Claudia Torrens

December 15, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Ricardo Martinelli Linares pleaded guilty to laundering $28 million in connection with a massive bribery scheme involving Brazil-based construction conglomerate Odebrecht.

By Claudia Torrens

3 minute read

November 12, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Ecuadorian Neptali Chiluisa crossed the border in June in Arizona and was detained for a week. He found work at New York construction sites. He acknowledges coming for economic reasons and wonders if he has any options for temporary legal status.

By Claudia Torrens, Philip Marcelo and Elliot Spagat

7 minute read

September 24, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The drama of parents being separated from their children at the border dominated the headlines this year, but thousands of immigrant families are experiencing a similar frustration: the increasing hurdles they must surmount to take custody of sons, daughters and relatives who crossed the border on their own.

By Gisela Salomon and Claudia Torrens

7 minute read

April 30, 2018 | Daily Business Review

The intensity of political attention is new for Puerto Ricans, who are accustomed to not having much political clout.

By Gisela Salomon and Claudia Torrens, Associated Press

7 minute read

March 13, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say that more federal immigration officers are out on the streets tracking down foreign-born criminals, eating up resources, because cities and states have passed legislation that limits many of the detention requests issued by immigration authorities.

By Claudia Torrens

5 minute read

March 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say that more federal immigration officers are out on the streets tracking down foreign-born criminals, eating up resources, because cities and states have passed legislation that limits many of the detention requests issued by immigration authorities.

By Claudia Torrens

5 minute read

March 06, 2012 | Daily Report Online

By Claudia Torrens

4 minute read