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A 23-year-old American citizen, Catalina is confidently driving her to work as a nanny and earning fair wages. But her mother – an undocumented immigrant from Peru – has worked in the shadows for 30 years.

“We do the same job, we do the same thing and work the same hours, but the wages are very different,” Catalina tells CNN. “I was born here and I’ve done very well. Speaking Spanish makes my salary very good.”

CNN has changed her name to protect her identity and her mother’s safety. According to her daughter, Catalina’s mother considered returning to Peru during Barack Obama’s days in the White House.

The Obama administration focused on restraining the Department of Home Affairs’ deportation (as opposed to deportation at borders), particularly on the so-called “quick returns” of recent border arrivals, which have been perceived as less ties in the US.

“A lot of people said nothing would happen to her, and in fact they didn’t do anything,” says Katarina. Her mother finally decided to stay.

But the strict immigration policies of Donald Trump’s administration paint Bleeker’s picture for both. The 23-year-old fears that if her mother takes down children from a family she cares for to support her family, she could be detained.

“She’s a single mother. I’m the eldest son, so if something happens to her, I have to take care of my siblings,” says Katarina. “She’s going to do with her brother, her things, her money. That’s awful, but she feels ready.”

Katarina’s mother raised only her children and dedicated a part of her life to childcare. This is a sector facing a deep staffing crisis. This has gotten worse in recent months, as experts say, is essential for immigrants to maintain it.

“The childcare sector has long been facing a crisis and a shortage of workers, and migrant workers are important to maintain that system – both formal and informal sectors.”

According to a report by the National Women’s Law Center, 20% of early educators in the United States (an umbrella language that includes kindergarten teachers, home therapy providers, teacher AIDS and program directors) are immigrants. Women make up a “slight proportion” of the workforce in this sector nationwide.

“Carework is a job that enables all other jobs and ensures that all families can thrive,” the report said. However, caregivers face low wages, lack of profits, vulnerability to exploitation, and job insecurity. Undocumented workers also lack basic rights of work and protection.

She has lived in the United States for years, but Catalina’s mother is unable to access job benefits such as health insurance and social security.

“She’s paid in cash or check, but there’s no profit. There’s nothing,” Katarina said of her mother’s working conditions.

Every year, undocumented immigrants living in the United States pay billions of dollars of taxes, even though they know they can’t enjoy the benefits unless their status is regularized.

Furthermore, the constant threat of being reported limits her even if she accepts work. “If I had a job from an American family, I don’t think she would take it. She’s afraid that if something happened, someone would call the authorities.”

According to Cervantes, immigrant childcare workers are “often invisible labor.” Despite their important role in early education in an increasingly diverse child population, they are not fully recognized.

“One thing that is often not recognized is that these workers are one of the few bilingual and culturally capable people, especially in the formal sector. This is highly sought after. Many families want children in bilingual education programs, and these workers are essential to serving an increasingly diverse child population,” adds CLASP Director.

Beyond the numbers, tightening immigration policies under the Trump administration directly affected the reality of thousands of families like Catalina.

A few weeks after Trump took office, his administration announced that immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents could end long-standing policies that prevented them from arresting them near schools, churches, hospitals and other locations and operating in so-called “sensitive locations.”

“And now, in some states where there is greater cooperation with local police, nannies simply driving to work could be arrested, deported and separated from their families,” Cervantes notes.

Katarina’s mother experiences that anxiety firsthand every day while in the afternoon, while riding in the car to pick up children she cares for. “When she arrives, the traffic is always under control. Sometimes she hides in her car and doesn’t leave. She waits for her kids to get in. That’s terrible,” says Katarina. “If I see her at school, she feels a little better, but if she’s alone, she won’t.”

As with the “delicate place” policy, it is much more difficult for nannies to feel safe in serving their families and continuing their work, Cervantes warns.

“The way immigration enforcement measures are applied nationwide comes with little surveillance and accountability. For example, parents with humane reasons and humane reasons make more people vulnerable to deportation because of people with humane reasons.

