This is the Caribbean News Update from The Breadfruit News, bringing you the biggest stories from across the region with a solutions-focused approach.
Caribbean nations are bracing for the impact of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, including his plans to end birthright citizenship and declare a national emergency at the U.S. southern border. Jamaica has already started preparing for deportations of undocumented nationals, as fears grow over how these policies will affect the region. Meanwhile, legal groups in the U.S., such as the American Civil Liberties Union and National Immigration Law Center, are planning to challenge the changes in court.
In other regional news, Haiti has ended a nationwide teachers' strike, the University of Guyana celebrates its first-ever institutional accreditation, and Trinidad opens a new Tech Lab to boost innovation.
