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Los Angeles - 28 May 2025

1. A 4-year-old Mexican girl, who is referred to by the pseudonym "Sofia" by her family's attorneys, walks into the press conference at the Public Counsel offices

2. Migrant Deysi Vargas and her 4-year-old daughter enter the press conference with their attorneys

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:

"Sofia and her parents presented themselves at the border in July 2023 seeking humanitarian parole for the purpose of getting medical treatment for their child. Sofia's mother Deysi received a notice from the immigration service letting her know that their humanitarian parole would be revoked. Sofia suffers from short bowel syndrome which prevents her from being able to take in and process nutrients on her own."

4. The 4-year-old plays with a deck of cards

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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:

"This treatment cannot be administered outside of the United States, so it's imperative that she remains here."

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6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Deysi Vargas, migrant mother:

"Yes, I am afraid because once again Sofía is at risk of dying if she doesn't receive treatment in just a few hours."

7. Wide of cameras at the press conference

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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:

"Deporting this family under these conditions is not only unlawful, it constitutes a moral failure that violates the basic tenets of humanity and decency."

9. The 4-year-old waves during the press conference

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10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Deysi Vargas, migrant mother:

"There are so many feelings because due to my situation, I don't have a way to resolve this situation by myself. I felt very helpless and very uneasy because I am completely dependent on the parole for the treatment that Sofía needs and on the work permit to cover her expenses."

11. The 4-year-old is surrounded by cameras

12. Vargas lifts up and embraces her daughter

STORYLINE:

The Trump administration has revoked permission for a 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives life-saving medical care from a California hospital to stay in the country, attorneys for the family said on Wednesday.

Lawyer Gina Amato said the girl's mother was notified the U.S. government was withdrawing the humanitarian parole the family received in 2023 when she brought her ailing child to the U.S.-Mexico border. She received the notifications in April and May and was told the family is subject to potential deportation, Amato said.

Since then, the girl has made it out of the hospital thanks to a treatment that provides intravenous nutrition through a backpack she wears. Lawyers said she isn't strong enough to survive without it as she suffers from short bowel syndrome, which prevents her from being able to take in and process nutrients on her own, and the treatment she receives isn't available in Mexico.

Doctors have told the family and lawyers that she will die without this care, Amato said at a press conference in Los Angeles. “Deporting this family under these conditions is not only unlawful, it constitutes a moral failure that violates the basic tenets of humanity and decency.”

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services did not immediately comment.

A senior Homeland Security official, in an email sent from an address for media inquiries, said the family is not actively being deported and a more recent application for parole that was filed two weeks ago is still being considered.

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(28 May 2025)

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Philadelphia – 28 May 2025

1. Wide of Philadelphia's Mayor Cherelle Parker, left, honors actor Quinta Brunson with a key to the city. UPSOUND (English) Mayor Cherelle Parker: “This is a key to the city of Philadelphia presented to Ms. Quinta Brunson on May 28, 2025. Our key, Quinta Brunson, this is your city and you are ours.”

2. Close up of the key

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Quinta Brunson, producer and actor:

“Also, it is crazy surreal being in this room right now. I used to look at this stage like, man, I hope I get to perform on this stage one day. And now I'm sitting up here being honored. I used to eat lunch right back there. This school is part of the architecture of Abbott because I had to explain to people in LA that schools could be auditoriums and lunchrooms.”

4. Various of Brunson posing for photos in front of murals

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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Quinta Brunson, producer and actor:

“I grew up in Philly and we are home to the most murals in the city. I grew up really inspired by the murals I saw. They used to just bring me so much life and joy as I rode the train, as I was on my way to my dreams, on my way to what I was doing. And I just know how much a mural can do for a neighborhood. It makes people happy, it makes them see the beauty and where they're from. So, I am beyond honored to be able to bring one to the city. It's a dream come true to be part of that.”

