Dreams in limbo: Harvard flooded with transfer requests as Donald Trump’s crackdown rattles international students

[ad_1] Harvard flooded with transfer requests as Donald Trump’s crackdown rattles international students Harvard University is grappling with a wave of panic and transfer requests from foreign students after US President Donald Trump administration’s crackdown sought to block the school from hosting international scholars, according to new court filings.Maureen Martin, the university’s director of immigration […]

Chants and posters echoes through the campus amid Trump admin’s recent announcements on the crackdown of Harvard University

[ad_1] Harvard filed a lawsuit on April 21 over the Trump administration’s push to change the university’s leadership, rules and admissions policies. After that, the administration cut the school’s federal funding, tried to stop international student enrollment and threatened to remove its tax-exempt status. (Image credit: AP& ANI) [ad_2] Source link

Georgia jails opposition leader amid crackdown on dissent

[ad_1] Georgian opposition leader Zurab Japaridze (Image: AP) A court in Georgia on Thursday put opposition leader Zurab Japaridze in pre-trial detention.The move comes as the government looks to crack down on its critics, following huge protests last year. Why has Japaridze been jailed? Japaridze is one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, […]

Trump’s immigration crackdown targets Washington restaurants

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI) WASHINGTON: When armed immigration agents made a surprise visit earlier this month to Pupatella, a trendy pizzeria in the US capital’s Dupont neighborhood, they may not have made any arrests, but they delivered a clear message.The show of force, part of an “enhanced operation” by President Donald Trump’s hardline administration, has […]

Newsom to Ask Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown

[ad_1] Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to escalate California’s push to eradicate homeless encampments on Monday, calling on hundreds of cities, towns and counties to effectively ban tent camps on sidewalks, bike paths, parklands and other types of public property. Mr. Newsom’s administration has raised and spent tens of billions of dollars on programs to bring […]

Who are Quakers? Faith group marching 300 miles against Trump’s immigration crackdown

[ad_1] Ross Brubeck and other members of the Quake marches to Washington (Image: AP) A group of Quakers is marching more than 300 miles — from New York City to Washington, DC — to demonstrate against the Trump administration‘s treatment of immigrants. Who are the Quakers? Quakers are members of the Religious Society of Friends, […]

Major win for Trump crackdown: Lady Gaga bomb suspect was deported from US last month

[ad_1] Lady Gaga bomb suspect was deported from the US to Brazil last month. The suspected terrorist who allegedly planned to attack Lady Gaga‘s record-breaking concert in Brazil has been identified as Luis da Silva, a 44-year-old man, who was deported from the US last month. Silva wanted to live stream the execution of children […]

US to establish second military zone along Mexican border to support crackdown on illegal border crossings

[ad_1] The United States defence department announced on Thursday the establishment of a second military zone along the Mexican border for immigration law enforcement.The new zone, situated in Texas and connected to El Paso’s Fort Bliss Army base, follows the pattern of the first zone created in New Mexico last month. Military personnel in these […]

Fearing Trump crackdown US govt workers, green card holders ask editors to remove byline from old stories

[ad_1] Government workers, green card holders, teachers, and student journalists across the US are asking editors to remove their names from old news stories, fearing backlash from President Donald Trump’s administration for views or identities now considered “politically risky.”According to Poynter’s Kelly McBride, some government employees and others have asked journalists to remove their names […]

An incessant crackdown in Belarus hurls dozens of independent journalists into harsh prisons | World News

[ad_1] TALLINN, ESTNOA: Journalist Ksenia Lutskina served only half of her eight-year prison sentence in Belarus after being convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the government. She was pardoned after she kept fainting in her cell from a brain tumor diagnosed during pretrial detention. “I was literally brought to the penal colony in a wheelchair, and […]