Israel Meléndez Ayala is a historian and writer. He publishes a biweekly newsletter, Crítica. A protester holds a sign reading "ICE melts" during the "No Kings" national demonstration against U.S.

VIEQUES, Puerto Rico – I pulled my paddle through the water and watched as a thousand streaks of light followed. Then I ...

Pastor Nilka Marrero will slam her hand on the table, raise her voice and, if needed, shake her parishioners while playing the role of a federal agent.>> Video above: Top headlines for March 20 in ...

No one knows exactly how many immigrants are living without legal status in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. Rebecca González-Ramos, ICE's top investigator on the island, estimates it's about 20,000 ...

Recent ICE raids in Puerto Rico have mostly rounded up Dominican immigrants. The island is now reckoning with the role that longstanding anti-Dominican racism and racial profiling may be playing. In ...

In Barrio Obrero, a predominantly Dominican neighborhood in Puerto Rico, the chilling effect of unprecedented immigration raids in the U.S. territory has been paralyzing. With homes and businesses ...