6. Various of murals

7. Wide of presser

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Quinta Brunson, producer and actor:

“And I said, "This is exactly what I want. Kids from the neighborhood, kids from the school, people from the neighborhood, people from the school. We have to see ourselves in the big picture. That's how we know there's a tomorrow. That's how we know there's a community to take care of. You don't need to see famous people on the wall. You need to see you on the wall, painted, beautiful. We are beautiful.”

9. Various of school’s principal, Torrence Rothmiller, standing in front of his mural

10. Exterior of the school

STORYLINE:

Philadelphia’s mayor honored actor and producer Quinta Brunson with a key to the city Wednesday in a ceremony dedicating a separate mural at Brunson’s alma mater, which was the inspiration for her show “Abbott Elementary.”

Brunson used the ceremony held at Andrew Hamilton School to celebrate the power of public education, public schoolteachers and music and arts education. Her parents and siblings were in attendance, along with Joyce Abbott, the teacher who inspired the name of the show's fictional school, the “real life Gregory” and other teachers and classmates.

The mural, titled Blooming Features, was created by artist Athena Scott with input from Brunson and Hamilton students and staff. Its brightly colored depictions of real people from the school wrap around the outside of the school's red brick facade.

Brunson described taking inspiration from the murals painted along her subway route as a kid, especially when she saw one of her own teachers featured. She said she hopes this mural has the same effect.

The actor said she nixed an initial mock-up brought to her by ABC that featured actors from the Emmy Award-winning show in favor of actual community members — because “that's how you know there is a future.”

“You don't need to see famous people on the wall. You need to see you on the wall,” she said. “Painted, beautiful. We are beautiful. It makes a difference. It made a difference for me, so I know even if it makes a difference for just one child, that one child matters.”

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(28 May 2025)

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New York - 28 March 2025

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Threapleton, actor:

(Reporter: "Has your mom seen the film and what's the best piece of advice she gave you before doing it?")

Threapleton: "She has seen the film. She saw it just the other day in fact. I believe that she liked it so that's good. And I think the best piece of advice that she gave me was, 'Read the script. Just read the script. That was it."

2. Various of Threapleton posing

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(28 May 2025)

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Lisbon - 28 May 2025

1. Various of Chega party leader Andre Ventura entering room and celebrating with supporters

2. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Andre Ventura, Leader of Chega party:

"Chega has won the elections of tonight, it was the most voted party in Europe and outside of Europe. Chega was the most voted party by the Portuguese all around the world. Thank you, thank you from the heart for this enormous victory."

3. Close of reporter, sign reading (Portuguese) "road to victory"

4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Andre Ventura, Leader of Chega party:

"So this thank you is also a way to own our responsibility, because today my dear, it is not just a day of counting of votes, today is an historic day for Portugal, a day that will be seen in the future as the moment when a party with six years has broken with 50 years of bipartisanship in Portugal"

5. Wide of applauses

6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Andre Ventura, Leader of Chega party:

"For years we heard that change was late to this country, that winds of change on the right were happening around Europe and the European peoples were rising up and telling the elites that they wanted to have a voice, that they wanted a country of their own and for themselves. Perhaps it came late to Portugal but I have to tell you that today during the afternoon and evening, from all European leaders, from all, we received words of thank you, admiration and of recognition for the enormous work we have been doing to raise again the pride of this country."

7. Pan right of applause

8. Ventura waving

9. Various of supporters applauding and celebrating

10. Close of flag waving

STORYLINE:

Portugal’s anti-immigration Chega party notched another political gain for Europe's far right on Wednesday after it was assigned the second-most seats in parliament — meaning it will become the head of the parliamentary opposition to the new government.

That shatters the pattern of Portugal’s center-right and center-left mainstream parties alternating between heading a government or leading the opposition.

Chega’s strides since the May 18 election coincide with gains elsewhere by far-right forces. In Europe, those include France’s National Rally, the Brothers of Italy and Alternative for Germany, which are now in the political mainstream.

Leading the opposition is quite the accomplishment for a once-fringe party that competed in its first election six years ago, when it won one seat.

