Chantal Da Silva

Chief Correspondent
Chantal Da Silva is Chief Correspondent at Newsweek, with a focus on immigration and human rights. She is a Canadian-British journalist whose work has also been featured by The Independent, The i Newspaper, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and elsewhere. Chantal has an MA in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario. Get in touch with Chantal at c.dasilva@newsweek.com.
                                    
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South Korea PM Warns Against Hoarding Medical Goods Amid Coronavirus SpreadOver the weekend, South Korea was forced to push its alert level to its highest point after at least six deaths were reported.

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Schumer Warns TSA of TikKok Security Issues, Says Use Will Not 'Fly'The Department of Homeland Security banned use of the social media platform on department-issued mobile devices.

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What The Trump Admin's New 'Public Charge' Rule Means For ImmigrantsThe widely condemned rule is expected to roll out across all 50 states on Monday.

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Democrats 'Might As Well Crown Bernie To Take On Trump': Laurence TribeVermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has widened his lead in the Democratic race to take on President Donald Trump.

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Bloomberg, Buttigieg Not Represented at Presidential Immigration ForumSens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar and former Vice President Joe Biden were all represented, while Tom Steyer represented himself.

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Warren Would 'Clean House' At ICE, CBP,  Joaquin Castro SaysICE and CBP would be "reformed from top to bottom" under Sen. Elizabeth Warren, said Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro.

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Trump Admin Plans to Raise Cap of Seasonal Worker Visas: ReportThe Department of Homeland Security has said acting Secretary Chad Wolf has not yet made a decision on numbers.

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ICE Chief Says New York Lawmakers Have 'Pre-9/11 Mentality'ICE Acting Director Matthew Albence branded New York's "Green Light Law" as "irresponsible, unnecessary and downright dangerous."

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Judge Says Conditions at Border Holding Cells Violated Constitution"Today's decision is a tremendous victory for communities everywhere fighting courageously to uphold human dignity," said Alvaro Huerta, staff attorney at the National Immigration Law Center.

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Unarmed 26-Year-Old Shot by ICE Agent Likely to Live With Bullet In Neck"This is not just an attack against me, but also an attack against the entire Latino community in the United States," said Erick Diaz Cruz.

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Buttigieg Praises Denmark as Best Place to Live the American Dream"We're not even in the top ten," former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg said.

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ICE Ignored California State Law and Arrested Immigrants at Courthouses"If the immigrant community feels less safe and afraid…witnesses [are] less likely to come forward," said California Rep. Mike Thompson.

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Father and Daughter 'Ripped Apart' After Teen Forced to Return to MexicoLawyers for the teenager have questioned how President Donald Trump can claim to support the Venezuelan people while his government allegedly separates fleeing families at the border.

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Kamala Harris Top Choice For Vice President—Unless There's 'Someone Else'Entrepreneur Andrew Yang was named as the second top pick out of named candidates in the Emerson College Polling study.

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Bernie Sanders Leads Among, Black, Hispanic, Asian and White Voters: PollAmong Hispanic voters, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders saw 41 percent of support in a recent SurveyUSA poll.

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ACLU Races to Stop ICE From Deleting Years of Detention Records"Records that have been created from, for example, the beginning of the Trump administration, are now perhaps in great danger of being destroyed," said ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Eunice Cho.

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Major Primary Debate Shake-Up As Mike Bloomberg Qualifies to Join StageFormer New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg was second only to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in a new poll released Tuesday.

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Hundreds Protest at U.S.-Canada Border Bridge Over Pipeline PlanCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's actions are speaking louder than his words when it comes to reconciliation with indigenous communities, protester organizers say.

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DHS Faces Backlash for Plan to Send 'SWAT' Teams to Sanctuary CitiesThe DHS has maintained that tactical teams have only been asked to assist in "routine immigration enforcement actions."

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Nearly Half of Voters Say They Could Not Vote For A 'Democratic Socialist'In hypothetical one-on-one races, self-described democratic socialist Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders beat each of his major Democratic rivals.

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Models To Protest Outside Victoria's Secret Over Sexual Harassment, Assault"This isn't just about one lingerie brand or model. This is about changing a system," said model Madisyn Ritland.

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Rape Survivor's U-Visa Bid Rejected Due To New Policy On 'Incomplete' FormsAn apparent new policy shift allows the government to reject applications that are not properly filled out.

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DOJ's Stone Reversal Unlikely to Help Trump Ally: U.S. Former Prosecutor"The decision about sentencing is one that is exclusive to the judge," said former federal prosecutor Jacob Frenkel.

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Amy Klobuchar Once Wanted To Build Border Fence—Where Does She Stand Now?Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar once said in a 2006 debate that a border fence would help bring "order at the border."

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Nearly Half of Central American Asylum Seekers Say Relatives Were Killed"Many of our patients are desperately fleeing violence back home," said Sergio Martin, MSF's head of mission in Mexico.

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50,000 Sign Petition Demanding Probe Into DOJ's Roger Stone Reversal"The Department of Justice appears to be putting Donald Trump's friends above the law," the petition published by MoveOn.org states.

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Sanders Most 'Viable' Candidate On Super Tuesday: Ex-Obama Campaign Manager"You'd still rather be Bernie Sanders than anybody else," said former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe.

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Nearly Third of Women Who Fled Sexual Abuse to U.K. Abused Again: StudyThirty-two of 106 women said they were raped or sexually abused in their country of origin, only to be abused again in Britain.

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U.S. Terror Watch List Should Be Dismantled, Lawyer Says"We weren't expecting them to stop their abusive practices overnight," said Hassan Shibly, head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations' Florida chapter.

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Trump Admin Accused of Demolishing Indigenous Burial Sites for Border Wall"Everyone in America should be paying attention to this," said California Sen. Kamala Harris.
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