NEW YORK, New York – Immigration advocates have condemned a Trump administration memo calling for sanctions, reviews and stricter oversight of attorneys representing immigrants in both immigration and federal courts in the United States.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Caribbean  Community (CARICOM) leaders are scheduled to meet on Friday ahead of  the arrival in Jamaica on Wednesday of the United States Secretary of  State, Marco Rubio,  well placed sources told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) on Thursday.

NEW YORK, New York – The son of Jamaican immigrants, says his decision to run for the post of mayor is driven by his belief that “New York City deserves better and is due the best in leadership”.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – United States Secretary of  State, Marco Rubio ended his first official visit to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries on Thursday outlining Washington’s new foreign policy agenda while reiterating the North American country’s desire for close and improved relations with the region.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States says there is no list of a draft travel ban after some Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries had publicly called on Washington to confirm or deny such list existed.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Fritz Alphonse Jean, representative of the Montana Accord, was officially sworn in as president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) on Friday, March 7, 2025, succeeding Leslie Voltaire from the Fanmi Lavalas political party, whose five-month tenure was overshadowed by worsening security conditions. The handover ceremony at Villa d’Accueil in Musseau, Port-au-Prince, was attended by members of the diplomatic corps and government officials.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The United States has sought to reassure  its good relationship with the Caribbean, which it considers its third border, ahead of the visit on Wednesday of US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio to Jamaica, Guyana and Suriname.

WASHINGTON, DC – Six Caribbean nations—Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Cuba, and Haiti —have been included in a proposed list of countries facing potential travel restrictions under the Trump administration.

WASHINGTON, DC – United States President, Donald Trump, has doubled down on his moves deport illegal migrations, castigating Democrats for what he regarded as an influx of Caribbean and other immigrants in the country.

NEW YORK, New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James has co-led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in the United States in filing an amicus brief supporting the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) humanitarian parole programs, or parole pathways, for vulnerable immigrants fleeing dangerous conditions in their home countries.

BRIDGETOWN,  Barbados – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley says she is prepared to have her United States visa revoked as she urged Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to ensure that they are able to  “explain that what the Cubans have been able to do for us” as they seek to defend the Cuban health brigade program.

WASHINGTON, DC – Senate Minority Leader, Charles “Chuck” Schumer, Tuesday condemned the decision of the Donald Trump administration to freezing, and now terminate   nearly all United States foreign aid, including those earmarked for Haiti.