of eyes were on it Saturday evening for the dramatic stunt: It’s the last weekend of the annual firefall spectacle, which brings scores of onlookers to Yosemite.

Dozens, if not hundreds, of large telephoto cameras set up by visitors Saturday in a viewing area on the valley floor were trained high on El Capitan to capture the ephemeral moments when the day’s last light illuminates Horsetail Fall as if it were a cascade of lava pouring over the cliff. (That shows you how many people care, just take your orders)

The upside-down flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — was strung near the falls and clearly visible.

“We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks, which are every American’s properties,”Gavin Carpenter, a maintenance mechanic with Yosemite and disabled military veteranwho supplied the flag and helped hang it Saturday, told the Chronicle. “It’s super important we take care of them, and we’re losing people here,and it’s not sustainable if we want to keep the parks open.”

Eleven of Yosemite’s full-time staff members, including the park’s sole locksmith, a biologist, an HVAC specialist and others, received a termination email on Feb. 14 — along with thousands of federal lands workers across the country, some of whom have spoken out about the pain and dejection they feel being summarily dismissed from jobs they love.=Yosemite staffers typically live in employer-provided housing in the park, so a termination can carry the added burden for many of losing their residence.

“Since these cuts came, a lot of people are really uneasy and worried about what’s going to happen to them,” Carpenter said.

Yosemite visitors offered mixed reactions to the flag Saturday.

“At first thought the upside-down flag was for Trump support, but then realized it was to support the national parks, and I was for it,” said Tina Alidio, visiting from Las Vegas.

“If the flag is for national parks, I am all for it,” said Joe Amaral, also from Las Vegas. “We have been to 32 national parks. We think they are short on resources as it is, and now you want to take away more. It isn’t right.”

But Rebecca Harvey of Greeley Hill (Mariposa County) said: “I would rather see nature — no hand of man.”

Separate from the flag demonstration Saturday afternoon, Jackson Fitzsimmons, who said he was wilderness ranger with Sierra National Forest until he was terminated in the widespread staffing cuts, stood in front of Yosemite’s welcome center to relay a similar message to visitors passing by.

“There are people who, with no warning and no cause, have lost their jobs, are going to have to move, are going to have to struggle to survive with their families,” said Fitzsimmons, who wore a ranger uniform.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/distress-flag-hung-high-in-yosemite-to-protest-federal-job-cuts/ar-AA1zAH9e

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The group of six flag demonstratorsrigged ropes at the top of El Capitan and rappelled down the cliff face to unfurl the flag, which measures 30 by 50 feet. Carpenter said they’d leave it up for a few hours until around the time of the firefall event, then roll it back up and leave — enough time for it to register with viewers in the valley but not so long that it would ruin the photos they came to take of the famous natural spectacle.

Shortly after hanging the banner, the group sent out a statement:

“The purpose of this exercise of free speech is to disrupt without violence and draw attention to the fact that public lands in the United States are under attack,” it reads. “The Department of the Interior issued a series of secretarial orders that position drilling and mining interests as the favored uses of America’s public lands and threaten to scrap existing land protections and conservation measures. Firing 1,000s of staff regardless of position or performance across the nation is the first step in destabilizing the protections in place for these great places.”

The statement continued:

“These losses, while deeply personal and impactful, may also be invisible to visitors and members of the public— we are shining a spotlight on them by putting a distress flag on El Capitan in view of Firefall. Think of it as your public lands on strike.”

It’s uncommon that people use El Capitan to deliver such messages, in part because of the technical know-how required to access the sheer cliff face. But it has happened a couple of times in recent years.

Last summer, a group of demonstrators temporarily hung a banner reading “Stop the genocide” from the cliff in an effort to bring awareness to the Israeli offensive in Gaza.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/distress-flag-hung-high-in-yosemite-to-protest-federal-job-cuts/ar-AA1zAH9e

Kid Rock Moves On After Quietly Splitting From Fiancée Audrey Berry

Kelly Coffey-Behrens

Sat, February 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM EST

Kid Rock and fiancée Audrey Berry have officially gone their separate ways after a seven-year engagement.

The singer, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, and Berry had kept much of their romance out of the spotlight since first being linked in 2011. Their relationship began in Detroit, shortly after Rock’s divorce from Pamela Anderson, whom he was married to from 2006 to 2007.

Despite maintaining a relatively low profile, Audrey Berry was an integral part of Kid Rock’s life, with the musician frequently expressing gratitude for their time together.

Kid Rock Spotted With Lauren Boebert Amid Breakup News

A source close to the situation told Us Weeklythat the 54-year-old rocker and Berry ended their relationship late last year, with Kid Rock now “venturing into the dating pool.”

Neither Kid Rock nor fiancée Audrey Berry has publicly commented on the split.

