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The Herald Scotland
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
'Love Island' fans celebrate Latino couple Amaya and Bryan's win
Following a season plagued by racism controversies, including the abrupt exit of frontrunner Cierra Ortega, Espinal and Arenales' win earned praise from fans on social media for its positive media representation of the Latino community. Some online users shared their excitement over Espinal and Arenales reportedly being the first Latino couple to win the show (Espinal is of Dominican descent, while Arenales purportedly has Puerto Rican and Guatemalan roots). USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for "Love Island" for comment. Others highlighted the cultural significance of a Latino couple winning "Love Island" amid the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. In June, several demonstrations erupted across Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which were part of a larger directive from President Trump to target immigrants living in the United States without legal status. "Two Latinos winning Love Island in a time when innocent hardworking immigrants are being raided, deported, and demonized?" @swagrman wrote on Threads. "Yeah. This was needed?" 'Love Island USA' 2025 finale: Amaya and Bryan crowned Season 7 winners 'Love Island' fans thrilled by Amaya and Bryan's win After Espinal and Arenales were named the Season 7 winners, X user @vietbaddie playfully marked the occasion by sharing a clip of Puerto Rican entertainer Jennifer Lopez giving a shout-out to the Latino community during an awards show acceptance speech. "Amaya Papaya and Bryan, the first Latino couple to win Love Island ever and in Trump's America," @vietbaddie wrote. "LET'S GOOOOO!!!!!!" amaya papaya and bryan the first latino couple to win love island ever and in trump's america. LETS GOOOOO!!!!!! #loveislandusa — dai (@vietbaddie) July 14, 2025 "I can sleep peacefully tonight knowing my Amaya Papaya and Bryan won Love Island USA and are the first Latino couple to win the show and a white man DID NOT," @tolIerateit wrote on X. In response to the finale news, X user @tabbyfarans shared a GIF that read: "Smiling through it all: Can't believe this my life." "Bramaya Love Island USA's s7 winners!!!!!!" @tabbyfarans added. "This is literally a reward for living in Trump's America." BRAMAYA LOVE ISLAND USA'S S7 WINNERS!!!!!! THIS IS LITERALLY A REWARD FOR LIVING IN TRUMP'S AMERICA — tabogen faranoa minnienoa tabbyfaran truther (@tabbyfarans) July 14, 2025 "Amaya and Bryan winning was always on the bingo card," @uknwuluvme_xoxogossipgirl wrote on Threads. "Our first Latino couple making it on Love Island. Thank you for representing Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and New York. Congratulations ??" 'Love Island' winner Amaya Espinal dishes on love for Dominican heritage During her tenure on "Love Island," Espinal, a New York City native, emphasized the importance of her Dominican culture as the daughter of immigrants. "Both of my parents were actually born in the Dominican Republic, and I'm the first generation to be born here," Espinal previously said on the show. "I'm heavy, heavy on culture." 'Love Island USA' Season 7 reunion: Find out date, time, hosts Although Espinal's love story with Arenales is in its early stages, the cardiac nurse also shared how her Latino heritage would inform her family life. "Even when I have my kids, let's say my husband isn't Dominican, they're still going to know Spanish," Espinal added. "They're still going to know the culture." Contributing: KiMi Robinson and Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY
USA Today
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
'Love Island' fans celebrate Latino couple Amaya and Bryan's finale win: 'This was needed'
Bramaya's happily ever after on "Love Island" wasn't just a personal victory. It was a win for el amor. Amaya Espinal and Bryan Arenales, fan-favorite contestants on the latest season of Peacock's hit dating competition series, were crowned the winners of Season 7 during the reality show's finale on Sunday, July 13. Alongside their bragging rights as island victors, the two will split a $100,000 prize. Following a season plagued by racism controversies, including the abrupt exit of frontrunner Cierra Ortega, Espinal and Arenales' win earned praise from fans on social media for its positive media representation of the Latino community. Some online users shared their excitement over Espinal and Arenales reportedly being the first Latino couple to win the show (Espinal is of Dominican descent, while Arenales purportedly has Puerto Rican and Guatemalan roots). USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for "Love Island" for comment. Others highlighted the cultural significance of a Latino couple winning "Love Island" amid the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. In June, several demonstrations erupted across Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which were part of a larger directive from President Trump to target immigrants living in the United States without legal status. "Two Latinos winning Love Island in a time when innocent hardworking immigrants are being raided, deported, and demonized?" @swagrman wrote on Threads. "Yeah. This was needed🙌" 'Love Island USA' 2025 finale: Amaya and Bryan crowned Season 7 winners 'Love Island' fans thrilled by Amaya and Bryan's win After Espinal and Arenales were named the Season 7 winners, X user @vietbaddie playfully marked the occasion by sharing a clip of Puerto Rican entertainer Jennifer Lopez giving a shout-out to the Latino community during an awards show acceptance speech. "Amaya Papaya and Bryan, the first Latino couple to win Love Island ever and in Trump's America," @vietbaddie wrote. "LET'S GOOOOO!!!!!!" "I can sleep peacefully tonight knowing my Amaya Papaya and Bryan won Love Island USA and are the first Latino couple to win the show and a white man DID NOT," @tolIerateit wrote on X. In response to the finale news, X user @tabbyfarans shared a GIF that read: "Smiling through it all: Can't believe this my life." "Bramaya Love Island USA's s7 winners!!!!!!" @tabbyfarans added. "This is literally a reward for living in Trump's America." "Amaya and Bryan winning was always on the bingo card," @uknwuluvme_xoxogossipgirl wrote on Threads. "Our first Latino couple making it on Love Island. Thank you for representing Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and New York. Congratulations 🎉🍾" 'Love Island' winner Amaya Espinal dishes on love for Dominican heritage During her tenure on "Love Island," Espinal, a New York City native, emphasized the importance of her Dominican culture as the daughter of immigrants. "Both of my parents were actually born in the Dominican Republic, and I'm the first generation to be born here," Espinal previously said on the show. "I'm heavy, heavy on culture." 'Love Island USA' Season 7 reunion: Find out date, time, hosts Although Espinal's love story with Arenales is in its early stages, the cardiac nurse also shared how her Latino heritage would inform her family life. "Even when I have my kids, let's say my husband isn't Dominican, they're still going to know Spanish," Espinal added. "They're still going to know the culture." Contributing: KiMi Robinson and Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY
