Trump Administration Plans to Require Undocumented Immigrants to Register

Trump Administration Plans to Require Undocumented Immigrants to Register

The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it plans to make undocumented immigrants age 14 or older in the United States register and provide their fingerprints to the U.S. government or potentially face criminal prosecution. The announcement by the Department of Homeland Security is a drastic escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to push millions … Read more

Immigrant Communities in Hiding: ‘People Think ICE Is Everywhere’

Immigrant Communities in Hiding: ‘People Think ICE Is Everywhere’

At a barbershop in Los Angeles, only one of the 10 chairs was occupied on what would ordinarily be a busy evening. In San Francisco, a middle school student’s erroneous information about seeing an immigration officer on a city bus prompted the school district to send parents a warning. In Chicago, a mistaken report that … Read more

Colombia Agrees to Accept Deportation Flights After Trump Threatens Tariffs

Colombia Agrees to Accept Deportation Flights After Trump Threatens Tariffs

Under threats from President Trump that included steep tariffs, President Gustavo Petro of Colombia has relented and will allow U.S. military planes to fly deportees into the country, after turning two transports back in response to what he called inhumane treatment. The two leaders had engaged in a war of words on Sunday after Colombia’s … Read more

Why is Pakistan deporting Afghan migrants and refugees? | Explained

Why is Pakistan deporting Afghan migrants and refugees? | Explained

The story so far: On October 31, the Torkham Crossing — five kilometres west of Khyber Pass, on the border connecting Pakistan’s Peshawar with Afghanistan’s Jalalabad — saw a sudden influx of at least 24,000 Afghan refugees packed in trucks and convoys, with whatever luggage they could take from demolished homes. Some crossed over, while … Read more

Krishna police station turns second home for Bangladeshi national stuck in country for eight years

Krishna police station turns second home for Bangladeshi national stuck in country for eight years

Police officers interacting with Biswas at the Nagayalanka police station in Krishna district. | Photo Credit: GIRI KVS An intruder from Bangladesh, Samrat Monto Biswas, who had served a prison term following his arrest by the Krishna district police in 2013, has been staying in the police station since his release eight years ago, pending … Read more

UK Home Secretary visits Rwanda to discuss controversial deportation scheme | CNN

UK Home Secretary visits Rwanda to discuss controversial deportation scheme | CNN

CNN  —  British Home Secretary Suella Braverman arrived in Rwanda on Saturday to discuss a controversial agreement which will see the UK deport asylum seekers deemed to have arrived illegally to the African nation. The scheme is mired in legal difficulties – no one has yet been deported – and Braverman’s visit has been criticized … Read more

Israel deports French-Palestinian lawyer, accusing him of ‘terrorist activity’ in case Israeli group calls ‘gross violation of basic rights’ | CNN

Israel deports French-Palestinian lawyer, accusing him of ‘terrorist activity’ in case Israeli group calls ‘gross violation of basic rights’ | CNN

Jerusalem CNN  —  Israel deported a French-Palestinian lawyer it accused of organizing, inciting and planning “terrorist attacks” to France early Sunday morning, Israeli authorities said, in a case that an Israeli human rights organization called a “gross violation of basic rights.” Salah Hamouri’s Israeli residency was revoked two weeks ago based on accusations by Israel … Read more

Tennis great Boris Becker released from UK prison and due to be deported — UK media | CNN

Tennis great Boris Becker released from UK prison and due to be deported — UK media | CNN

CNN  —  Former world No. 1 men’s tennis player Boris Becker has been released from a UK prison after serving just eight months of his sentence and is due to be deported from the UK, PA Media reported on Thursday. “Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is … Read more