It has surged recently with its hardline stance against immigration and with the inability of traditional parties to form lasting governments. The May 18th election was Portugal's third in as many years.

Chega, which means “Enough,” secured 60 of the National Assembly's 230 seats after it picked up two more seats on Wednesday from the overseas voters of the European Union country of 10.6 million people.

“This is a profound change in the Portuguese political system," Chega leader Andre Ventura told supporters after Chega bested the Socialists by two seats.

The center-right Democratic Alliance, led by the Social Democratic Party, captured two more seats to take its tally to 88.

Following the election, incoming Prime Minister Luis Montenegro was already looking at heading another minority government similar to the one that fell two months ago in a confidence vote after less than a year in power.

But now Montenegro and other parties will face an emboldened far-right competitor that campaigned under the slogan “Save Portugal” and describes itself as a nationalist party.

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(28 May 2025)

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La Paz, Bolivia - 28 May 2025

1. Farmers aligned with Evo Morales marching

2. Protesters hold a placard with a photo of Evo Morales that reads (Spanish) "Without Evo there are no elections" and chanting UPSOUND (Spanish) "If there is repression, there will be revolution"

3. Various of police firing tear gas towards Evo Morales supporters demonstrating

4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Efrain Seña, Evo Morales supporter:

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"Right now, at this moment, democracy doesn't exist. That's why all my companions are here, seeking the popular movement that is recognized in the ballot according to the constitution."

5. Protesters holding a placard with a photo of Evo Morales

6. Protester chants UPSOUND (Spanish) "If there is no democracy, there will be revolution"

STORYLINE:

Supporters of former president Evo Morales demanding his reinstatement in the August presidential elections have clashed with police near the Government Palace.

Morales was barred by a constitutional ruling and failed to register his candidacy.

He faces an arrest warrant for a separate legal case.

His supporters argue that without him, there's no democracy, blaming President Luis Arce for a "judicial plot."

The ruling MAS party, which has governed for 18 years, is fractured by this dispute.

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(28 May 2025)

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Boston - 28 May 2025

1. Tamara Lanier, her attorney Ben Crump and Susanna Moore on stage

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tamara Lanier, great-great-great-granddaughter of Renty:

"This is a moment in history where the sons and daughters of stolen ancestors can stand with pride and rightfully proclaim a victory for reparations. After 15 long years of struggle and strife, Harvard has at long last agreed to relinquish all 15 daguerreotypes in its possession, including - including the stolen images of my enslaved ancestors Renty and Delia. This pilfered property, images taken without dignity or consent, and used to promote a racist pseudoscience will now be repatriated to a home where their stories can be told and their humanity can be restored."

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Susanna Moore, descendant of Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz:

"This victory reminds us that the meaning of such objects in museums can and should change."

4. Photo of 'Papa Renty'

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Susanna Moore, descendant of Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz:

"Tamara helped us understand they were objects stolen for a deeply racist project by my ancestor."

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6. Tamara Lanier posing for pictures with her team

STORYLINE:

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with one of the subjects' descendants.

The photos of the subjects identified by Tamara Lanier as her great-great-great-grandfather Renty, whom she calls “Papa Renty," and his daughter Delia will be transferred from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology to the International African American Museum in South Carolina, the state where they were enslaved in 1850 when the photos were taken, a lawyer for Lanier said Wednesday.

The settlement marks the end of a 15-year battle between Lanier and the esteemed university to release the 19th-century daguerreotypes, a precursor to modern-day photographs.

On Wednesday, Lanier stood holding a portrait of Papa Renty while arm-in-arm with Susanna Moore, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz, who commissioned the images and whose theories on racial difference were once used to support slavery in the U.S. Both women praised the resolution.

“This is a moment in history where the sons and daughters of stolen ancestors can stand with pride and rightfully proclaim a victory for reparations," Lanier said. “This pilfered property, images taken without dignity or consent and used to promote a racist psychoscience will now be repatriated to a home where their stories can be told and their humanity can be restored.”

Moore called the images captured by her ancestor, Agassiz, a “deeply racist project."