Catalina is currently studying, in case her mother decides to return to Peru one day. “I don’t have any of my mother here, I don’t have any family, no sisters, no mother. Nothing. She’s alone,” she says, but she insists she doesn’t want to leave her alone. “She says, ‘My daughter will be left alone,’ so she’s even more worried. ”

Meanwhile, the growing push by the Trump administration to advance its massive deportation programme could further harm the US child care system.

“We suffer when we suffer migrant workers, especially those who care for our children, especially as a nation. If deportation continues at the current pace, the administration can further increase enforcement action if this budget proposal passes Congress.

This is the invisible role of Catalina’s mother. She is the person who allows others to work while the child is caring for them. Without her and many people like her, the United States would be a very different country.

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Israel this week approved a massive expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank in a move described as a continuation of the territory’s de facto annexation.

Peace, an Israeli non-governmental organisation tracking the settlement, said it was the largest expansion of the settlement since the signing of the Oslo agreement more than 30 years ago.

According to a joint statement by Israeli Defense Minister Katz and far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Israel will establish 22 new settlements, including the depths of the Jordan River and previously withdrawn areas, as part of a decision by the new security cabinet.

“All new communities are established with a long-term strategic vision aimed at strengthening Israel’s territorial control, hindering the establishment of a Palestinian state, and ensuring development preparations for reconciliation in the coming decades,” the statement said.

Nabil Abu Rudain, a spokesman for the president of the Palestinian authorities, called the announcement “a dangerous escalation and a challenge to international legitimacy and international law.”

Abu Rudain said in a statement issued a week ago after reports of settlement approval occurred.

Peace now denounced the government for making such a decision in the midst of war.

“The government has made it clear that it prefers to deepen occupation and advance de facto annexation in pursuit of peace — without restraint,” the organization said. “The Israeli government is no longer pretending. Annexation of occupied territory and expansion of settlements are its central goals.”

The occupied Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the occupied Golan Heights settlements are deemed illegal under international law.

The Oslo Agreement, signed in 1993 between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), was designed to pave the way for the establishment of a Palestinian state and the realization of a solution for the two states.

For months, Israeli forces have carried out massive operations on the West Bank, deploying tanks on their territory for the first time in decades, stoking away tens of thousands of Palestinians. In February, Katz ordered the troops to “prepare for a long-term existence” as the troops evacuated the Palestinian refugee camps. Within the past few weeks, Israeli forces have made multiple attacks and arrests throughout the West Bank.

Peace said now that 12 new settlements will become legalized for illegal forward post bases. The previous post base is illegally established by Jewish settlers without government approval, as it intends to promote formal recognition and legalization. According to peace, the other nine other settlements will be completely new, while the final settlement will be completely new.

The two new plan settlements were evacuated during their 2005 withdrawal from parts of the West Bank, banning Israelis from establishing private existence in these areas. The law was overturned by the current right-wing Israeli government.

Smotrich sparkled about the new settlement and revealed that his goal was annexation. “Next step – sovereignty! We took away our ancestors’ inheritance, not our foreign land,” he said in a statement.

Earlier this month, the Security Cabinet approved the land registration process for Region C, West Bank, under Israeli civil and security controls. Peace is now calling the move “a huge theft of Palestine land.”

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A murder trial by Diego Maradona’s medical team on alleged misconduct was declared cheating by an Argentine court on Thursday.

The decision follows the removal of one of three judges overseeing the case by an Argentine court.

One of the defendants in the trial had requested the disqualification of Judge Julieta Makintach to allegedly allow the documentary to be filmed during court hearings due to possible lack of fairness.

Makintach accepted the disqualification of the court but defended her actions.

A new judge will hold a new trial. However, it remains unclear when the new exam will begin.

Fernando Barland, one of the lawyers representing Maradona’s daughter, hopes the new trial will end with a faster ruling.

“Given the great knowledge that all parties have a case, we can do it in a clear way, and perhaps by the end of the year we will be able to get trial for the death of Diego Armando Maradona,” Burland said outside the courthouse in Buenos Aires.

“The only thing we want is for the process to move forward,” said Dharma Maradona, daughter of the football star.