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Bill to guard Venezuelans from deportation stalls in Senate

Bill to guard Venezuelans from deportation stalls in Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill aimed at protecting thousands of Venezuelans currently living in the United States from deportation stalled in the Senate on Tuesday after the Democratic minority urged its approval by unanimous consent. Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah raised a procedural objection to the request by Illinois […]

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Venezuelan asylum seeker Antonio Ortega shows a political website in South Jordan on Thursday, April 18, 2019 he helped organize to offer Venezuelans another choice for public office.  Ortega has a work permit and has a job at QFloors while he works on asylum.

Venezuelan man starts new life in Utah, seeks asylum

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — The first time Antonio Ortega saw Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, he said he understood what Brigham Young felt when he pronounced, “This is the place.” Fleeing danger in Venezuela, Ortega arrived in the U.S. in 2014 seeking political asylum after standing up against growing corruption in […]

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Mother of Utah man freed from Venezuela jail last year dies

Mother of Utah man freed from Venezuela jail last year dies

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Laurie Holt, a Utah woman who struggled for nearly two years to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail, died on Sunday. She was 50 and died less than a year after her son returned to the U.S. Holt died unexpectedly at her home […]

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Utah man freed from Venezuelan jail honored at freedom gala

Utah man freed from Venezuelan jail honored at freedom gala

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah man and his wife who were recently freed from a Venezuelan jail after two years were honored at the Provo Freedom Awards Gala. The Daily Herald reports that Joshua Holt called the award a great honor and urged the attendees at the Saturday event to find […]

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