“This victory reminds us that the meaning of such objects in museums can and should change," she said. “This woman standing next to me, she knew all along she was not small and she was not alone.”

In 2019, Lanier sued Harvard, alleging the images were taken "without Renty’s and Delia’s consent and therefore unlawfully retained.” The suit attacked Harvard for its “exploitation” of Renty’s image at a 2017 conference and in other uses. It said Harvard has capitalized on the photos by demanding a “hefty” licensing fee to reproduce the images.

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(28 May 2025)

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Los Angeles - 28 May 2025

1. A 4-year-old Mexican girl, who is referred to by the pseudonym "Sofia" by her family's attorneys, walks into the press conference at the Public Counsel offices

2. Migrant Deysi Vargas and her 4-year-old daughter enter the press conference with their attorneys

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:

"Sofia and her parents presented themselves at the border in July 2023 seeking humanitarian parole for the purpose of getting medical treatment for their child."

4. The 4-year-old plays with a deck of cards

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:

"Sofia's mother Deysi received a notice from the immigration service letting her know that their humanitarian parole would be revoked."

6. Wide of cameras at the press conference

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:

"Sofia suffers from short bowel syndrome which prevents her from being able to take in and process nutrients on her own."

8. The 4-year-old waves during the press conference

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:

"This treatment cannot be administered the United States, so it's imperative that she remains here."

10. Deysi Vargas looks at her daughter

11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Deysi Vargas, migrant mother:

"Yes, I am afraid because once again Sofía is at risk of dying if she doesn't receive treatment in just a few hours. What would happen if we returned to Mexico? Sofía would be hospitalized day and night again because there aren't the resources there for her to live a normal life like at home."

12. The 4-year-old takes a seat

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:

"Deporting this family under these conditions is not only unlawful, it constitutes a moral failure that violates the basic tenets of humanity and decency."

14. The 4-year-old is surrounded by cameras

15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Deysi Vargas, migrant mother:

"There are so many feelings because due to my situation, I don't have a way to resolve this situation by myself. I felt very helpless and very uneasy because I am completely dependent on the parole for the treatment that Sofía needs and on the work permit to cover her expenses."

16. Vargas lifts up and embraces her daughter

STORYLINE:

The Trump administration has revoked permission for a 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives life-saving medical care from a California hospital to stay in the country, attorneys for the family said on Wednesday.

Lawyer Gina Amato said the girl's mother was notified the U.S. government was withdrawing the humanitarian parole the family received in 2023 when she brought her ailing child to the U.S.-Mexico border. She received the notifications in April and May and was told the family is subject to potential deportation, Amato said.

Since then, the girl has made it out of the hospital thanks to a treatment that provides intravenous nutrition through a backpack she wears. Lawyers said she isn't strong enough to survive without it as she suffers from short bowel syndrome, which prevents her from being able to take in and process nutrients on her own, and the treatment she receives isn't available in Mexico.

Doctors have told the family and lawyers that she will die without this care, Amato said at a press conference in Los Angeles. “Deporting this family under these conditions is not only unlawful, it constitutes a moral failure that violates the basic tenets of humanity and decency.”

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services did not immediately comment.

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Philadelphia – 28 May 2025

1. Wide of Philadelphia's Mayor Cherelle Parker, left, honors actor Quinta Brunson with a key to the city. UPSOUND (English) Mayor Cherelle Parker: “This is a key to the city of Philadelphia presented to Ms. Quinta Brunson on May 28, 2025.Our key, Quinta Brunson, this is your city and you are ours.”

2. Close up of the key

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Quinta Brunson, producer and actor:

“Also, it is crazy surreal being in this room right now. I used to look at this stage like, man, I hope I get to perform on this stage one day. And now I'm sitting up here being honored. I used to eat lunch right back there. This school is part of the architecture of Abbott because I had to explain to people in LA that schools could be auditoriums and lunchrooms.”

