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Trump’s immigration crackdown targets Washington restaurants

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 had […]

US slaps visa ban on agencies facilitating illegal immigration

NEW DELHI: The US on Monday imposed a visa ban on errant Indian travel agencies and their owners who facilitate illegal immigration to the country. US State Department’s statement on Monday said it’s taking steps to impose visa restrictions on owners, executives and senior officials of travel agencies, based and operating in India, for knowingly […]

Labour U-Turn: How UK PM Keir Starmer went hard right on immigration | World News

For the better part of a decade, the UK’s Labour Party had perfected the art of losing.Despite Brexit chaos, five Tory prime ministers, Boris Johnson’s Downing Street circus, Liz Truss’s lettuce-inflicted collapse, a pandemic, and a brutal cost-of-living crisis, Labour remained stuck in opposition—haunted by its own ideological baggage and public mistrust.Voters flirted with them, […]

US judge orders release of Indian scholar Badar Khan Suri from immigration detention

An Indian academic, Badar Khan Suri, detained during the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign students, has been ordered released by a federal judge in Virginia.The judge said his case raised serious constitutional concerns.Badar Khan Suri, a visiting scholar at Georgetown University, had been held in an immigration detention centre in Texas and is facing deportation. […]

Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan is indicted on accusations she helped a man evade immigration agents

A sign is posted outside of county Judge Hannah Dugan’s courtroom at the Milwaukee County courthouse (Image: AP) A federal grand jury indicted a Wisconsin judge Tuesday on charges she helped a man in the country illegally evade US immigration authorities looking to arrest him as he appeared before her in a local domestic abuse […]

‘Island of strangers’: What UK PM Starmer said on immigration

UK PM Keir Starmer drew backlash for his immigration speech. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that his administration would tighten every area of the country’s broken immigration system to stop the country from becoming an “island of strangers”.The comment drew a huge backlash as it was seen as unnecessary fear-mongering.Starmer was speaking […]

UK government to tighten immigration rules amid voter anger over ‘failed experiment in open borders’

LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will on Monday unveil plans to tighten immigration rules, confronting an issue that has bedeviled successive governments and fuelled the rise of a new anti-immigrant party that could threaten the country’s political establishment.Starmer, whose centre-left Labour Party won a landslide victory last July, is facing pressure from voters who […]

Newark mayor denies trespassing at immigration detention center following arrest

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (Image: AP) Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Saturday denied trespassing at a new federal immigration detention center during a confrontation that led to his arrest while the Democrat was at the facility with three members of Congress. Baraka, who has been protesting the center’s opening this week, was released around 8 […]

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

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, a […]

‘Didn’t do anything wrong’: Newark mayor Ras Baraka arrested, then released at immigration detention protest

Newark mayor Ras Baraka arrested, then released at immigration detention protest (Picture credit: AP) Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was released Friday night after being arrested during a protest at a federal immigration detention centre in Newark. Baraka had been taken into custody by federal agents outside Delaney Hall, where he had joined demonstrators opposing the […]