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The process that Puerto Rico has undertaken is a prelude to bankruptcy, but in this case it is tailored for governments. Because of the impending bankruptcy filing, lawsuits will presumably be frozen, preventing court rulings that favor one creditor group over another.
People protest looming austerity measures amid an economic crisis and demand an audit on the island's debt to identify those responsible, during the May Day march in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, May 1, 2017. The signs read in ... .
Portland and Salem were among dozens of U.S. cities holding rallies and marches on May Day to protest the treatment of workers and President Donald Trump's efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. Participants in Portland's May Day event met at Shemanski Park around 3 p.m. and began marching about a half hour later.
Immigrant and union groups will march in cities across the United States on Monday to mark May Day and protest against President Donald Trump's efforts to boost deportations. Tens of thousands of immigrants and their allies are expected to rally in cities such as New York, Chicago, Seattle and Los Angeles.
The advocates plan to march in a May 1 rally in Chicago. . In this April 24, 2017, photo Artemio Arreola, an organizer with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, speaks to other advocates in downtown Chicago.
Protestors assembled and businesses closed during "A Day Without Immigrants," a strike and boycott staged by immigrants to protest the Trump administration's immigration agenda and to demonstrate the importance of immigrants to the U.S. economy and way of life. Hundreds of thousands of protesters on Monday are expected to gather across the country for International Workers' Day - a May 1 tradition that has gained renewed momentum as strident immigration rhetoric continues to seep out of the Trump administration.