4. Various of Brunson posing for photos in front of murals

5. Cut away of Go Pro camera

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Quinta Brunson, producer and actor:

“I grew up in Philly and we are home to the most murals in the city. I grew up really inspired by the murals I saw, especially the ones that were along the L train, which is very hyper specific to Philly. But they used to just bring me so much life and joy as I rode the train, as I was on my way to my dreams, on my way to what I was doing. And I just know how much a mural can do for a neighborhood. It makes people happy, it makes them see the beauty and where they're from. So, I am beyond honored to be able to bring one to the city. It's a dream come true to be part of that.”

7. Wide of presser

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Quinta Brunson, producer and actor:

“And I said, "This is exactly what I want. Kids from the neighborhood, kids from the school, people from the neighborhood, people from the school. We have to see ourselves in the big picture. That's how we know there's a tomorrow. That's how we know there's a community to take care of. You don't need to see famous people on the wall. You need to see you on the wall, painted, beautiful. We are beautiful.”

9. Various murals outside the school

10. Various of school’s principal, Torrence Rothmiller, standing in front of his mural

11. School exterior

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Quinta Brunson, producer and actor:

“This school, in particular, was part of the biggest transformation in my life. I came here very timid, very young. I remember my dad dropped me off, I cried and cried and cried. A boy threw a football past me and I was just so scared and wanted to get back in the car. And then my teacher who I've talked a lot about who the show is named after, described by my mother, but named after Miss Abbott, my teacher here kind of got me, whipped me into shape, gave me a lot of confidence, helped me to believe in myself. So by the time I graduated eighth grade, I was a totally different child than when I came in for sixth grade here. And walking through the halls and everything now just helping me to remember how much this city and this school really built me. And that's really special to see.”

13. Various school hallway

STORYLINE:

Philadelphia’s mayor honored actor and producer Quinta Brunson with a key to the city Wednesday in a ceremony dedicating a separate mural at Brunson’s alma mater, which was the inspiration for her show “Abbott Elementary.”

The mural, titled Blooming Features, was created by artist Athena Scott with input from Brunson and Hamilton students and staff. Its brightly colored depictions of real people from the school wrap around the outside of the school's red brick facade.

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Korostyshiv, Ukraine - 28 May 2025

1. Various of destroyed house of the Martyniuk family destroyed by Russian missile

2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Demchenko, neighbor:

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“All the houses were razed and shattered. And the rescue service told me that three children were drowned to death (under the rubble), that's the kind of trouble.”

3. Mid of priest conducting church service

4. People bringing flowers to the coffins of the children

5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Yuliia Skok, Roman's teacher:

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“It's extremely hard to know that Roman will not go to class again, he will not hear the last bell and we have canceled all the celebrations, and we have canceled the graduation, because neither we, nor the parents, nor the children want a celebration. Because for us it is a great mourning.”

6. Funeral service held outdoors

7. Women holding portraits and candles of the children

8. Funeral service workers carrying coffins of the children

9. Crowd following the coffins

10. Family members saying their last goodbye

11. Close of crosses with names of the children in the cemetery

STORYLINE:

Three open coffins — one adult-sized, one medium, and one child-sized — lay inside the Soviet-era Palace of Culture in this northern Ukrainian city, surrounded by dozens of flower bouquets as a church choir sang farewell prayers.

Hundreds of residents stood in grim silence as some wept quietly and others broke down completely.

The farewell ceremony was for eight-year-old Tamara, 12-year-old Stanislav, and 17-year-old Roman Martyniuk — siblings from the same family.

The children were killed over the weekend when debris from a Russian cruise missile slammed into their home in Korostyshiv, a city of 24,000 residents about 100 kilometers (60 miles) West from Kyiv, during a massive aerial attack.

“I saw destruction, great destruction. All the houses were razed and shattered,” said Volodymyr Demchenko, a neighbor of the Martyniuk family, recalling the fatal night when the missile landed 500 meters away from his home.

The funeral underscored the mounting toll on Ukrainian families as Moscow ramps up its strikes amid faltering peace efforts.

