Shrestha from Gorkha killed in Iran’s attack

GORKHA:- Diwash Shrestha of Borlang Thanti, Bhimsen Thapa Rural Municipality-7, in Gorkha, was killed in an attack by Iran in the United Arab Emirates. According to the Nepali Embassy in Abu..

Nepal–Saudi ties, regional situation discussed

KATHMANDU:- Minister for Foreign Affairs Bala Nanda Sharma held a meeting with the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Nepal, Fahd bin Mnikhr at the Ministry on Sunday. During the meeting, the two..

Worms in food, poor medical care, lights on 24/7: Families tell of life in Texas detention center

By GARANCE BURKE, ADAM GELLER and VALERIE GONZALEZ, LAREDO, Texas (AP):- A month after ICE agents sent the young Ecuadorian mother and her 7-year-old daughter to a sprawling detention center 1,300..

Deadline nears for US to return Babson freshman mistakenly deported to Honduras

By LEAH WILLINGHAM, BOSTON (AP):- The court-ordered deadline for the U.S. government to return a Babson College freshman mistakenly deported to Honduras was set to expire Friday, as her lawyers..

The Trump administration is detaining and questioning refugees already admitted to the US

By GISELA SALOMON, JACK BROOK and SARAH RAZA, ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP):-Their family spent years opposing Venezuela’s socialist system. The government retaliated by sending men to beat the..

A nearly blind refugee is found dead after Border Patrol agents drop him at Buffalo doughnut shop

By MICHAEL HILL and JAKE OFFENHARTZ, NEW YORK, (AP):- A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who disappeared after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a Buffalo doughnut shop was found dead on..

Columbia student arrested by ICE agents who claimed to be seeking ‘missing person,’ lawyers say

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, NEW YORK (AP):- A Columbia University student was arrested early Thursday by federal immigration agents who gained entry to a campus residence by claiming they were searching..

Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow an end to legal protections for Syrian migrants

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, WASHINGTON (AP):- The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to end legal protections for migrants from Syria for now, in the latest emergency..

Trump administration’s ‘third country’ deportation policy is unlawful, judge rules

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, NEW YORK, (AP):- The Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries” to which they have no ties is unlawful and must be set aside, a..

FBI serves search warrants at Los Angeles school district headquarters and superintendent’s home

By ERIC TUCKER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER, LOS ANGELES (AP):- The FBI was serving search warrants Wednesday at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the superintendent’s..

Trump administration sues New Jersey over restrictions on immigration arrests

TRENTON, N.J. (AP):- The Trump administration is suing New Jersey over a state order that prohibits federal immigration agents from making arrests in nonpublic areas of state property, such as..

Court says the IRS can continue to share immigrants’ taxpayer data with ICE

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, WASHINGTON (AP):- A Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday rejected a request from an immigrant rights group to temporarily block the IRS from sharing certain taxpayer..

A look at Trump’s false and misleading claims ahead of the State of the Union

By MELISSA GOLDIN, NEW YORK, (AP):- President Donald Trump will deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term on Tuesday. Priorities for the Republican’s administration have..

ICE officer training is ‘deficient’ and ‘broken,’ former agency lawyer tells congressional forum

By REBECCA SANTANA, WASHINGTON (AP):- A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer who was responsible for training new deportation officers warned Monday that the agency’s training..

California expanding services for immigrants amid Trump’s deportation push

By WENDY FRY, SACRAMENTO:- Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the allocation of state funding to help immigrants impacted by detention and the Trump administration’s massive deportation..

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