Trump says Illinois governor and Chicago mayor should be jailed as they oppose Guard deployment

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and SOPHIA TAREEN, WASHINGTON (AP):- President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor, both Democrats, should be jailed as they oppose..

El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown

By NICOLE WINFIELD, VATICAN CITY (AP):- The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday with Pope Leo XIV and brought him a packet of letters from immigrant..

4 dead, including a child, after migrant boat sinks off Greek island

ATHENS, Greece (AP):- Four people, including a child, died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of an eastern Aegean island on Tuesday, Greece’s coast guard said. A coast guard..

A judge halted a Florida immigration law months ago. Some officers are still enforcing it

By MIKE SCHNEIDER, ORLANDO, Fla. (AP):- Two men last weekend were wrongly charged under a far-reaching Florida immigration law that’s currently suspended by a judicial order, according to a..

Trump considers cutting US refugee intake to 7,500, focusing on white South Africans, officials say

By MATTHEW LEE, LISA MASCARO and CHRIS MEGERIAN, WASHINGTON (AP):- President Donald Trump is considering admitting far fewer refugees into the U.S. this year — as few as 7,500, and mostly..

Chicago Mayor Issues “Ice Free Zone” Executive Order Prohibiting Use of City Property

CHICAGO:- On Monday, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an “ICE Free Zone” executive order, prohibiting federal immigration agents from using any city-owned property in their ongoing operations in..

UN refugee agency chief suggests that US deportation practices violate the law

By JAMEY KEATEN, GENEVA (AP):- The head of the U.N. refugee agency suggested Monday that President Donald Trump’s America has carried out deportation practices that violate international..

10 more deportees from the US arrive in the African nation of Eswatini

By NOKUKHANYA MUSI and GERALD IMRAY, MANZINI, Eswatini (AP):- A group of 10 migrants deported from the United States arrived early Monday in the African nation of Eswatini, authorities there..

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

By SOPHIA TAREEN, CHICAGO (AP):- Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at..

Newsom Urges President Trump to Stop Cross-State Guard Deployments and “Abuse of Law and Power”

By Purushottam Dhakal, LOS ANGELES:- California Governor Gavin Newsom has opposed President Trump's deployment of 300 California National Guard personnel to Oregon, calling it an abuse of law and..

Judge blocks Trump policy to detain migrant children turning 18 in adult facilities

By JEFF AMY, GEORGIA, (AP):- A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Trump administration policy to keep migrant children in detention after they turn 18, moving quickly to stop transfers..

Supreme Court approves Trump administration’s emergency request to end Venezuela’s TPS

LOS ANGELES:- The Supreme Court has approved the Trump administration's emergency request to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants in the United..

Legal setbacks mount for Trump’s birthright order before likely Supreme Court review

By MICHAEL CASEY and SUDHIN THANAWALA, BOSTON (AP):- Over a span of a month this summer, four separate federal courts rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order ending automatic..

Supreme Court lets Trump strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants

By MARK SHERMAN, WASHINGTON (AP):- The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants. The..

Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can’t end birthright citizenship

By MICHAEL CASEY, BOSTON (AP):- A federal appeals court in Boston ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally..

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