It was one of several recent tragedies in which children and teenagers have died, revealing a grim pattern as hopes for a ceasefire fade and Russian attacks continue to affect civilian areas.

“He (Roman) will not hear the last bell and we have canceled all the celebrations, and we have canceled the graduation, because neither we, nor the parents, nor the children want a celebration, because for us it is a great mourning,” said Yuliia Skok, who was Roman’s teacher.

Moscow denies targeting civilians, but abundant evidence shows otherwise.

The children’s father, still bearing fresh injuries, was released from the hospital to attend the ceremony.

He and the two surviving siblings sat beside the coffins — a scene that has become heartbreakingly familiar in a war now grinding through its fourth year.

Their mother remained hospitalized.

At least 209 civilians were killed and 1,146 injured across Ukraine in April, making it the deadliest month for civilians since September 2024, according to the U.N. human rights office and its April report.

The toll was 23% higher than in March and 84% higher than in April 2024.

Among the victims were at least 19 children killed and 78 injured — more than the combined total of the previous four months.

It was the highest verified monthly number of child casualties since June 2022.

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(28 May 2025)

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Fergus Falls, Minnesota – 28 May 2025

1. Defendant Steve Shand leaving courthouse after sentencing

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Kirkpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney:

"I'm a lifelong Minnesotan. I would not go out in this weather. But the defendants sent into that weather 11 migrants. Indian nationals were not dressed appropriately, were ill-prepared for the weather they faced that night. They walked hours trying to find the defendant, Steve Shand, in a smuggling operation that was put in motion by defendant Patel.”

3. Various courthouse exteriors

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Kirkpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney:

“These defendants knew it was cold. In fact, they knew it was life-threateningly cold, but they didn't care. What they cared about was money, and their callous indifference to the value of human life cost a family of four their lives.”

5. Defendant Steve Shand leaving courthouse after sentencing

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Kirkpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney:

Reporter: “I mean, how large was this ring?”

Kirkpatrick: “Well, the investigation is ongoing, of course, and what we know was dismantled was the ring that involved Shannon Patel.”

Reporter: “How big was it?”

Kirkpatrick: “All I will say is the investigation is ongoing, but we certainly know from the trial that it extended into India and across Canada as well.”

Reporter: “So could more arrests be coming?

Kirkpatrick: “The investigation is ongoing.”

7. Courthouse exterior

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Hanson, Acting Chief Patrol Agent, U.S. Border Patrol:

“We hope that this is a strong message, and especially during the inclement months. There very well could have been 11 deaths associated with this event when you factor in the time that it takes to suffer frostbite or hypothermia at 35 below zero.”

9. Courthouse exterior

STORYLINE:

More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard, the convicted ringleader of an international human smuggling plot was sentenced in Minnesota on Wednesday to 10 years in prison.

Federal prosecutors had recommended nearly 20 years for Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, and nearly 11 years for the driver who was supposed to pick them up, Steve Anthony Shand, who got 6 1/2 years Wednesday with two years' supervised release.

Patel, in an orange uniform and handcuffed, declined to address the court. He showed no visible emotion as the sentence was issued. He is likely to be deported to his native India after completing his sentence. He cooperated as marshals handcuffed him and led him from the courtroom.

Shand, who had been free pending sentencing, showed no visible reaction to his own sentence. The judge ordered him to report to prison July 1 and agreed to recommend that he serve his sentence at the Federal Prison Camp in Pensacola, Florida, where he can be near his family.

The judge handed down the sentences at the federal courthouse in the northwestern Minnesota city of Fergus Falls, where the two men were tried and convicted on four counts apiece last November.

Prosecutors said during the trial that Patel, an Indian national who they say went by the alias “Dirty Harry,” and Shand, a U.S. citizen, were part of a sophisticated illegal operation that brought dozens of people from India to Canada on student visas and then smuggled them across the U.S. border.

A nearby weather station recorded the wind chill that morning at -36 Fahrenheit (-38 Celsius).

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