Miami Herald
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Miami Herald
No time, no lawyer, no rights: ICE memo sparks panic over third-country deportations
Immigrant communities across South Florida are on edge after a newly revealed immigration memo from the Trump administration confirmed that migrants could now be deported to countries other than their own with as little as six hours' notice — even in cases where those countries offer no guarantees of safety. The policy, laid out in a July 9 memo by Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expands the controversial use of 'third-country deportations.' Immigration lawyers, human rights advocates and families say the rule marks one of the most extreme deportation tactics yet under President Donald Trump's hardline immigration approach. 'It is really chaos, what they are creating,' said Elizabeth Amaran, a Miami-based immigration attorney. 'In practice, it's almost impossible to notify someone in time. Six hours is not enough to prepare any legal defense — it effectively denies people due process.' The Miami area, home to large diasporas from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Haiti, has emerged as one of the regions most likely to be affected by the policy — and also one of the most politically sensitive. Many immigrants in South Florida are in legal limbo, with pending asylum cases or final orders of removal that haven't been enforced. Under the memo, first reported by the Washington Post, ICE is now authorized to deport non-citizens — including long-term U.S. residents — to third countries with only 24 hours' notice. In 'exigent circumstances,' that window can shrink to six hours, so long as the detainee is given an opportunity to speak with an attorney. In cases where a receiving country has given 'credible diplomatic assurances' that the deportee won't face torture or persecution, ICE can carry out removals without any prior notice to the individual. Legal experts say this amounts to a sweeping removal power with few safeguards and little transparency. 'This falls far short of providing the statutory and due process protections that the law requires,' Trina Realmuto, executive director of the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, told Reuters. Her organization is leading a class action lawsuit against ICE in federal court over what it calls unconstitutional deportations. The Trump administration has defended the policy as a necessary tool to accelerate the removal of unauthorized immigrants — including some with criminal records — particularly when their home countries are unwilling to accept them. 'We need to get the worst of the worst out of our country,' Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday on Fox News. But data and accounts from immigration attorneys paint a different picture. Amaran says the majority of detainees she knows of who are at risk under the policy do not have criminal records. 'Out of 14 people I know of who were detained recently, only three had any record at all,' she said. 'Many have pending asylum claims or other forms of relief. They're being deported before their cases can be heard.' She added that many deportees are being sent to remote areas of Mexico despite not being Mexican nationals — and with no resources to survive. 'According to families I've spoken with, they're bused to remote border areas, given a 15-day temporary permit, and then just left there. No money, no shelter, no plan,' Amaran said. ICE's new memo follows a Supreme Court decision in June that lifted an injunction on third-country deportations. In a dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned the policy would place 'thousands of lives at risk of persecution and torture,' accusing the government of abandoning caution in life-and-death matters.' Since the ruling, the Trump administration has resumed controversial removals. Just last week, eight migrants from countries including Cuba, Sudan and Vietnam were deported to war-torn South Sudan — a nation engulfed in civil conflict. U.S. officials reportedly leaned on five African nations — Liberia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Gabon — to accept deportees from other regions, such as Latin America and Southeast Asia. One of the most high-profile cases involves Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident wrongfully deported to El Salvador, despite a court order blocking his removal. After weeks of legal pressure, the Supreme Court returned him to the U.S., only for the Trump administration to threaten a new deportation — this time to an undisclosed third country. While third-country deportations are not new, they were historically rare and limited. Under Trump's first term, the U.S. deported a small number of Salvadorans and Hondurans to Guatemala. The Biden administration, while criticized for its own handling of immigration, struck regional agreements to manage migrant flows — including allowing Mexico to accept thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans under specific terms. What's changed now, advocates say, is both the scale and the speed. The memo requires ICE officers to provide 'reasonable means and opportunity' for a detainee to speak with a lawyer, but Amaran says that's far from reality. 'They say the person can talk to an attorney — but the system to actually make that happen doesn't work. ICE routinely ignores scheduled calls. You can't get a judge to rule on anything in six hours,' she said. 'The deck is completely stacked.'
