US Border Patrol arrests 81 on first day of Charlotte immigration crackdown

US Border Patrol arrests 81 on first day of Charlotte immigration crackdown

Federal agents arrested at least 81 people in Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend, a senior commander said on Sunday, marking a sharp escalation in the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol official who led immigration crackdowns in Los Angeles and Chicago before he arrived in Charlotte this week, said on … Read more

App to help track malaria among migrant labourers – ET HealthWorld

App to help track malaria among migrant labourers – ET HealthWorld

Panaji: The directorate of health services (DHS) in collaboration with three centres have developed a mobile app for real-time testing and surveillance of malaria among migrant labourers. Health services face challenges to check the spread of malaria among labourers as they are constantly on the move across the state. “Contractors move labourers from south to … Read more

As Biden winds down Mexico program, many migrants on U.S. border left in limbo

As Biden winds down Mexico program, many migrants on U.S. border left in limbo

U.S. President Joe Biden has moved swiftly to start dismantling a cornerstone of former President Donald Trump‘s hardline immigration policy, a program that sent thousands of asylum seekers back to Mexico to await their immigration court hearings. Biden’s focus on ending the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) – under which 65,000 migrants were sent back to … Read more