Deadly shooting on Dallas ICE office reflects widely varying security levels

By TIM SULLIVAN, (AP):- Some U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities are heavily secured, closed off behind metal fences, hardened doors and armed guards. Many are in federal buildings..

‘Dallas detention center attack was motivated by hatred for ICE’

LOS ANGLES:- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a statement regarding the shooting death of three people at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in..

3 people shot at immigration facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead, official says

By JAMIE STENGLE, DALLAS (AP):- Three people have been shot at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the..

Immigration agent who shot man in Chicago-area traffic stop says injuries were ‘nothing major’

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO, CHICAGO (AP):- Police body camera footage released Tuesday shows a federal immigration agent who fatally shot a Mexican immigrant describing his own injuries during a..

More than 2 million illegal immigrants left the US in 250 days of Trump’s tenure

LOS ANGELES:- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims that two million illegal immigrants have left the United States since the Trump administration began rounding up illegal immigrants..

British judge sentences an asylum-seeker to 12 months in a case that triggered anti-migrant protests

LONDON, (AP):- A British judge on Tuesday sentenced an asylum-seeker to 12 months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl, charges that sparked a wave of angry protests..

Malaysia, Qatar and Saudi tighten visa requirements for Nepalese migrant worker

KATHMANDU:- Countries including Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and others have tightened visa requirements for Nepali workers. The visit and working visas have been tightened in view of the situation..

A Jamaican man deported by the US to Eswatini has been repatriated, authorities say

By NOKUKHANYA MUSI and GERALD IMRAY, MANZINI, Eswatini (AP):- A Jamaican man who was among five migrants deported by the United States to Eswatini in Africa has been repatriated to his home..

What to know about the H-1B visa Trump has targeted with $100,000 fees, generating confusion, fear

By PAUL WISEMAN, BARBARA ORTUTAY and PIYUSH NAGPAL, (AP):- The Trump administration’s abrupt decision to slap a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas has stunned and confused employers, students and..

California bans most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations

By TRÂN NGUYỄN and MARTHA BELLISLE, WASHINGTON, (AP):- California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from covering their faces..

India expresses concern about Trump plan to hike fees on H-1B visas that bring tech workers to US

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and SEUNG MIN KIM, WASHINGTON (AP):- The Indian government expressed concern Saturday about President Donald Trump’s latest push to upend American immigration..

ICE denies using excessive force as it broadens immigration arrests in Chicago

By REBECCA SANTANA, PARK RIDGE, Ill. (AP):- It was 3:30 a.m. when 10 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers gathered in a parking lot in the Chicago suburbs for a briefing about a suspect..

A boat carrying migrants sinks off the Libyan coast with at least 19 people dead and 42 missing

By FATMA KHALED, CAIRO (AP):- The bodies of 19 people were recovered after the rubber migrant boat they were in sank off the eastern Libyan coast, the International Organization for Migration said..

Eswatini activists protest US deportation deal at embassy in South Africa

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME, PRETORIA (AP):- A group of about 100 pro-democracy activists from Eswatini protested Friday at the U.S Embassy in South Africa’s capital over their country’s deal to..

Elected officials among dozens of protesters arrested at a Manhattan immigration holding facility

NEW YORK (AP):- More than a dozen elected officials were arrested Thursday while protesting conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility where a federal judge this week extended a court..

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