Chicago Tribune
19 hours ago
- Politics
- Chicago Tribune
Afternoon Briefing: Chicago father becomes face of lawsuit against ICE
Good afternoon, Chicago. Abel Orozco was getting home after buying tamales for his family, like he did most weekends for the past 30 years. They would have breakfast and head to church. Instead, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained the Mexican immigrant outside his home in suburban Lyons without a federal warrant. Now, nearly six months later, he is still detained. Immigration and civil rights attorneys argue that his arrest was not only unfair but illegal. Thanks to the video his son recorded of the arrest, Orozco has become the face of a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and ICE. Attorneys say the two government agencies violated the constitutional rights of Orozco and at least 25 other people, including one U.S. citizen, during the first week of increased immigration enforcement in the Chicago area after President Donald Trump took office. Here's what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History Former Commonwealth Edison lobbyist John Hooker was sentenced today to a year and a half in prison for his role in an elaborate scheme to funnel $1.3 million to associates of then-House Speaker Michael Madigan in exchange for the powerful Democrat's help with the utility's legislative agenda in Springfield. Read more here. More top news stories: With its new $71 million expansion, EGA Spectro Alloys in this southern suburb of the Twin Cities becomes one of only about 40 plants in the U.S. that can make recycled aluminum billets. Think 25-foot-long poles of solid aluminum. Read more here. More top business stories: Yuki Kawamura came to Las Vegas with a simple goal: get a contract. Read more here. More top sports stories: Mahari brings not just the vibrant cuisines of the African diaspora to Chicago, but chefs tracing their cultures and blazing their own paths, writes Tribune critic Louisa Kung Liu Chu. Read more here. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: More than 20 states sued President Donald Trump's administration today over billions of dollars in frozen education funding for after-school care, summer programs and more. Read more here. More top stories from around the world:
USA Today
a day ago
- Politics
- USA Today
ICE may deport migrants to countries they aren't from with just six hours' notice
Immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their own with as little as six hours' notice, Trump administration memo says. BOSTON ‒ U.S. immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their home nations with as little as six hours' notice, a top Trump administration official said in a memo, offering a preview of how deportations could ramp up. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will generally wait at least 24 hours to deport someone after informing them of their removal to a so-called "third country," according to a memo dated Wednesday, July 9, from the agency's acting director, Todd Lyons. ICE could remove them, however, to a so-called "third country" with as little as six hours' notice "in exigent circumstances," said the memo, as long as the person has been provided the chance to speak with an attorney. The memo states that migrants could be sent to nations that have pledged not to persecute or torture them "without the need for further procedures." The new ICE policy suggests President Donald Trump's administration could move quickly to send migrants to countries around the world. The Supreme Court in June lifted a lower court's order limiting such deportations without a screening for fear of persecution in the destination country. Following the high court's ruling and a subsequent order from the justices, the Trump administration sent eight migrants from Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Sudan and Vietnam to war-torn South Sudan. The administration recently pressed officials from five African nations ‒ Liberia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Gabon ‒ to accept deportees from elsewhere, Reuters reported. The Washington Post first reported the new ICE memo. The administration argues that the third-country deportations help swiftly remove migrants who should not be in the United States, including those with criminal convictions. Advocates have criticized the deportations as dangerous and cruel, since people could be sent to countries where they could face violence, have no ties and do not speak the language. Trina Realmuto, a lawyer for a group of migrants pursuing a class action lawsuit against such rapid third-county deportations at the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, said the policy "falls far short of providing the statutory and due process protections that the law requires." Third-country deportations have been done in the past, but the tool could be more frequently used as Trump tries to ramp up deportations to record levels. During Trump's 2017-2021 presidency, his administration deported small numbers of people from El Salvador and Honduras to Guatemala. Former President Joe Biden's Democratic administration struck a deal with Mexico to take thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, since it was difficult to deport migrants to those nations. The new ICE memo was filed as evidence in a lawsuit over the wrongful deportation of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador. Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston and Ted Hesson in Washington; Editing by Diane Craft