The breakup news surfaced shortly after Kid Rock was spotted in Washington, D.C., alongside Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert. According to Page Six, the pair left a party together at 2:30 a.m., fueling speculation about the singer’s next romantic chapter.

Lauren Boebert Has A Fangirl Moment Over Kid Rock At Inaugural Ball

Meanwhile, TMZ reported that Lauren Boebert was caught living her ultimate rock star fantasy last month, when she was spotted completely fangirling over Kid Rock at the inaugural ball in Washington, D.C.

Sources close to the situation, revealed that Boebert and her mother are longtime Kid Rock fans, and based on her reaction, the excitement was very real.

In a now-viral video, Boebert can be seen totally transfixed by the rock star. She was animatedly chatting with him, clapping, and even breaking into a little dance, almost as if she were front row at one of his concerts rather than a high-profile political event.

A Chance Meeting In Detroit Led To Love

As PEOPLE reported, according to the Detroit Free Press, which was the first to report on the couple’s engagement, Kid Rock met Berry in suburban Detroit shortly after his divorce from Anderson was finalized. Their connection was instant and the country rocker wasted no time asking her out after spotting her at a restaurant.

That first spark led to a whirlwind romance, with their first official date happening the very next day in Chicago. From then on, the two were inseparable, maintaining a long-term relationship that lasted over a decade before their recent split.

(This is gossip and how rumors start)

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kid-rock-moves-quietly-splitting-193053941.html

1 airman dead, another wounded in shooting near New Mexico Air Force base

It happened around 2 a.m. Saturday near the Kirtland Air Force Base.

ByJack Moore

February 22, 2025, 5:46 PM

Bullshit lead inGun violence: An American epidemic?Using research and statistics, experts examine America's history with guns, the real-life impacts of gun violence and what can be done going forward to mitigate the problem.Kirtland Air Force Base

A shooting early Saturday morning near an Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, left one airman dead and another wounded, authorities said.

It happened around 2 a.m. Saturday near an entrance to the Kirtland Air Force Base.

In a news release, the Air Force said an incident at the base's Truman Gate "led to an off-base pursuit that resulted in an Airman being injured and another killed."

The airman who was wounded had a gunshot to the hand and was taken to the UNM Medical Center for treatment. His injuries were not life-threatening, the Air Force said.

The Air Force Office of Special Investigations in coordination with the FBI and Albuquerque Police Department. Authorities said there is currently no threat to the public.

"To protect the integrity of the open investigation, we cannot provide additional details at this time," the Air Force news release stated.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/1-airman-dead-wounded-shooting-new-mexico-air/story?id=119086127

Catherine Herridge@C__Herridge

==EXCLUSIVE: Our full, unedited interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio(@SecRubio)

on his first 30 days leading the Department.==

Restarting U.S./Russia relations following the Biden Administration, direct engagement with Ukraine, U.S. proposal for Gaza, preventing Iranian nuclear weapons, China, Canada, and the emerging role of independent media.

00:28 Hamas, Israel, and Gaza reconstruction

03:28 First 30 days

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at State Department

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25:00 President Trump is only global leader who can end the Russia/Ukraine war

25:45 Preventing a nuclear armed Iran

27:15 President Trump's instructions if he were assassinated by Iran

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Catherine Herridge Reports

Exclusive: First 30 Days With Secretary of State Marco Rubio

EXCLUSIVE: Our full, unedited interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first 30 days leading the Department.

Restarting U.S./Russia relations following the Biden Administration, direct engagement with Ukraine, U.S. proposal for Gaza, preventing Iranian nuclear weapons, China, Canada, and the emerging role of independent media.

42:18

https://youtu.be/JqhaUI6kf7c

‘INACCURATE’: Firefighter union leader calls out removal of LA fire chief(Bass is going to end up like a fish on a line, she’s blaming everyone but herself)

President of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City Freddy Escobar joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to break down Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' firing of Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley.

Why isn’t Newsom under the microscope?

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https://youtu.be/7wvNuPe6ruc

Trump highlights record first month on CPAC stage

Fox News contributor Ben Domenech joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to discuss President Donald Trump touting his first month in a CPAC speech, DOGE and the president's transparency.

4:54

https://youtu.be/qKY8lw0C7xc

‘GO ELON GO’: GOP lawmaker praises DOGE cuts

Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., discusses Senate Republicans’ budget framework and DOGE’s actions to reduce government waste on ‘Fox News Live.’

4:32

https://youtu.be/Zq2GLi1xJi4

Pete Hegseth: We are closer to peace in Ukraine ‘than ever before’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joins ‘Fox News Sunday’ to discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war and changes at the Pentagon.

11:05

https://youtu.be/ZuX9p-2j4i8